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The City of Utica has declared a Snow Emergency which will go into effect at 11:00 Thursday night.

A new study aims to shed light on the weather phenomenon that's behind many of Buffalo's most epic snowfalls.

A large swath of northern New York is encased in ice and snow after days of lake-effect storms followed by an arctic cold front sending temperatures well below zero.

Officials in a town near Lake Ontario's eastern end are asking residents to avoid driving on local roads so crews can remove 5 feet of snow that has fallen since Christmas Day.

Forecasters are calling for up to 2 feet of additional snow for areas east of Lake Ontario that have already received as much as 32 inches from lake-effect storms over the long Christmas weekend.

A Lake Effect Snow Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service until 7 p.m. February 16 for Chenango, Cortland and Otsego Counties.

A Lake Effect Snow storm is bringing anywhere from 2 inches to 2 feet, depending on where you live in Central New York. The National Weather Service has issued a Snow Warning in Northern Oneida County until Saturday night and a snow advisory until Friday morning for Southern Oneida, Madison and Onondaga counties.

Check road conditions in New York to see if travel is safe, roads are snow covered or if an accident will delay your commute.