BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The mayor of Buffalo says the city is making significant progress clearing snow-clogged streets even as a flooding threat looms.
Mayor Byron Brown says Sunday a ban on driving will continue in hard-hit South Buffalo as hundreds of dump trucks, loaders and other snow removing equipment continue to work around the clock.
Temperatures in the Buffalo area rose into the 40s Sunday, raising fears of flooding in a region that is still digging out of more than 7 feet of snow. A flood warning from the National Weather Service is in effect until Monday afternoon.
City officials say residents should prepare for the possibility of flooded basements in the coming days.
The state already is moving stockpiles of pumps, sand bags and other flood provisions into the region.
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Sort of a microcosm of the polar caps melting. Use this natural disaster to illustrate that outcome. Maybe have a stuffed Polar Bear or 2 left stranded on the sidewalks and front yards here and there. The odd thing is, that there is probably a warming trend at the poles.
Climate change is a hit and miss, literally polar opposite effect sort of deal. But disasters are disasters, cold-hot-dry-flooded, it makes not much difference to the ravaged.
San Diego, where our monthly mortgage payments look like the selling price of a home in Buffalo, feels like excellent value at times like this.