{"id":90475,"date":"2026-01-19T00:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/90475\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:14:11","slug":"erie-county-officials-urge-no-unnecessary-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/90475\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County officials urge no unnecessary travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkkd0gnu000x01uazfznt21i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) A major winter storm is approaching Western New York and is expected to bring heavy snow, strong winds and extreme cold over the next several days.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkkd2xkx0013357vyzo0euw7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">City and county officials announced a travel advisory beginning at 10 p.m. Sunday and urged residents to avoid driving unless necessary. A lake-effect snow band is developing near Buffalo and extending into the Northtowns, with several inches of snow expected overnight into Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkkd2xm40014357vy4637pb9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Snow is forecast to intensify Monday morning across the Northtowns, creating whiteout conditions. Accumulations of 7 to 12 inches are possible before the band shifts south later in the day.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkkd2xns0015357vplmkxl2l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">The Southtowns are expected to see heavy snow through Tuesday, with totals ranging from 1 to 2 feet. Gusty winds could lead to near-zero visibility and dangerous travel conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkkd2xpm0016357vea33sea5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Officials continue to monitor the storm and urge residents to prepare for prolonged hazardous weather.<\/p>\n<p>\n          Featured Image Photo Credit: WBEN\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) A major winter storm is approaching Western New York and is expected to bring heavy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-90475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}