Snowstorm grips New York

People clear snow from a house, in Orchard Park, NY. Western New York continues to dig out from the heavy snow dropped by this week by lake-effect snowstorms

A man digs out his driveway in Depew, N.Y. The Buffalo area found itself buried under as much as 5½ feet of snow.

People work to clear driveways and a street in the south Buffalo area. in Buffalo the snowfall brought huge drifts and closed roads in the Buffalo area finally ended Friday, yet residents still couldn't breathe easy, as the looming threat of rain and higher temperatures through the weekend and beyond raised the possibility of floods and more roofs collapsing under the heavy loads

A vehicle, with a large chunk of snow on its top, drives along Route 20 after digging out after a massive snow fall in Lancaster

An vehicles are piled high with snow on the Thruway between Walden Ave. and Ridge Rd in Cheektowaga, NY

Cars are covered in snow in Orchard Park