Buffalo Snow Storm: 8 Killed, More Snow, Floods In Second Snow Attack, Worst In History? [PHOTOS + VIDEOS]

The Buffalo snow storm has now led to a total of eight deaths as a second round of snowfall brought more floods and snow. The lake-effect snow from the Buffalo snow storm pounded the cities and towns near Buffalo, New York, Thursday.

Authorities confirmed the eighth death from by the Buffalo snow storm to be a 60-year-old man who had a heart attack while retrieving his snowblower, according to NBC News.

The Buffalo snow storm had already dumped more snow than many places are used to in a full season. Some homes reportedly had the equivalent weight of two or three pickup trucks on their roofs.

"A few areas are getting close to a foot right now, but the worst of it is the additional accumulation and that will occur today," Michael Palmer from The Weather Channel said. "So its just going to prolong people getting in and trying clearing the snow away - that's just not going to happen until the weekend."

Wet air from Lake Erie is reportedly much warmer than the air in the region. Forecasters said that this would result in more thunderstorms that drop snow, again. These types of oddities, as in the Buffalo snow storm, are called thundersnow.

The only good news, albeit little is that the band of heaviest snow from the recent Buffalo snow storm has shifted to the south, meaning that the places that got the most snow on Tuesday - with as much as 5½ feet - would be seeing only an additional foot.

On Wednesday, the Buffalo area was still buried under as much as 5½ feet of snow after the Buffalo snow storm. For the rest of the day, residents expected two additional feet were in some areas during the day.

By Thursday night, that was topped off with another 5 to 8 inches, according to a report by NBC News.

Other small cities located a few miles into the south, including Eden and East Aurora, were reportedly likely to get 2 to 3 more feet after the Buffalo snow storm, according to NBC News meteorologist Bill Karins.

By 6:30 a.m. ET, the Buffalo snow storm took a break downtown. However, the storm picked up steam south of the city. Areas such as Dunkirk, Gowanda and Springville had been hit hard, reports The Weather Channel.

"It may still come back [to Buffalo] late morning, early afternoon," said Palmer from TWC.. "Buffalo may not be done with this, and they're getting creamed in areas that got heavy snow on Tuesday."

Meanwhile, drivers were still urged to remain inside their home after the Buffalo snow storm. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said no one was stranded in cars, but that hundreds of abandoned cars were still on the roads, expected to cause "a massive problem" for many people.

Thursday morning, about 140 miles of Interstate 90, the main artery running east and west across New York state, has remained closed from Rochester to the New York-Pennsylvania state line. There is reportedly still no word when the road would be reopened.

Tuesday and Wednesday's bout of Buffalo snow storm resulted in more than 100 drivers getting trapped without food. Some were stranded for as long as 36 hours. According to Cuomo, some tractor-trailer drivers chose to stay with their rigs at rest srops.

"Mother Nature is showing us who's boss once again," Cuomo said Wednesday. "This is an historic event. When all is said and done, this snowstorm will break all sorts of records, and that's saying something in Buffalo."

He added that the situation after the Buffalo snow storm "will get worse before it gets better."

Forecasters said that there could also be heavy rains during the weekend. While there have already been eight deaths due to the Buffalo snow storm, some who ventured out onto the roads ended up trapped inside their vehicles for more than 24 hours, reports The Independent.

The Buffalo snow storm also dumped an estimated 220,000 tons of snow on Ralph Wilson Stadium outside Buffalo. Sunday's game between the Bills and the New York Jets was therefore left in doubt.

The Bills reportedly offered $10 an hour and free tickets to the game to anyone who volunteered to shovel out the stadium. Mark Poloncarz, Erie County executive, said he could not guarantee that the usual number of law-enforcement officers and emergency vehicles would be available for the game due to the after effects of the Buffalo snow storm.

"As much as I'd like to, we have an emergency situation," Poloncarz said.

Meanwhile, on social media, people posted pictures of huge drifts that are taller than their garage doors, while whole houses were left invisible under extremely thick snow due to the Buffalo snow storm. Authorities tried responding to 911 calls as best they could. However, ambulances could not get down side streets in several places.

All 50 states have experienced freezing temperatures Tuesday morning. This welcome into the holiday season reportedly makes for the coldest November beginning since 1976. However, the Buffalo snow storm has been a great obstacle in particular since the state is positioned on the shores of Lake Erie.

The so-called "lake effect" snow reportedly forms since water evaporating from the warmer lake reacts with the cold wind coming from the north. With the right wind and temperature conditions, according to forecasters, the effect will be similar to a big sponge wherein huge quantities of warm water will be sucked from the lake and wringed out as snow while it passes over land.

Since Buffalo is positioned right at the eastern end of the narrow lake, the place is susceptible to the lake effect snow phenomenon. However, this year's Buffalo snow storm has seen only a particularly extreme episode.

Towns south of Buffalo were allegedly the hardest hit by the snow stor. According to The National Weather Service, some places could approach the record for a single-day snowfall in the U.S., 6 feet 4 inches. Totals coming from cities and towns in western New York were a daunting record: In Cheektowaga, there is already 5 feet 5 inches, in Lancaster 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet in Gardenville.

Temperatures are also expected to climb above freezing by Saturday even after the Buffalo snow storm. This raises the possibility of flooding after massive blankets of snow starts melting.

Cuomo has already declared a state of emergency for 10 counties, and the National Guard was activated to help clean up. The state reportedly deployed 526 snowplows and 17 large snowblowers.

The Buffalo snow storm has resulted in 8 deaths already, but across the country, there are 22 deaths reported since Saturday.

A drone video showcasing the aftermath of the Buffalo snow storm has been released.