Buffalo roads reopen as search continues for victims of deadly winter storm

Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have been killed or are stuck and suffering after last week's devastating blizzard, which is now the city's deadliest winter storm on record.

The driving ban in Buffalo, New York's second-most populous city, was lifted just after midnight Thursday, Mayor Byron Brown announced.

"Significant progress has been made" on snow removal, he said at a news conference late Wednesday. Suburban roads, major highways and Buffalo Niagara International Airport had already reopened.