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That gets stuck along the side of the road. >> reporter: a blizzard trifecta of biting winds and lake-effect snow, which happens when bitter cold air passes over a body of water. the cold air sucks up and drops over land as snow. a massive snowstorm on the heels of a nationwide deep freeze. >> i couldn't last much longer out here. >> reporter: all 50 states recorded temps below freezing on tuesday. >> i'm really, really freezing and i'm not really prepared for this. >> reporter: in new jersey, live poir lines collapsed onto a transit train. a thousand passengers were delayed for hours. windchi...

This has been the scene here in buffalo ever since the warning went into effect monday evening. we're seeing about 15 inches of snow right now. and this has really beenen epic -- been an epic event in buffalo because it's the first blizzard warning here since 1993. overnight, the bitter cold temps and how longing winds creating whiteout conditions over our nation's snow belts. gusts of 40 miles an hour, snow piling up the rate of 2 inches an hour. police forced to use snow mobiles to rescue stranded drivers. a blizzard trifecta of biting cold and lake-effect snow.