Complete coverage: The Blizzard of 2022

More people in Western New York have died due to this storm than died as a result of the Blizzard of '77.

Looking back at weather bulletins, meteorological data, briefings from local officials and firsthand accounts, here's how the Buffalo Blizzard of 2022 unfolded.

County Executive Mark Poloncarz said it's now clear to him that too many people either didn't get the message or didn't take the messages of dire weather conditions seriously before the December blizzard.

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, who was in Washington, D.C., for a National Association of Counties conference, met with President Joe Biden on Tuesday and urged him to declare December's blizzard a "major disaster."

Between November and December, a city analysis showed Buffalo’s rates were “significantly low,” said Nathan Marton, commissioner of the city’s Public Works, Parks and Streets Department.

More so than those in other years, the most impactful stories of the past 12 months will reverberate far into the future. Two, in particular – The Tops mass shooting and the Christmastime blizzard – will stick with us – for the sheer horror.