Buffalo now prepares for flooding as temperatures soar

Residents of western New York are going from shoveling snow to filling sandbags as a historic blizzard that killed at least 39 people in metropolitan Buffalo gives way to a big meltdown with temperatures forecast to soar.

A record 51 inches of snow over the Christmas weekend paralyzed New York's second largest city, which is now facing fears of flooding as the mercury is expected to climb into the 50s on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

The warm-up has already started, with Buffalo hitting a relatively balmy 40 degrees Thursday morning.

With mountains of snow piled up in Buffalo and surrounding communities in Erie County, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has made additional resources available from the state's stockpile, including 775,000 sandbags and 312 generators to help communities cope with the radically changing weather.

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