snovember. that is back breaking trying to clear it out from your driveway and that is somebody s vehicle. you can imagine the weight on top of homes and businesses. that is a concern. we ve seen images of people shoveling snow from their roofs to take that weight off of their structures. we do have still some snow across michigan but i m going to focus our attention across the downward regions of lake erie and lake ontario, those are the regions that have been hit the hardest with this three-day snowstorm. the wind direction that occurred over the past 24 hours, this is a daily loop, a 24-hour loop. we did see that more southwesterly wind direction bring the heavy snow band into eastern sections of ontario, canada, but that has shifted within the past few hours to morph a westerly direction. watch how this fire hose of heavy snow moved from the north to the south and that s focused its attention on the region just south of erie county where buffalo is located. buffalo saw 5 inches of
ahead this hour, a historic snowstorm in western new york is closing roads and stranding air passengers, just days before thanksgiving. we re live in the cnn weather center with details. plus, it s the first day of matches at the world cup. the excitement is being overshadowed by an explosive tirade by fifa s president. and letters are being sent out to those approved for u.s. student debt relief, but there is a major catch for anyone counting on getting that help soon. we will tell you why. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. people in western new york will be digging out from under even more snow at first light as another round of heavy snowfall is expected to hit the buffalo area overnight and that s on top of the huge storm that came through the region in the past few days. the governor of new york has
derek van dam. dramatic snowstorms. yeah, those are incredible images we re seeing out of extreme western new york and some of the tellees are coming in from this three-day snow event and i m showing you buffalo, new york, because so much attention has been brought to that city. they did break a 24-hour daily record on saturday, 21.5 inches of snow. their three-day snowfall total 36.7 inches. that s the second snowiest three-day period in the month of november, but this is by no means the most amount of snow that was experienced across western new york. recall that this band of snow that s created this heavy lake effect has only been about 5 to 10 miles in diameter and it shifts and oscillates depending on the wind direction. it moves south of buffalo for a period of time, set up shop near the orchard park and hamburg region and proved over 6 1/2 feet or nearly 6 1/2 feet. that is incredible amounts of
a strategic city in a part of southern ukraine annexed by moscow last week. this map gives an idea of recent ukrainian advances in the kherson region. there have been claims that ukrainian forces have captured parts of the west bank of the dnipro river, but they have not been confirmed. ukraine has released this video of its forces raising flags in what it says is a liberated settlement in the kherson region. according to president zelensky, ukrainian forces are currently pushing forward not only in kherson, but also in the eastern luhansk region. hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. we are seeing the most significant breakthrough in the south by the ukrainian forces since the start of this counteroffensive, and it seems that the ukrainian forces are now moving forward along the dnipro river, which is a strategic river in that part of the country which acts as a natural barrier in the kherson region.
which was being used by the russians in the donetsk region, and it seems that the ukrainians are now reclaiming more villages around lyman and also moving towards the luhansk region. so the ukrainians making gains in two major regions of the country and reclaiming territory that is now under russian occupation. tougher rules for migrants will be set out later by the new home secretary suella braverman when she addresses the tory party conference. more than 32,000 people have crossed the english channel in small boats so far this year. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has been speaking to people in northern france about the growing popularity of this route into the uk. it s 3am and this french patrol are tracking their target. two people smugglers spotted by a uk funded drone. they re half a mile away, swiftly preparing a boat to take migrants across the channel. a uk funded buggy gets the patrol there in minutes. the smugglers have already fled. but they ve lost their boat, thei