Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - With the grim news of a rising death toll across the Buffalo region in the wake of a paralyzing blizzard, images of the mountanous snow drifts and devastation are beginning to emerge.
As zero visibility was replaced with blue skies at times across the hardest-hit Buffalo metro area Christmas Day, the community began to feel the deadly aftermath and see the devastation in the form of images being circulated.
Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
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(Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
A lone pedestrian in snow shoes makes his way across Colonial Circle as St. John's Grace Episcopal Church rises above the blowing snow amid blizzard conditions in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.(Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
Gamaliel Vega tries to dig out his car on Lafayette Avenue after he got stuck in a snowdrift about a block from home while trying to help rescue his cousin, who had lost power and heat with a baby at home across town during a blizzard in Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.(Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(WKBW via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
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(WKBW via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(WKBW via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(WKBW via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(WKBW via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(WKBW via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(WKBW via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
(WKBW via AP)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
A car sits blanketed in snow on a driveway, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Amherst, N.Y. Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 24 people across the United States and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to several hundred thousand homes and businesses.(AP Photo/Delia Thompson)Buffalo Christmas weekend blizzard
In this drone image, snow blankets a neighborhood, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 24 people across the United States and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to several hundred thousand homes and businesses.(John Waller via AP)
