![APTOPIX Wintry Weather Snow covers a street at daybreak Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in south Buffalo, N.Y.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/buffalo-snow-storm2.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
By NBC News
Troopers in all-terrain vehicles and rescue crews working without sleep set out Wednesday to reach drivers trapped in a ferocious winter storm that dumped more than 5 ft. of snow outside Buffalo, N.Y. — with plenty more on the way.
About 140 miles of Interstate 90, the main artery running east and west across New York State, remained closed, from Rochester to the New York–Pennsylvania state line. There was no word when it would reopen.
“Mother Nature is showing us who’s boss once again,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said. “This snowfall may break all sorts of records, and that’s saying something in western …
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