A brand new blast within the Arctic is predicted to dump more snow on the Great Lakes and the Northeast as winter weather caused transportation chaos and left hundreds stranded.
Lake-borne snow remains to be impacting areas downwind of Lake Erie after several harsh winter days and is predicted to proceed through Wednesday.
And the weather will proceed with enthusiasm this week: A robust clipper storm – a system that forms in Canada and moves across the Great Lakes into the United States – will move from Quebec on Thursday, bringing heavy snow to Michigan, the national region, bring Said the weather service.
About 5 million individuals are under winter weather and lake snow warnings Tuesday within the Great Lakes — including South Bend, Indiana; Muskegon, Mich.; Cleveland; Erie, Pennsylvania and Syracuse, New York.
By Wednesday, the Clipper weather system is predicted to bring snow to the inside Northeast and New England while increasing snowfall in downwind areas of the Great Lakes. NBC meteorologist Michelle Grossman said early Tuesday that 12 inches of snow could fall in some areas.
Other areas will experience frost, with temperatures 10 to fifteen degrees below the seasonal average in parts of the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
In Pennsylvania, homes and vehicles were buried in greater than 5 feet (1.5 meters) of snow, causing chaos on the roads.
Police responded to a crash Monday afternoon on Interstate 94 near Hartford, Van Buren County, involving 14 passenger vehicles and three tractor-trailers, with one driver suffering life-threatening injuries, Michigan State Police said in an announcement.
Aerial footage showed a protracted traffic jam as snow continued to fall.
There were drivers in Erie, Pennsylvania pictured on social Media outlets dig their cars and driveways out of greater than a foot of snow. A video shows a driver in Erie attempting to maneuver a vehicle with several feet of snow on the windshield. Dozens of cars lined a parking zone in Erie County buried under a lot snow that you can not see them.
Erie police responded to 92 incidents of roadblocks attributable to abandoned cars Monday and urged motorists to remain off the roads.
“If you get stuck, don’t just leave it alone. Get in contact with someone who can allow you to get it out. We're overwhelmed, the towing firms are overwhelmed, so we're 92 cases today and that's what we're doing.” “Into the fourth day,” said Erie Police Chief Daniel Spizarny NBC affiliate WICU from Erie.
WICU of Erie reported that the weight of snow on the roof of a livestock barn on a farm in the town of Arkwright, New York, caused it to collapse on Monday, killing five cows and injuring 100 others. A lake effect snow advisory is in effect across the region until 7:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
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