Flood warnings for New York New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says parts of the state are bracing for flooding to some extent as snow begins to melt after heavy snowfall. People clear snow from a house in Orchard Park, New York after a year's worth of snow fell in two days. Pic: AP Photo/Mike Groll. RECORD-breaking snowfall that buried towns near Buffalo, New York, and killed at least 14 people posed a major flooding threat Saturday with temperatures forecast to rise. Areas of western New York that got socked with more than two meters of snow this week are now are under a flood warning, the National Weather Service said. The zone was previously under a flood watch, which urges people to prepare for a possibility, while a more serious flood warning is issued when flooding is imminent or occurring. The warning was in effect in northern Erie, Genessee, Wyoming, Chatauqua, Cattaraugus, southern Erie counties, including the cities of Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Jamestown, Olean, Orchard Park and Springville. A truck is stranded on Armor Duells Road in Orchard Park, New York. Shelly Hathaway shovels the roof of her house with her dog Chief. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) Source: AP More than 600,000 people live in the area, where thousands particularly in towns south of Buffalo have been trapped in their homes for nearly a week - unable to emerge from doors they cannot open due to heavy snowpack. Authorities urged people to clear storm drains in front of their homes, and to get any valuables out of their basements. In Lackawanna, National Guard troops were out enforcing the travel ban, officials said. "Only the city of Buffalo south of Seneca Street, the city of Lackawanna and the town of Eden have driving bans now," tweeted Erie county executive Mark Poloncarz. Snow caved in the roof of this store. A man clears snow from a the roof of a house (AP Photo/Mike Groll) Source: AP it hasn't stopped this man going for a jog. A car is weighed down by heavy snow in the south Buffalo area (AP Photo/Mike Groll) Source: AP Snowfall roughly equivalent to a year's supply of snow in two days saw the National Guard called up and could yet prompt a federal disaster declaration, local officials said. Many of those who died lost their lives while clearing mounds of heavy snow from their cars and homes. And the massive weight of the snow was a key worry for many. Those who could shovelled flat and low-angled roofs, but many older residents were not physically able to do so. The roof at the Flexovit machinery plant in Evans "collapsed" Friday, Erie county authorities said. The plant appeared to have major structural damage, and a roof that has fallen in almost completely. But the same county authorities have not yet addressed if people were inside, or whether people were evacuated at a time when many roads were blocked, and authorities" manpower stretched to the breaking point. Evans police declined requests for comment.