Arctic blast continues to hammer Northern U.S., disrupting post-Thanksgiving travel
On one of the busiest days of the year, as millions of people return home from their Thanksgiving travels, an Arctic blast has brought snow, frost, and dangerously cold winds to the Great Lakes, the Midwest, and the northern Plains, making driving extremely difficult to impossible.
A collision between the south-moving arctic blast and relatively warm lake water has caused some 3 million individuals in sections of New York state, Pennsylvania, and Ohio to be under caution for lake effect snow showers, out of the approximately 9 million people nationwide who are under winter alerts.
Winter weather advisories and storm warnings are in effect for nearly 2.3 million people in areas of West Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, and New York state. The advisories add that blizzard conditions, heavy snow...