cnn s pablo sandoval is in buffalo for us. tell us about the conditions you ve seen throughout the day. reporter: still this event is far from over. we still need to see what s going to happen overnight. many of it travel bands those are still in place south south of where we are right now. the goal there is to allow those trucks, those plows to do what they have do to make sure those roads are clear. unlike here in buffalo where the city has fared pretty well, just about 13 miles south of here in orchard park, new york, they during the peak of this storm they basically experienced a snowfall rate of anywhere from 2 to 3 inches an hour. add it all up as of last check they ve tallied up about 5 1/2 feet of snow. again, that s just a few miles south of where we are. when you hear from officials, hear from the executive county he ll tell you even for buffalo that kind of snow amount, the volume is extraordinary.
palo sandoval is in buffalo tonight. i know it s cold. tell us about the conditions you ve seen throughout the day. yeah, you know, still, this event is far from over. in fact, we still need to see what is going to happen overnight. you see many of the travel bans, those are still in place just south of where we are right now. the goal there is to allow those trucks, those plows to do what they have to do to make sure those roads are clear. you see unlike here in buffalo, wherever the city has faired pretty well, just about 13 miles south of here in orchard park new york, they during the peak of this storm they basically experienced a snowfall rate of anywhere from 2 to 3 inches an hour, add it up as of last check, they ve tallied up 5.5 feet of snow. again, that s just a few miles south of where we are. so when you hear from officials, when you hear from the county executive mark, he ll tell you even for buffalo, that kind of
at least 2 feet of snow. if you look really hard in that snow, you ll find our polo sandoval right there, all wrapped up and ready to go. people are being smart and staying off the roads except for walking their dogs. reporter: it doesn t mean we re seeing people out and about, though. there s a couple dog walkers. but those are few and far between. you see a lot of folks that are obviously going to brave this weather, but for the most part, they are staying home, heeding warnings we heard from massachusetts governor charlie baker yesterday and boston mayor michelle wu encouraging people to stay home. that s why she declared a snow emergency yesterday so the plow trucks, about 900 pieces of equipment, can continue to try to clear up the roads. but looking behind me, it s clear that s an uphill battle as the snow continues to fall. meteorologists have expected the peak and the highest snowfall rate we would see would be between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., the main event.
it s said the roads should be open sometime later today. this is the mess they are keeling with. countless cures stuck on a 40 to 50-mile stretch of i-59 in both corrections and a stretch in richmond, virginia, fredericksburg and stafford, involving three different counties and the operation expanding to six different agencies. the state says it s not going to call in the national guard. what is so interesting here is that the state, the virginia department of transportation on this briefing call that i m just off of says it could not have possibly kept up with the snowfall rate. 12 to 14 inches fell there yesterday morning and into the afternoon, about two inches per hour, they say. they say their equipment doesn t keep up with a snowfall like that. 12 to 14 inches in total on interstate 59 near fredericksburg and virginia officials say they did not pre-treat interstate 59 because the storm was forecasted to start off as rain, and the