Near Buffalo, between 10 and 20 inches of lake effect snow is expected by the end of Sunday, according to the Weather Service. The southern part of Erie County, along with Wyoming, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, are predicted to see 2 to 4 feet of snow by Monday night.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is declaring a state of emergency for the state's first big snowstorm of the season.She warns it could bury towns near Lake Erie and

Post-Thanksgiving travel plans were thrown into trouble as almost 30 inches of snow fell along Lake Erie, closing a stretch of I-90 and stranding motorists.

Officials upstate New York are preparing for a major snowstorm that is forecasted to drop over two feet of snow.

A lake-effect storm continued to blanket parts of the Great Lakes region with snow on Saturday, closing highways on one of the biggest travel weekends of the year and prompting Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York to declare a state of emergency on Friday in 11 counties.

The greatest snow totals are expected around Watertown in New York’s Tug Hill Plateau, as well as between Erie, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo.

A blast of Arctic air taking over much of the U.S. is bringing powerful lake-effect snow to several states and shivering temperatures to parts of the South.