--- description: “When we say stay home, really, stay home,” Cuomo said title: Snow Emergency: Six Dead, 100+ Trapped in Monster Winter Storm image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7e5c40e3fa546d/6987697c0b72e37c136dbfed/buffalo-snow-storm2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Snow Emergency: Six Dead, 100+ Trapped in Monster Winter Storm by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 19, 2014 9:10 PM CUT  Snow covers a street at daybreak Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in south Buffalo, N.Y. Snow covers a street at daybreak Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in south Buffalo, N.Y.Carolyn Thompson—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 19, 2014 9:10 PM CUT 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 … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/snow-emergency-six-dead-100-trapped-monster-winter-storm-n251436?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3595874/snow-emergency-six-dead-winter-storm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3595874/snow-emergency-six-dead-winter-storm/"},"headline":"Snow Emergency: Six Dead, 100+ Trapped in Monster Winter Storm","datePublished":"2014-11-19T21:10:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:33:45.689Z","description":"“When we say stay home, really, stay home,” Cuomo said","url":"https://time.com/3595874/snow-emergency-six-dead-winter-storm/","keywords":["weather","snow","Buffalo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7e5c40e3fa546d/6987697c0b72e37c136dbfed/buffalo-snow-storm2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7e5c40e3fa546d/6987697c0b72e37c136dbfed/buffalo-snow-storm2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Buffalo","caption":"Snow covers a street at daybreak Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in south Buffalo, N.Y.","creditText":"Carolyn Thompson—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3595874/snow-emergency-six-dead-winter-storm/","name":"Snow Emergency: Six Dead, 100+ Trapped in Monster Winter Storm"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown: Travel Ban in Place","description":"Buffalo's Mayor Byron Brown says the Interstate 90 is closed Tas are many of the roads leading in and out of the city.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/BkejIfCi/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-20T06:06:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/BkejIfCi.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3595874/snow-emergency-six-dead-winter-storm/","duration":"PT28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3595874/snow-emergency-six-dead-winter-storm/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```