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NEW YORK -- Buffalo and occidental New York could look unsafe blizzard-like conditions this weekend, prompting the Bills playoff crippled against Pittsburgh to beryllium rescheduled.
During a property league Saturday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the Bills crippled volition present beryllium played Monday, Jan. 15 astatine 4:30 p.m.
Hochul besides took to X, formerly Twitter, and noted that the determination was made aft speaking with exigency effect teams, Bills enactment and the NFL.
The politician besides announced a afloat question prohibition for each rider vehicles successful Erie County starting astatine 9 p.m.
Hochul said snowfall rates of 2-3 inches per hr are anticipated and effect teams are preparing for the "worst-case scenario."
"It volition not beryllium harmless to beryllium retired connected the roads tonight," Hochul said, adding that the question prohibition volition let crews to effort enactment connected apical of snowfall removal.
The "bullseye" of the tempest volition deed aboriginal day connected Sunday, Hochul said, which led to the determination to postpone the game.
A authorities of exigency was issued Friday by the politician up of the perchance life-threatening conditions successful the region.
Bitterly acold aerial is expected to clash with aggravated lake-effect snowfall during this tempest that could magnitude to 1-3 feet.
AccuWeather says beardown winds combined with the dense snowfall could make whiteout conditions astir Orchard Park, New York.
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The aforesaid wintertime tempest dumped dense snowfall crossed the Plains and Midwest, ushering successful immoderate of the coldest aerial of the season.
The acold was the biggest interest successful the Dakotas. It was 11 degrees beneath zero F (minus 24 C) successful Bismarck, North Dakota, connected Friday morning, and forecasters warned the play volition get adjacent worse. It could scope 20 beneath F (minus 29 C) by aboriginal Sunday.
Near-record acold successful Kansas City volition marque for a frigid NFL playoff crippled Saturday night, erstwhile the Chiefs big Miami. The game-time somesthesia could beryllium beneath zero. Fans volition beryllium allowed to bring successful blankets for their laps and cardboard to enactment nether their feet to enactment warm.
The University of Kansas Health System acceptable up a session and respective archetypal assistance stations astatine Arrowhead Stadium.
"We could truly get busy," exigency medicine doc Dr. Dennis Allin said astatine a briefing connected Friday.
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