BUFFALO — The first snowstorm of the season has resulted in five deaths in this area so far and possibly set an all-time U.S. record for snowfall. Three people had heart attacks from shoveling snow, officials said.
The snow is still falling with more than 5 feet already on the ground, and some areas south of the city are expected to get a year's worth of snow — almost 6 feet — in just three days. Temperatures in all 50 states fell to freezing or below overnight.
The national snowfall record for a 24-hour period is 76 inches, set in Silver Lake, Colo., in 1921. Some Buffalo suburbs approached that amount on Tuesday, the National Weather Service reported. It's possibly the highest 24-hour snow in a populated area.
The cold spread across most of the eastern half of the U.S. on Wednesday morning; record cold was reported in New York City, Washington, D.C., and as far south as Jacksonville, Fla.
One death came from an accident in Cheektowaga, N.Y., where a vehicle was helping a stuck vehicle gain traction in the snow.
When the stuck vehicle was able to back up, it pinned one of the men between the two vehicles. A 30-year-old from Pennsylvania died.
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