An icy blast and blizzard in the East Coast has frozen over a Lake Erie neighborhood in New York, transforming homes into igloos and the water into an ice sheet.
Homes in Hamburg, New York were completely covered in ice over the weekend, with icicles hanging down from doors and windows, leaving some homes completely in the dark due to frosted windows.
Shocking photographs show homes and trees on Hoover Beach, just in front of the lake, covered in thick muddied snow and ice.
The damage was so extreme that some residents had to force their way out of the house as the ice covering their homes was between one to three inches thick.
Frozen! Any icy blast and blizzard has frozen over a Lake Erie neighborhood in Hamburg, New York over the weekend
Homes in Hamburg, New York were completely covered in ice over the weekend, with icicles hanging down from doors and windows, leaving some homes completely in the dark with windows frosted over
The ice was so extreme that residents had to force their way out of the house as the ice covering their residences were between one to three inches thick
‘I actually had to go out a secondary door and then chisel my way back into the house by breaking the ice,’ Hoover Beach resident Ed Mis said
This is the sixth storm in a matter of months to batter the area as residents are demanding the city build a breakwall to protect their homes from further weather-related damage
‘I actually had to go out a secondary door and then chisel my way back into the house by breaking the ice,’ Hoover Beach resident Ed Mis said to ABC10.
Mis said he checked in on his neighbors after waking up and realizing the entire neighborhood was covered in ice.
He said the woman living next door to him had her home completely covered in thick ice that almost reached her roof.
‘This is like our sixth storm in a matter of a few months, and it’s kind of wearing on everybody,’ he said.
An aerial view of the Hoover Beach neighborhood shows rows of the frozen homes covered in thick ice and snow
This aerial view shows how Lake Erie froze near the shore and how monster waves covered waterfront homes in ice and snow
Residents say their worried about property damage as repeated storms blow through the area
Ice started to accumulate on Thursday and overnight into Friday due to freezing temperatures with lows of 21 Fahrenheit as waves from Lake Erie pounded the shoreline and strong winds further blew the water onto the homes.
On Friday Hamburg was hit with a blizzard that brought heavy snow and sloshing 10-foot waves from Lake Erie.
To add to the cold snap, wind gusts topped at 47mph over the weekend coupled with sustained winds as strong as 36 mph.
The weekend’s weather in a natural phenomenon known as lake-snow effect where frigid air moves over the Great Lakes and creates heavy snowfall.
In the severe weekend weather Hoover Beach residents suffered property damage, destroyed power lines and saw trees collapse under the weight of the ice.
An aerial view of the waterfront neighborhood shows a dozen houses completely swamped with snow and covered in muddy ice.
Mis joked ‘Now I live in a cave’ after Lake Erie waves pounded then froze his home’s exterior over the weekend
Ice started to accumulate on Thursday and overnight into Friday due to freezing 20-degree temperatures as waves from Lake Erie pounded the shoreline and strong winds further blew the water onto the homes
On Friday Hamburg was hit with a blizzard inundating the New York neighborhood with snow and sloshing 10-foot waves from Lake Erie
To add to the cold snap, wind gusts topped at 47mph over the weekend coupled with sustained winds as strong as 36 mph
In the severe weekend weather Hoover Beach residents suffered property damage, destroyed power lines and saw trees collapse under the weight of the ice
Sloshing waves from the bitterly cold Lake Erie at Hoover Beach pictured above
Icicles pictured along Lake Erie over the weekend following a severe snow storm
According to Hamburg’s Emergency Services Manager the ice has to thaw before a team can be sent in to assess the damage.
Locals say they’re worried for their homes as the lake creeps closer to their properties due to erosion over the past few big stores.
Homeworker Lise Kreuder told WIVB that Hoover Beach needs a breakwall soon.
Last month Hamburg town supervisor announced the town will apply for new FEMA funds in 2020 for a breakwall and other protective measures for the neighborhood.
Social media users shared snaps of their frozen homes and of eerie icicles hanging from ice-covered trees
This home was completely covered in ice and icicles facing the direction of the howling wind
Even the sidewalk was completely covered in ice and snow making it dangerous to even walk through the neighborhood
Brick homes were transformed into frightening visions of sleep and icicles in the severe weather over the weekend