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More Weather Misery for Buffalo

The warmer temperatures and half-an-inch of rain could mean intense flooding for the beleaguered region.

The cold eased and it was no longer snowing Sunday in battered Buffalo and elsewhere around the Great Lakes.

 

Here comes the rain. And behind that, another foot of snow.

Areas that saw up to 7 feet of lake-effect snow in recent days were basking in temperatures well above freezing Sunday. Buffalo could see 60 degrees on Monday. The warmer temperatures and half-an-inch of rain by late Monday could mean intense flooding for the beleaguered region.

"They are going to have flooding problems, there is no doubt about that," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Jack Boston said.

Boston said the lake-effect snow is usually "the real fluffy stuff." But last week's storm came early in the season when Lake Erie's water temperature was still in the 50s -- the warm water brought wetter, heavier snow.

The Big Melt will pass into history by Tuesday when a wave of arctic air will sweep across the region.

"Some areas could see another foot of snow Tuesday. Isn't that nice ..." Boston said.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning into Monday afternoon for the Great Lakes region. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz told Buffalo's WGRZ-TV his county is stockpiling water pumps, 69,000 water bottles and 5,300 meals-ready-to-eat.

 

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.
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