Albany County is deploying public works personnel and several large plow trucks to Western New York to help with the cleanup from what Gov. Kathy Hochul called "the blizzard of the century."

Twenty-one public works department (DPW) employees and 20 large plow trucks from the county's DPW fleet were headed to Erie County for three days to assist emergency responders, County Executive Dan McCoy announced Monday afternoon in Voorheesville.

He was joined by DPW personnel and Steve Acquario, executive director of the New York State Association of Counties.

McCoy said he was humbled so many county employees volunteered for the mission.

Over the last couple of days, dangerous winds and lake-effect snow combined to make roads in and around Buffalo impassable, knocked out power for tens of thousands and is blamed for the deaths of at least 27 people in the western part of the state, officials said Monday. 

In a phone call with Hochul on Monday, President Joe Biden pledged the federal government would support New Yorkers as the state picked up from the "historic" winter storm.

Forecasts call for more snow in the Buffalo and Watertown areas until Tuesday.

Motorists were told to stay home.