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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The American Red Cross is seeking blood donors in the Rochester area so the organization can replenish the blood supply in the snowbound Buffalo region.
Officials with the Red Cross New York-Penn Region have issued an emergency appeal for blood donors. They tell local media that the severe lake-effect storms that have buried much of western New York have caused the cancellation of at least 30 blood drives through Thursday.
All blood types are needed. Officials say they're accepting donations Friday at the Red Cross facility in the town of Henrietta, just south of Rochester.
Officials say they hope to collect 1,000 units of blood to send west to Buffalo. Although the Thruway west of Rochester remains closed, the Red Cross says it has ways to get blood supplies to the Buffalo area.
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