Buffalo Snow Pictures - A year's worth of snow was dump in Buffalo and other parts of western New York within three days as a second band of an epic lake-effect snow pounded the Great Lakes region. This week, the residents of upstate New York have experienced more than 65 inches of snow.

Several Buffalo snow pictures showed road closures across the region. The Weather Channel said a stretch of I-90 into Buffalo, New York remained shut down due to accumulated snow. According to Erie County officials, over 140 vehicles were reportedly stranded on the road. Throughout Tuesday and Wednesday nights, emergency staffs worked to help rescue people stuck in their vehicles.

The second band of the lake-effect snow was so heavy in some places that even plows were stuck and due to the weight of the snow, some house roofs and doors collapsed. According to Yahoo! News, several snowbound social media users have been documenting the massive Buffalo snow removal efforts in pictures and videos.

On Wednesday, several Buffalo snow pictures showed the area was buried under as much as 5½ feet of snow. An additional two feet were expected in some areas during the day, topping off with another 5 to 8 inches on Thursday night. Since wet air gusting in from Lake Erie is greatly warmer than the usual air in the region, the result will again be thunderstorms that drop snow, instead of rain.

By 6:30 a.m. ET, the snow had taken a break in downtown Buffalo but was picking up steam south of the city, with particularly hard-struck areas such as Dunkirk, Gowanda and Springville. The new snow started dropping as troopers in all-terrain vehicles and rescue crews working without sleep were still trying to reach drivers trapped during the first wave of the vicious storm.

Early Thursday, an eighth death blamed on the snowstorm was confirmed by the authorities as the lake-effect snow pounded cities and towns near Buffalo, New York. NBC News reported the snow caused more misery on communities already stranded by a 5-foot blanket of snow.  

Elsewhere, Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz reported that the last of 40 people who'd been stranded at a highway toll booth were rescued Wednesday morning.

Since Saturday, 22 deaths have been reported across the country. The snow pattern was part of a grueling blast of extensive cold air that temperatures fell to below freezing in all 50 US states.

Meanwhile, people posted Buffalo snow pictures on social media showing drifts taller than their garage doors and of whole houses all but unseen under heavy, white blankets of snow.