In Pictures: Western New York paralyzed by worst winter storm in decades

Perry (6) sleds down snow pile formed by a snow plow following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S.

Emergency electrical service vehicles gather in parking lot following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S.

Perry (6) and Theo (6) sled down snow pile formed by a snow plow following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S.

A man walks beside snow piles formed by plows following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S.

A collapsed gas station is seen following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S.

A collapsed gas station is seen following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S.

A home covered in snow is seen following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S.

A woman shovels snow beside a house and downed tree coated in ice formed by the spray of Lake Erie during a winter storm in Hamburg, New York, U.S.

Ice formed by the spray of Lake Erie waves covers a house during a winter storm in Hamburg, New York, U.S.

A utility worker walks by trucks in a staging area during a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region in Amherst, New York, U.S.