Thousands remain without power in the Buffalo region, where there is as much as 49 inches of snow on the ground.
The death toll from a devastating blizzard that paralyzed western New York rose to at least 27 on Monday morning, while thousands remained without power as snow continued to fall.
“We can see, sort of, the light at the end of the tunnel,” Mark C. Poloncarz, the Erie County executive, said at a news conference on Monday morning. “But this is not the end yet. We are not there.”
Mr. Poloncarz said that officials in Erie County, which includes Buffalo, had identified 12 more deaths since Sunday that they had linked to the storm.
He said the deaths included people found trapped in their cars and those who had “cardiac-related events” while removing snow from outside homes and businesses.
At least one death in Niagara County was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said. The county sheriff’s office said that a 27-year-old man was found dead in his home in Lockport, N.Y., after heavy snow blocked an external furnace and caused carbon monoxide to enter the house. Another person was taken to a hospital for treatment, the sheriff’s office said.
An earlier article with a death toll of 29 may have double-counted two fatalities in Erie County.
Western New York, no stranger to snow, appeared to bear the brunt of a fierce storm that sent temperatures plunging in much of the country.
Strong winds took down power lines in the central, eastern and northern United States, and the weather upended holiday travel plans for much of last week. In Maine, more than 20,000 homes and businesses remained without power on Monday morning, according to the utility company’s maps.
With the remnants of the storm beginning to move out of western New York, a driving ban remained in place in Buffalo, the region’s most populous city, as well as in many of its immediate suburbs. Mr. Poloncarz said that much of Buffalo was “impassable” for drivers, and that he did not anticipate conditions changing through the day.
The snow is expected to end tomorrow morning, with between four and eight more inches expected in parts of the region, mostly concentrated north of the city during the day, before moving south overnight, said Jon Hitchcock, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Buffalo.
The snow is forecast to be “very fluffy,” he added, and, with very little wind in the forecast, the Buffalo region should not expect the same level of blizzard-like conditions it experienced over the weekend.
“We will have more snow, but it’s a lot lower impact than what we’ve had,” he said.
The Weather Service said on Monday that more than 49 inches of snow was recorded over three days at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the highest total in Erie County. Jefferson County received between 22 and 41 inches of snow, Niagara County recorded up to 24 inches of snow and Lewis County saw up to 30 inches of snow over the same time period, according to the Weather Service.
More than 12,000 customers remained without power in Erie County. Mr. Poloncarz said electricity “might not get restored until Tuesday” because of damage to utilities from the storm. Officials said the Buffalo airport would remain closed until Tuesday morning.
Beau Duffy, a spokesman for the New York State Police, said that more than 100 members of the state police were using snowmobiles and other special vehicles to help clear roads, reach stranded cars and move vehicles from roadways to make room for snowplows.
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