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Toronto called in the army after 113 centimetres of snow fell over two weeks in 1999. Now, imagine receiving that same amount in just 24 hours.

That’s just what parts of Buffalo are dealing with after battling snow for more than two days. The main cause of the 123-plus cm of snow (4 feet, for Americans) is due to lake effect snow.

Janet Cordahi built this infographic with the towering chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell, which compares the amount of snow that different areas of Buffalo received.