Lake-effect snow hit Western New York on Friday and has continued throughout the weekend, prompting multiple counties to be placed under a state of emergency and lake-effect snow warning. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state of emergency on Friday for Erie,

Lake effect snow is slamming the Great Lakes, with seven states from Wisconsin to New York under snow alerts on Monday.

Lake-effect snow blowing in from the Great Lakes has blanketed parts of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, stranding hundreds of vehicles on roads and snarling post-Thanksgiving travel. Well over two feet of snow had fallen in many parts of the region by early Monday,