pSnow covered Buffalo the evening of Tuesday, January 2, as the city experienced its first winter blizzard of 2018.ppThis timelapse footage shows the snowfall and low visibility conditions around Buffalo’s McKinley Monument.ppThe heavy snow was responsible for a multi-vehicle crasha that shut down a section of the New York State Thruway on Tuesday, killing one person.ppThe National Weather Service issueda a blizzard warning until 1 am Wednesday for the region amid bands of lake-effect snow. Wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour with no visibility were reported at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the weather service saida.