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The death toll has sadly climbed to ten people tonight in western new york. where so much remains paralyzed in a state of emergency in and around buffalo, new york. the region mother nature has placed inside some sort of a bullseye. 135 miles of new york throughway remains closed, travel banned in towns outright after second wave of snow. and roof collapses are a fear because of the weight of it all. lester holt starts us off tonight in a community with over six feet of snow on the ground. >> re...

Ten deaths blamed on the historic storm. cnns martin savidge has more for us. >> reporter: christine, heres an example of the work going on. elements showing up from the new york national guard. they are part of what is a large army of military as well as private industry that is coming in to try to help. clearing the streets is the name of the game going on here. right in the background here you have all of these dump trucks that have come in. they are using front-end loaders to lift the snow o...

Lost jobs particularly in the the technology sector. >> in three days, the storm dumped more than seven feet in the buffalo area. people are struggling to dig out. they are reports of 30 roofs collapsing and they expect more. and the death toll is standing at 13. the nursing home had to be evacuated because the staff noticed the ceiling sagging. flooding is now a major concern. heres more on what we need to know. >> it is the weight on the snow. once they get rain in there it will get heavier. a...

For the last five days. monday, they are making their own community there. and communities all across the area, they are finally breathing a sigh of relief that the snow is over. but now, they feel the concern of the long lasting impact of the snow. widespread concern this morning that a years worth of snow over a few days is too much to the bare. >> we have been deing with reports of collapsing roofs. >> reporter: no sooner than the snow stopped that the residents were getting the snow off of t...

. >> weather taker, nearly seven feet of snow have fallen south of buffalo. and two to three feet of more snow could be on the way tonight. nbcs lester holt has this report. lester? >> lawrence, good evening. we got hit by another heavy band of snow this afternoon. things are calm this hour, but the continuing travel restriction, the fact the fact that a lot of people cant get in and out of their homes has made for some pretty desperate times as we witness both on the ground and in the air today...

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Everybodys got the same damn mustache. >> i will now join a team learning how to put out a roaring industrial fire. had i known, id have grown a mustache yesterday. >> all right, cool it down. >> so what were watching right now is basically this is a chemical fire on top of water. >> yes. >> so is it oil, is it gas, what exactly is burning? >> diesel. >> this is just regular water right on the -- >> this is regular water. ultimately you would want to use foam, but what we do is we teach these gu...

This? >> ive been a firefighter for 20 years but ive been at the current department that im at for 14. >> and whats the name of the department exactly? >> the brian fire department, right up the road. >> got it. and so what do you do here specifically? >> specifically here i am a marine instructor. i teach ship board firefighting and offshore rig firefighting. >> look what i found. >> gentlemen, whats going on? >> how are you doing? >> im great, man. how are you? there are a lot of you.

Good morning to you, conner. this was devastating to see. what can you tell us this morning? >> reporter: good morning. that death toll has risen to five. a police officer who was one of the first responders on the scene at that synagogue attacked yesterday died as a result of wounds he suffered in a shootout with those attackers yesterday. he died late last night. he has been buried here in jerusalem, along with the four other rabbis, three americans, one brit. theyve all been buried here in je...

Five. one policeman, four worshipers, including three americans. conner powell live with the latest. hey, conner. >> reporter: good morning. that police officer was one of the first on the scene yesterday wounds that he suffered while battling those attackers outside that synagogue yesterday that brought the death total overnight to five people. three americans, one also from great britain as well. the city really is still here on edge in jerusalem after four people were killed, four rabbis and ...