Potential 'historic' snowfall hits western and northern New York

Many businesses remained closed in the worst-hit areas, but highways reopened and travel restrictions were lifted in many areas.

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However, up to 2 feet of lake effect snow was expected in some parts of the state by Monday morning.

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Similar multi-day storms have dumped more snow in New York than before, but Friday's storm showed the ferocity

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That threatens the state record for most snowfall in a 24-hour period: the 50 inches that fell in Camden, New York, February 1, 1966.

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NWS meteorologist Jason Alumbaugh, who is based in Buffalo, said it was too early to say whether any of this year's snowfall will exceed that record.

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Due to heavy snowfall, a Sunday football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns was moved to Detroit.

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The current month's tempest is essentially the most terrible in the state since November 2014, when a few networks south of Buffalo

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Over the course of three days, 7 feet of snow fell, causing roofs to fall off a section of the New York State Thruway.

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