4 die during heavy snowstorm in New York

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4 die during heavy snowstorm in New York
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Four people have died during the snowstorm that has dropped more than 48 inches of snow on Buffalo, New York.

The storm left dozens of motorists on the roads of Buffalo stranded for close to 24 hours, including a bus filled with members of the Niagara University women's basketball team on their way back from Pittsburgh. Some of the women on the bus became so thirsty, The Associated Press reports, they drank melted snow.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.