The storm has caused at least eight deaths in New York, New Hampshire and Michigan, according to authorities
Up to six feet of snow have fallen in western New York since Monday night
Three feet more could be on the way before the storm subsides
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has mobilized the National Guard to help western New York dig out from the storm
Snow blown by strong winds forced the closing of a 132-mile stretch of Interstate 90 across New York state
Temperatures in all 50 states fell to freezing or below on Tuesday – more like January than November
Cold will continue Thursday and Friday – and into the weekend before it warms on Sunday and Monday
The Buffalo area has been battered by storms in recent days, which has left some motorists, including the rock band Interpol, trapped on western New York highways, with the National Guard bracing itself for another three feet of snow.
But just as the snow began accumulating around her home on Tuesday evening, Bethany Hojnacki went into labor.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s entourage makes its way on interstate I-190 to survey an area in West Seneca, New York November 19, 2014. Cuomo and other government officials viewed part of the thruway where several trucks and motorists were stranded after an autumn blizzard dumped a year’s worth of snow on western New York state
A bulldozer clears the way for an ambulance in a neighborhood in West Seneca on Wednesday as the Buffalo area braced for another battering of lake effect snow into Thursday
Cars are covered in snow in Orchard Park, New York, with another lake-effect storm expected to bring 2 to 3 more feet by late Thursday
Coming through: Freight trains are plowing their way through western New York, though Amtrak has suspended passenger rail service to the region
Art Hauret, of Lancaster, New York, needed a tape measure to show off the four feet of snow that piled up in his driveway in just a few hours on Tuesday
Daunting task: Many residents of Lancaster, New York, haven’t even begun to clear their driveways
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