That will do it. Blowing, drifting, more snow... I've dug out the snow at our old home, and less than an hour later.. it was like I didn't do anything.
It appears there were lots of power outages too. News from 3 days ago. https://buffalonews.com/news/local/more-than-37-000-customers-without-power-in-erie-niagara-counties/article_6168c4d6-83a5-11ed-84c8-bf6c6bafcf64.html
The wind and power lines and trees don't always get along very well. You don't even need trees to fall over into the power lines. Some wind storms are strong enought to blow the lines over.
And then it can get worse.. Wind can cause galloping power lines, and they tend to self destruct if this happens.
If the storm started with rain, and that starts freezing on power lines, and it gets windy, with the wind in the correct direction, power lines can start to gallop. And that's not a good thing. Too much movement, is a bad thing, too much stress, and things start to fail.
I've seen transmission lines gallop like this. I was just amazed they didn't fall over.
Lower voltage power lines can start to gallop too.
Just the weight of the ice on the power lines is bad too.
I glad I retired...