Snowstorm blamed for 8th death in New York

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Beth Bragg carries a snow shovel to the Old First Ward Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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Mark Petrik and Dennis Smith dig out their south Buffalo driveway. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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A woman carries pet food from a store in south Buffalo on Saturday as western New York continued to dig out from a fierce snowstorm. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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A man clears snow around a home in south Buffalo. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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Resident Nichole Kepple hugs Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to thank him for his efforts to clear south Buffalo streets. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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Resident Nichole Kepple talks with Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the streets of south Buffalo. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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Volunteers register at the Old First Ward Community Center to shovel snow in the hardest hit areas of Buffalo. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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Cars are covered in snow in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Buffalo area found itself buried under as much as 5½ feet of snow with another lake-effect storm expected to bring 2 to 3 more feet by late Thursday. (Derek Gee / Associated Press)

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A man digs out his driveway in Depew, N.Y. (Derek Gee / Associated Press)

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A sales manager at Toyota of Batavia clears snow off a buried car on the lot in Batavia, N.Y. (Mark Gutman / Associated Press)

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A woman walks along a snow-covered street in the south Buffalo area. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it’s all done. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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Trucks line Memorial Drive waiting to dump plowed snow on the grounds of the Central Terminal in Buffalo, N.Y. Snow was being trucked out of the hardest hit areas after yesterday’s snowstorm which dropped more than five feet of snow. (Sharon Cantillon / Associated Press)

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A woman walks along a snow-covered street in the south Buffalo, N.Y. (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

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Homes are covered in snow in West Seneca, N.Y. (Derek Gee / Associated Press)

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A youth pushes deep snow from atop a roof in Cheektowaga, N.Y. (Gary Wiepert / Associated Press)

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Bill Funke clears snow out his driveway at his home along Route 5 in Pembroke, N.Y. (Mark Gutman / Associated Press)

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Greg Mitri shovels his way through nearly 5 feet of snow in the Lakeview neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y. (John Normile / Getty Images)

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Floyd Compeau, 65, removes snow from his 1994 Chevy pickup truck outside in house in Brushton, N.Y. (Jason Hunter / Associated Press)

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A car is stranded on Mile Strip Road at the entrance to Route 219 near Buffalo, N.Y. (Derek Gee / Associated Press)

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Samantha Freeman shovels snow off the sidewalk in Public Square Nov. 19 in Watertown, N.Y. A ferocious lake-effect storm left the Buffalo area buried under 6 feet of snow, trapping people on highways and in homes. (Justin Sorensen / Associated Press)

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A man uses a snow blower to clear snow from his driveway near a completely snow-covered car in a neighborhood just south of Buffalo, N.Y. (Mark Webster / EPA)

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Christine Bloom works to clear snow off her vehicle to try and make it to work in Hamburg, N.Y. A ferocious storm dumped massive piles of snow on parts of upstate New York, trapping residents in their homes and stranding motorists on roadways. (Harry Scull Jr. / Associated Press)

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Snow covers a street at daybreak Wednesday in South Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo-area officials are getting help from a neighboring county in their efforts to clear roads and provide emergency services during the snowstorm that has buried sections of western New York in more than 5 feet of snow. (Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press)

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Bob Wilcox clears the snow at the end of his driveway in Lancaster, N.Y. (Gary Wiepert / Associated Press)

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Rachel Miller drives her dogs Aja and Ivan on a street in Kalamazoo, Mich. (Mark Bugnaski / Associated Press)

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Students from the Grand Valley State University campus in Michigan built a snowman that looks like the character Olaf from the movie ‘Frozen’ in Allendale, Mich. (Joel Bissell / Associated Press)

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Sally Hawthorne clears the sidewalk in front of her house in Kalamazoo, Mich. (Mark Bugnaski / Associated Press)

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People sled down the hill in Richmond Park in Grand Rapids, Mich. Lake-effect storms in Michigan produced gale-force winds and as much as 18 inches of snow. (Zach Gibson / Associated Press)

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Lauren Hansen shovels snow off her porch as her dog Kapone stands by during a mid-November snowstorm in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Emily Rose Bennett / Associated Press)

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A man walks down Coit Avenue in the wind and snow in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Emily Rose Bennett / Associated Press)

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With his arms tucked inside his hooded sweat shirt, Aris Espinosa of Erie, Pa., walks to school. (Christopher Millette / AP)

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A commuter walks along Market Street in freezing temperatures in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke / AP)

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Lynette Johnson moves snow in front of her home in Springville, N.Y. (Harry Scull Jr. / Associated Press)

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A lake-effect snowstorm with freezing temperatures affected travel, including this plane that negotiated its way through the snow at Buffalo’s international airport. (Gary Wiepert / Associated Press)

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Heavy snow covers a street in Buffalo. (Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press)

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A 4-foot fence and an SUV are nearly buried in Buffalo, N.Y. (Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press)

By Associated Press

Nov. 20, 2014 3:55 AM PT

reporting from BUFFALO, N.Y. —

A massive lake-effect snowstorm that’s been pounding the Buffalo area is being blamed for an eighth death.

Erie County officials announced the death Thursday morning, saying a man in his 60s was stricken a day earlier while using a snow blower. The news comes as a new blast of snow was moving through western New York.

Authorities say seven people in Erie County and one person in neighboring Genesee County have died since the storm began Tuesday. Most have had heart attacks.

The southern section of Buffalo and its suburbs have already been buried under as much as 5 1/2 feet of snow. Some areas may see up to 3 feet more by late Thursday.

“Mother Nature is showing us who’s boss once again,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called in the National Guard to help haul away snow and clear vehicles stranded on roads. “This is a historic event. I believe when all is said and done, this snowfall may break all sorts of records.”

Snowstorm blamed for 8th death in New York

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