Already buried under snow, Great Lakes region expected to see more stormy weather this week

Snow continued to fall Monday around parts of the Great Lakes region, where storm-weary residents who have plowed and shoveled for days faced the prospect of even greater accumulations.

Lake-effect snow fell on parts of western New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio that were already blanketed with a foot (0.3 meters) or more over the past four days. By Monday, more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) of snow had fallen east of Lake Ontario in the past four days, according to the National Weather Service. Snow was forecast through Tuesday in the largely rural area south of Buffalo.

“It was so much, so quick, that we got buried," said Rebecca Chamberlin, who lives in the village of Cassadaga, New York, east of Lake Erie with her husband and two sons. She has been struggling to keep up with the bands of sometimes wet and heavy snow. “If it had been, you know, over a period of a week or more, it wouldn’t have been so bad.”

Heavy lake-effect snow caused a barn to collapse in the town of Arkwright, New York, killing five cows and trapping about 100 others, officials said Monday in a Facebook post. Emergency crews were working late into the day in deep snow to rescue the animals. Officials urged farmers to check their barns and buildings for any signs of stress or damage from the continuing snow.