Ice jam floods more than 100 South Buffalo basements

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – More than a hundred homeowners in South Buffalo are cleaning up from flooded basements after a huge ice jam by the South Park lift bridge backed up the Buffalo River Friday morning.
Police and fire crews went door to door on several streets to alert residents of the flooding potential as the water was rising.
“Our major concerns are when water gets into the basement, it can knock out pilot lights and then you can have gas issues,” explained Buffalo Fire L