BUFFALO, N.Y. — As rescue and cleanup efforts continue, Buffalo officials say crews are working to clear and widen main roadways, side streets and residential areas to make sure emergency vehicles have cleared routes to respond throughout the city.

Because of the sheer amount of snow, crews cannot just use plows to push snow to the side. It's being loaded into trucks and hauled away to four different locations. This is causing cleanup efforts to be slower than usual.

The significant number of cars still abandoned on the roads is not helping, either.

"We're constantly going down a street and we think it's a snow drift or snow pile and it's actually a car buried underneath there," said Commissioner Nate Marton of the Buffalo DPW. "So you've got to stop operations and call in some plow support and we're tag teaming that plow support with our equipment as well, so ... but you've got to pause, get that out of the way and resume."

City officials are also addressing reports of looting throughout the city.

The Buffalo Police Department is putting together an anti-looting detail to investigate reports of break-ins at businesses throughout the city. The beloved Broadway Market was among the businesses targeted.

"This isn't people stealing food and medicine and diapers," said Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia. "They are destroying stores, they are stealing televisions, couches, whatever else they can get their hands on. They're opportunists; they're taking advantage, and all you're doing is destroying the resource you have when you need to go to the store again and buy food or whatever else that you need."

The department has announced at least eight arrests for storm-related break-ins. They're asking the public to call or text them with any information about these incidents on their confidential Tip Line at 716-847-2255.