One years worth of snow in just three days: Crazy photos from Buffalo, New York

[caption id="attachment_1812563" align="alignleft" width="940"] A freakish storm swept off the Great Lakes and deposited as much as five feet (1.5 meters), killing at least seven people and stranding motorists overnight.

The new bout of snow could bring three feet (1 meter) of snow in parts of Erie County, which includes the city of Buffalo. Reuters[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812567" align="alignleft" width="940"] A lake-effect snow storm with freezing temperatures produces a wall of snow travelling over Lake Erie into Buffalo, New York. November 18, 2014. A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a "polar vortex" descended Tuesday into much of the Northeastern U.S. REUTERS[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812575" align="alignleft" width="940"] Heavy Lake Effect snow falls and accumulates on a vehicle in the driveway of a home in Orchard Park, New York, November 18, 2014. Temperatures in all 50 U.S. states dipped to freezing or below on Tuesday as an unseasonably cold blast of weather moved across the country, while heavy snow prompted a state of emergency in western New York. REUTERS[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812577" align="alignleft" width="940"] A man blows snow from his sidewalk in Buffalo, New York, November 19, 2014. An autumn blizzard dumped a year's worth of snow in three days on Western New York state, where five people died and residents, some stranded overnight in cars, braced for another pummeling expected later on Wednesday. REUTERS[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812579" align="alignleft" width="940"] A woman walks down the middle of the street through the blowing snow in Buffalo, New York, November 19, 2014: Reuters[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812583" align="alignleft" width="940"] Snow blows across Route 190 in Buffalo, New York, November 19, 2014: Reuters[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812585" align="alignleft" width="940"] A car is covered in snow in Orchard Park outside of Buffalo, New York, November 19, 2014. Western New York state braced for a fresh wave of heavy snow on Wednesday: Reuters[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812587" align="alignleft" width="940"] An abandoned car marked by orange cones is buried under snow as a snowplow passes by in Buffalo, New York, November 19, 2014: Reuters[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812589" align="alignleft" width="940"] 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 the freak blizzard: Reuters[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812591" align="alignleft" width="940"] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo climbs over snow piled on the highway after talking with a stranded trucker on interstate I-190 while surveying an area in West Seneca, New York: Reuters[/caption][caption id="attachment_1812595" align="alignleft" width="940"] Vehicles litter the highway in West Seneca, New York November 19, 2014.[/caption]