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Travel bans https://twitter.com/NYSDHSES/status/1746872410723201061 were lifted for much of Erie County, New York, on Monday, January 15, after a severe winter storm brought blizzard-like conditions to Western New York. NYS Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services https://twitter.com/NYSDHSES/status/1746872410723201061 said a travel ban remained in place for Lackawanna on Monday morning. All other cities, towns and villages in Erie County were issued a travel advisory. The https://twitter.com/NWSBUFFALO/status/1746820613690294358 NWS said "intense" lake effect snow and said rates of two inches of snowfall per hour were possible in the Buffalo metro area and northern Jefferson County. This footage, captured by Daniel J D Pollina, who runs the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv5BiXgOzcw New York Storm Chasers account, shows shopper brave the wintry conditions in the parking lot of of a Wegmans supermarket in the Buffalo suburb of Depew late on January 13. New York Governor Kathy Hochul https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-declares-state-emergency-ahead-potentially-dangerous-and-life-threatening#:~:text=Governor%20Kathy%20Hochul%20today%20declared,Lake%20Erie%20and%20Lake%20Ontario issued a State of Emergency earlier that day. (Footage by Daniel J D Pollina/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)