In photos: Buffalo prepares for flooding
Buffalo area residents, hit by massive snow storms last week, are preparing for evacuations Monday as temperatures climb toward 16 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Monday.
Erie County Holding Center inmates help pile sandbags to prepare for possible flooding following a massive snow storm in Williamsville, New York.Mark Blinch/Reuters
With warm temperatures John Fritz clears his neighbors driveway in a tee shirt on Oakhurst, Buffalo.Mark Mulville/The Associated Press
The interior of a car is filled with snow in a parking lot where authorities have left abandoned cars found from the freeway in Cheektowaga, New York.Mark Blinch/Reuters
Snow surrounds Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bills are are in Detroit tonight to play their "home" NFL football game against the New York Jets.Mike Groll/The Associated Press
Snow from around Buffalo, N.Y., is packed into a hill at the Buffalo Central Terminal.Nancy Borowick/The New York Times
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown survey storm clean-up in Buffalo, N.Y.Mike Groll/The Associated Press
Tami Diestler looks over the exterior of her collapsed home in on Cary Rd. in Alden, NY.Mark Mulville/The Associated Press
FDNY firefighters from New York City load rescue boats to prepare for possible flooding following a massive snow storm in Williamsville, New York.Mark Blinch/Reuters
The national guard dumps sandbags to prepare for flooding following a massive snow storm in Williamsville, New York.Mark Blinch/Reuters
Snow from around Buffalo, N.Y., is carted to the Buffalo Central Terminal.Nancy Borowick/The New York Times
A city bus drives through a partially flooded street following a massive snow storm in West Seneca, New York.Mark Blinch/Reuters
Water bubbles up from a storm drain causing a street to flood following a massive snow storm in West Seneca, New York.Mark Blinch/Reuters