Just a couple of days after several feet of lake-effect snow crippled the Buffalo, New York area and left people stranded, the area could now get heavy rain that would wash out large amounts of snow and cause flooding. The snow earlier this week was part of a stationary front that moved off Lake Erie and then stalled over the southern suburbs of Buffalo. This allowed foot after foot of snow to pile up in the region and create a snow emergency. The Buffalo Bills' stadium in Orchard Park is filled with snow, and since the stadium isn't as well-equipped as ones in other NFL cities like Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Bills' game against their division rivals the New York Jets has been moved to the Detroit Lions' stadium in Pontiac, Michigan.
Now, people in western New York are bracing for potential flooding, which is bad enough when there's nothing on the ground. But heavy rain with multiple feet of snow on the ground could create a second weather disaster for the area already hard-hit by winter weather. Preparations for the rain are being made in advance, but residents are still dealing with the aftermath of the snow, and it could be a while before they're back to "normal weather" mode.
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