Buffalo swallowed by wall of snow as it gets 6 feet, with more to come, and six people reported dead

A wall of snow has swallowed Buffalo, New York, this morning. NOAA meteorologists say it's a . Check out the videos, plus the aerial photos (like the above posted byWBEN NewsRadio's Facebook) and satellite images. Good luck everyone. Updating with photos and video...

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From NOAA: Heavy snow is forecast for downwind areas of the Great Lakes region from Tuesday into Wednesday with the eastern shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario seeing impressive snow totals greater than 18 inches in limited bands near Fredonia and Watertown, New York. This image was taken by GOES East at 1445Z on November 18, 2014.

Update 1. According to meteorologist, this radar image is something they haven't seen in a very long time:

Update 2. Apparently the difference between south (where the snow is swallowing everything) and the north is incredible. Here's north of the snow wall:

Some people don't care, however, and they went surfing to Lake Erie, in Sunset Bay.

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The temperatures in the United States have dropped dramatically. Tuesday had the coldest morning since 1976. Freezing temperature blanketed the entire country, as this map shows. Check out the full report for the full resolution map and more information.

Update 4 (November 19, 2014, 8:30AM). Here are some photos of the aftermath.

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Lackawanna, NY, this morning.

Update 5. Apparently things are only going to the worse, as arctic wind from the North Pole and Siberia arrives to the Great Lakes.

Record lows from Idaho to Nebraska and Iowa south to Texas and east through the Great Lakes, the eastern 2/3 of the US will shatter decades-long and in some cases, century-long records. Temperatures east of the Rockies will be 20-40°F below climate normals.

Cold air pushes east thru Wednesday with a reinforcing shot of Arctic air with origin from the North Pole & Siberia to arrive on Thursday in the Great Lakes. Any relief is is 5-6 days away as Chicago, Minneapolis, and Detroit will struggle to rise above freezing until Saturday.

Update 6. Check out this time-lapse video of the snow wall:

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Update 7. Buffalo News reports six dead during storm. Like we said above, this is not over yet: "Two separate lake-effect snow warnings posted for today for metro Buffalo."

The lake-effect band is moving north this morning, with snow falling at a rate of 3 to 5 inches an hour.