More than 6 feet of snow cover the streets. Burstein, Erie County health commissioner, said Thursday.Īnd the storm forced the NFL to announce that Sunday's game between Buffalo and the New York Jets, scheduled to be played at the Bills' Ralph Wilson Stadium, will be hosted at Detroit's Ford Field on Monday night.Īt the Winchester Volunteer Fire Company station on Harlem Street, as many as 40 people stranded in the snow have sought shelter since Tuesday. The extreme weather has claimed at least 10 lives - its latest victims two people with mental health issues who died of apparent exposure overnight, Dr. Residents were taken temporarily to a business park, said Scott Zylka with the Erie County Sheriff's Office, adding that the roof structure was compromised.
No injuries were reported and patients were evacuated. Poloncarz, who had earlier tweeted that the roof was collapsing, later clarified the statement, saying beams in the building were twisted and walls cracked. Residents reported wall cracks and a sagging ceiling. On Thursday afternoon, Erie County officials said there was a "significant threat of a roof collapse" at the 184-bed Garden Gate Health Care Facility in Cheektowaga. So this emergency is not over," he warned. "There will be even extra weight because of the rain. The major concern is flooding, but Poloncarz said the weight on buildings could cause some to collapse. The National Weather Service forecasts light rain to begin Saturday and temperatures to warm. So the water that is falling will go into the snow pack and will actually act as a sponge until it finally starts releasing it." "There will be a rain starting on Saturday that will not initially create a situation where the snow will melt, but it will actually act as a sponge. "There's going to be a warm-up on Saturday, there will probably not be a tremendous amount of melt on Saturday," he said. (CNN) - The snowfall might be subsiding in the Buffalo area but officials are warning people the deadly weather emergency is not close to being over.Įspecially with rain in the weekend forecast.Įrie County Executive Mark Poloncarz told reporters Thursday that while the storm may be largely over for snow purposes, authorities are exceptionally worried that buildings will collapse when the heavy snow pack soaks up the rain. Snow drifts have trapped people in their homesĪre you there? Share images, if you can safely.NFL game moved to Detroit's Ford Field on Monday.NEW: Authorities worry some buildings could collapse when snow sops up rain.
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