Updated: 5:29 PM EST January 3, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Two Code Blue shelters will be open Sunday night for anyone needing a place to sleep indoors during the winter storm.
Overnight shelters include:
Lincoln Field House, 10 Quincy Street, Buffalo, 14212 from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Holy Cross, 412 Niagara Street, Buffalo, 14201 from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. (serving men only)
The Lincoln Field House will also serve as a daytime warming center on Monday.
If you encounter someone on the street during these time frames, please direct them to one of the Code Blue shelters. You can also call 211 to have an outreach team dispatched; outreach teams are dispatched between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Record-breaking snow blankets WNY
and last updated 2020-12-26 16:44:22-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â A post-Christmas record-breaking blanket of snow covered Western New York, bringing a Lake Effect Snow Warning for Southern Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties.
Heavy snow and gusty winds making travel extremely difficult and hazardous, with little to no visibility and deep snow on the roads.
County crews have been in since Thursday, working around the clock to clear roads. We ve had anywhere from 30 to 45 trucks on the road at any one time. Crews were anticipating it, you know, we were ready for it; we had plenty of supplies on hand and the equipment was ready to go, said Commissioner Bill Geary with Department of Public Works.