A lake-effect storm buried parts of western and northern New York as it buffeted areas east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
A total of 77 inches of snow was recorded in the Buffalo suburb of Orchard Park, home to the Buffalo Bills. The town of Natural Bridge is located near the Fort Drum Army base.
The amount of snow that fell in some places was the highest ever recorded in the area.
The snowfall totals, which began accumulating Thursday night in some spots, would be on the order of historic for any time of year.
The lake-effect storm created narrow bands of wind blown snow that dumped feet of snow in some communities, but left towns a short drive away relatively unscathed.
It wreaked havoc on some roads, as trucks that took to smaller backroads to avoid a closure on parts of an interstate ended up in mass traffic jams that Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz described on social media as "tractor-trailer demo derby day."
It wreaked havoc on the wedding plans of Robert Junge and Maria Szeglowski, who chose this day for their wedding a year ago.
The reception venue has been canceled. More than half of their expected 180 guests weren't able to attend the church ceremony because the musician they hired couldn't make it.
They used a limo to get the bride to the church while Junge drove himself.
No matter what, Junge was going to marry her.
The snow is going to make for some beautiful pictures.
The game was moved to Detroit because of the snow.
Some of the hardest hit areas south of Buffalo's center got some sun and a break from the snow on Saturday.
According to the forecasts, several inches more could fall Saturday night into Sunday, but different areas in the region were likely to be hit rather than totals increasing too much in the areas where theaviest snows had already fallen.
The National Guard was sent to help with snow removal in some of the hardest hit areas.
Two people in the Buffalo area died of cardiac events related to shoveling snow.
In Michigan, the lake-effect has dumped up to 2 feet of snow in some areas.
According to the Starke County Sheriff's Department, a snowplow driver died Friday when his plow slid off the pavement and rolled over. The lake is about 30 miles from Hamlet.
One of the worst lake-effect snowstorms Buffalo has ever experienced was in November of last year. The storm dumped 7 feet (2 meters) of snow on some communities and trapped drivers in more than 100 vehicles on the New York State Thruway.
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Julie Walker is a correspondent for the AP.
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