The governors of New York and Pennsylvania have declared disaster emergencies in areas hit with as much as three and four feet of “lake-effect” snow from a fierce winter storm. New York Governor Hochul declared a state of emergency for …
Forecasters at the National Weather Service are predicting lake-effect storms this weekend for areas east of the Great Lakes, with two feet of snow or more possible in some areas. The hardest-hit regions in upstate New York will be the …
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in upstate New York. That means Washington will chip in to help state, local and tribal governments pay to clean up and rebuild after a blockbuster storm buried the region under more …
Authorities in western New York have attributed a 14th death to last month’s lake-effect storms that dumped more than 7 feet of snow on the Buffalo area. Local media report that Erie County officials say a man from Hamburg has …
Last month’s epic snowstorm that hit portions of western New York has cost Erie County government an estimated $7.5 million. The Buffalo News reports the figure includes damage and expenses and is expected to go up as overtime and snow-removal …
Communities in western New York are tallying the costs of last month’s epic snowstorm to see if it meets the threshold for federal assistance. The storm cost Erie County government at least $7.5 million in damage, overtime and snow removal …
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman met with local leaders in Buffalo Wednesday and announced that he is making a network of housing counselors and legal services providers available to help area residents resolve issues with insurance companies and …
Ratings agency A.M. Best said there is potential for some insurers — particularly the small, geographically concentrated writers — that were impacted by the recent snowstorm in and around Buffalo, New York, to hit the retention on their catastrophe treaties. …
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants New York to create the nation’s best weather monitoring system, one more robust than even the National Weather Service and more capable of predicting events like the snowstorm that buried parts of the Buffalo area under …
The Buffalo, New York, region is continuing to recover and assess damages from last week’s record-breaking lake-effect snowstorm that brought more than 7 feet of snow to the area. State Farm spokesperson Rachael Risinger said that as of Tuesday, Nov. …
