US President Joe Biden is sending federal help to western New York state to assist state and native authorities clear up from the huge storm that dumped as a lot as 6ft of snow in western and northern New York.

The emergency declaration authorises the US Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate catastrophe reduction in 11 counties hit by the the lake-effect snowstorm on Friday and Saturday.

New York governor Kathy Hochul thanked Mr Biden for granting her request for emergency help, and added in a information launch: “My team and I will continue working around the clock to keep everyone safe, help communities dig out, and secure every last dollar to help rebuild and recover from this unprecedented, record-shattering historic winter storm.”

The US National Weather Service recorded 77in by Saturday in Orchard Park, dwelling to the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, and 72in in Natural Bridge, a hamlet close to Watertown off the japanese finish of Lake Ontario.

The storm pressured the Bills to maneuver Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Cleveland Browns to Detroit. The Bills gained 31-23.

More snow fell in a single day on Sunday in some areas, but it surely stopped by dawn Monday. “We are finally dry,” climate service meteorologist Liz Jurkowski mentioned.

A driving ban had been lifted for many areas affected by the storm by Monday morning, however faculties remained closed in Buffalo and close by cities.

The snowstorm was a minimum of the worst in New York state since November 2014, when some communities south of Buffalo had been hit with 7ft of snow over the course of three days.

Ms Jurkowski mentioned snowfall totals for this storm had been nonetheless being tabulated.