Across Buffalo, coverage here takes in lake-effect snow, winter storms, flooding, severe thunderstorms and emergency declarations. Reporting reaches the city's neighborhoods and the suburbs around it.
Two community groups planted trees mostly on the East Side and in parts of Black Rock, Parkside and the West Side.
Live Poll
Should your city spend more public money planting trees in neighborhoods?
The annual dinner recognized emergency medical crews whose quick actions made a difference in life-threatening emergencies.
Live Poll
Do you feel extreme weather shifts are happening more often in your area?
Western New York shifts to cooler weather following a high of 71 degrees on October 29.
Wednesday's forecast high would top the city's November 4 record of 74 degrees set in 2022, before rain moves in that evening.
The city failed to submit its required annual snow plan by the April 1 deadline, leaving the document 150 days overdue.
Live Poll
Do you trust federal disaster loans to help local families recover after storms?
Low-interest federal loans are available to Buffalo-area property owners, renters, nonprofits and small businesses hit by September flooding.
Day to day, that means tracking forecasts and warnings as they are issued, storm damage and power outages, road closures and emergency declarations, and the cleanup that follows. Coverage runs across the city and into the communities around it wherever a storm's damage crosses the line. Lake-effect snow off Lake Erie produces some of the sharpest local swings, so conditions in one area can differ sharply from the next. Aging infrastructure and the strain of repeated winter storms are the constraints most often behind recovery stories.
