BUFFALO (WBEN) - A travel ban has been issued in the City of Buffalo.
A driving ban is in effect in #Buffalo! All residents are prohibited from unnecessary travel from 9pm tonight through 7am Thursday. With heavy snowfall, plunging temperatures and high winds, conditions are very dangerous so please stay inside. Please RT to spread the news! pic.twitter.com/UJXd6BYa8S
— Byron W. Brown (@MayorByronBrown) January 31, 2019
"I issued a travel ban overnight for public safety purposes," said Mayor Byron Brown on WBEN late Wednesday evening. "The travel ban is anticipated...to go until 7 a.m."
Brown discussed some of the conditions in Buffalo that led him to make the decision.
"High winds creating a lot of blowing and drifting snow, whiteout conditions," he began. "In downtown, we are seeing whiteout conditions, a storm system that has shifted to the south, so in the South Buffalo, First Ward, Lackawanna area, we're seeing the weather system shift in that direction."
