Totally Insane! Buffalo Suburbs May Have Set a Record for 24-Hour Snowfall in a Populated Area

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this view of clouds streaming across Lake Erie toward Buffalo and Erie County, New York on Tuesday— where they dumped gargantuan amounts of snow. (Source: NASA) The national record for snowfall in a 24-hour period is 76 inches, up in the mountains of Colorado. Some suburbs of Buffalo approached that amount on Tuesday — "possibly the highest 24hr snow in a populated area," the National Weather Service Tweeted late Tuesday night. Unfortunately, four people have lost their lives as a result of the snow. And it's not over yet! As I'm writing this early Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service is forecasting more snow well into the day — and then even more through Thursday night: