The governor of Pennsylvania has signed a disaster emergency declaration and reported that parts of Erie County in the northwest have received nearly a meter of snow, with more expected to fall until Monday night.

Near Buffalo, between 10 and 20 inches of lake effect snow is expected by the end of Sunday, according to the Weather Service. The southern part of Erie County, along with Wyoming, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, are predicted to see 2 to 4 feet of snow by Monday night.

The first significant round of lake effect snow this season is forcing state officials to implement some travel restrictions on some major roadways in Western New York this weekend. Read more from WBE

Officials in upstate New York counties have declared a state of emergency as they prepare for a major snowstorm that has already dumped over two feet of snow in the Midwest and is forecast to accumulate more this weekend.

Chautauqua County has been placed under a state of emergency, along with several other counties in Western New York following a tempest of snowfall across the region. On Friday evening, New York Gov.

The first big snowfall of the season blanketed towns along Lake Erie on Saturday in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend

Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in multiple Western New York counties due to severe lake effect snow. The affected areas include A

A state of emergency has been declared Saturday by the governor for 11 counties in Western New York, including Genesee and Wyoming counties, and the North Country as heavy lake

It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Friday to Saturday. The Governor of New York State, Kathy Hochul, announced a state of emergency on Friday in several western counties due to snowfall exceeding even 180 centimetres related to the so-called lake effect.