Drone footage shows city in New York state buried in snow – video

Drone footage shows a neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York state, blanketed in thick snow amid an intense blizzard on 26 December. Emergency crews in New York were scrambling to rescue marooned residents from what authorities called the 'blizzard of the century', a relentless storm that has left 27 dead in the state and taken at least 60 lives nationwide, according to an NBC News tally. In New York state, authorities described ferocious conditions, particularly in Buffalo, with hours-long whiteouts

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