Metro Buffalo area is now under a State of Emergency as a historic lake-effect snowstorm brings almost 5 feet of snow. Authorities report 2 deaths and roads closed. To add to that, thundersnow is now observed in some areas.
but areas like not just erie, or ontario, you also have superior and michigan, experiencing lake-effect snow through sunday. in all, we re looking at most areas picking up at least another half a foot to 12 inches. one key thing to note, martin and amara, some areas could pick up to 2 feet on top of 4 to 6 feet that s fallen. it s just stunning the difference you can have within a few miles. the other thing is thundersnow. right. they have incorrectly intense thunderstorms sometimes embedded within these blizzards which is striking for them. probably spectacular but frightening. allison chinchar, appreciate it, thank you. u.s. attorney general merrick garland has appointed new york attorney jack smith as special prosecutor to oversee the federal investigations into trump s role leading into the january 6th insurrection and also into the classified documents that were found at
you re listening on radio, the only way i can describe it is north pole stuff with horizontal snow. she s got the goggles on. when did this start like this? reporter: it s been off and on. we ve heard, you mentioned the thundersnow. we heard that all throughout the night. i heard it a couple times this morning and then it was so clear, not even ten minutes ago and this just started probably a couple minutes before our live shot. so this is lake effect snow for ya. you can t predict it. wow. marissa, thank you for being with us from a snowy morning in buffalo. and now to washington and the beginning of a new era for house democrats. after 20 years in leadership including eight as the first woman house speaker, nancy pelosi says she s passing the torch. for me, the hours come for a new generation to lead the democratic caucus that i so deeply respect, and i m grateful that so many are ready and willing to shoulder this awesome
biggest blast pounding western new york. the region is predicted to get snowfall rates of more than 3 inches per hour, which could make for near zero visibility. buffalo, new york, already declaring a state of emergency with the storm threatening to bury it in more than 4 feet of snow, feet. the sky was punctured with thunder and lightning known as thundersnow. joining us now from buffalo, nbc marissa. i d ask you what it s like this morning but we can see it s not pretty. reporter: we are right in the middle of it, jose. this is just an example how unpredictable lake effect snow is. we had a clear sky not even five minutes ago. look how fast and hard this is