Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - With a mounting death toll weighing heavily on their minds, Buffalonians are spending the days after Christmas with shovels in hand as they dig out from the historic blizzard that paralyzed the city.
At least 28 people died as a result of the storm that began Friday and continued through Christmas Day, leaving mountain-sized drifts and hundreds of abandoned vehicles strewn across city streets.
A driving ban remains in place in Buffalo as municipal crews continue their snow removal efforts, haul away abandoned vehicles and work to get the city back on its feet.
Buffalo Blizzard
Workers use heavy equipment to clear snow from Richmond Avenue in Buffalo, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.
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Buffalo Blizzard
Neighbors help push a motorist stuck in the snow in Buffalo, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.
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Buffalo Blizzard
Tommy Roetzer digs out his driveway on West Delavan Street in Buffalo, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.
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Buffalo Blizzard
A group of neighbors gather around a fire pit on Culver Road after clearing snow in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. The region is digging out from a pre-Christmas blizzard that delivered hurricane-force winds and more than 4 feet of snow.
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Buffalo Blizzard
Mike Gippon plows snow in the driveway outside his home in Buffalo, N.Y.'s Elmwood Village on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Clean up is currently under way after a blizzard hit four Western New York counties.
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Buffalo Blizzard
A stranded car is seen in a neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y.'s Elmwood Village on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Clean up is currently under way after a blizzard hit four Western New York counties. (Joseph Cooke/The Buffalo News via AP)
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Buffalo Blizzard
Power line trucks arrive on Allen Street to supply power to apartments and homes in Buffalo, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Many people lost power where they live due to the recent blizzard.
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Buffalo Blizzard
Mike Sweeney tries to clear snow away from his girlfriend's Volkswagen Tiguan outside their home in Buffalo, N.Y.'s Elmwood Village on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. The couple has been out of power since Friday, Dec. 23, due to the blizzard.
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Buffalo Blizzard
Alex King rides a snowmobile through a neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y.'s Elmwood Village on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.
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Buffalo Blizzard
Emily Quartley tries to avoid falling while running in a large amount of snow in a Walgreens parking lot in Buffalo, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.
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Buffalo Blizzard
Mike Draves skis down a snowy road in Buffalo, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Clean up is currently under way after a blizzard hit four Western New York counties.
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Buffalo Blizzard
John Strokowski plows snow off a sidewalk outside in Buffalo, N.Y.'s Elmwood Village on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Clean up is currently under way after a blizzard hit four Western New York counties.
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Buffalo Blizzard
A blanket of snow covers Bedford Avenue in Buffalo, N.Y. after the the blizzard, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. State and military police were sent Tuesday to keep people off Buffalo’s snow-choked roads, and officials kept counting fatalities three days after western New York’s deadliest storm in at least two generations.
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Buffalo Blizzard
An aerial view of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y., which remains coated in a blanket of snow after a blizzard, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. State and military police were sent Tuesday to keep people off Buffalo’s snow-choked roads, and officials kept counting fatalities three days after western New York’s deadliest storm in at least two generations.
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Buffalo Blizzard
An abandoned vehicle remains on the Scajaquada Expressway in Buffalo, N.Y. several days after it was abandoned during the blizzard Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. A driving ban remains in effect in the city as cleanup continues.
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Buffalo Blizzard
Fordham Avenue, center, and the 1901 Pan-American Exposition neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y. is coated in a blanket of snow after the blizzard, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. State and military police were sent Tuesday to keep people off Buffalo’s snow-choked roads, and officials kept counting fatalities three days after western New York’s deadliest storm in at least two generations.
(Derek Gee /The Buffalo News via AP)
