Western NY death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos

Workers use heavy equipment to clear snow from Richmond Avenue in Buffalo, N.Y., on Monday. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo residents hovered around space heaters, hunted for cars buried in snow drifts and looked for more victims Monday, after 28 people died in one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit western New York.