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New York state and local officials are issuing travel advisories and implementing other restrictions amid a winter storm, expected to start Monday evening and last until Wednesday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul described the weekend's snowstorm affecting Buffalo and Watertown as "historic."

The storms, also known as whiteouts, move fast and can make driving conditions treacherous at a moment’s notice.

“Will we have enough drivers? Absolutely. If the snow started flying today, we would be out there, in our trucks, clearing the roads.”

“There is a dry ice shortage, so we're fighting through that as well,” Broome County Executive Jason Garnar said. “We're doing everything we can to get extra dry ice.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the storm affected 11 counties, from the Southern Tier to the North Country.

The system, which brought tremendous amounts of snow and rain to California, dumped heavy snow in the Midwest. New York is expected to get more than a foot of snow.

Broome County announced a travel ban for all non-essential vehicles early Thursday morning. It will continue indefinitely until the roads are cleared.

Overnight, the Governor says State Police responded to over 600 accidents and disabled vehicles. There were also two fatal accidents.

The law has been on the books for over ten years, but it’s getting new attention thanks to recent snowfall.