On December 2, 2024, in Erie, Pennsylvania, a record snowfall left the ground more than 3 feet thick, prompting local residents to dig out stranded and buried cars.
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New arctic winds will bring more snow to the Great Lakes and Northeast as winter weather disrupts traffic and leaves thousands stranded.
After several days of harsh winter weather, lake effect snow is still impacting downwind areas of Lake Erie and is expected to continue into Wednesday.
The weather will continue to improve this week: A severe Clipper Storm — a system that formed in Canada and crossed the Great Lakes into the United States — will move from Quebec on Thursday, bringing heavy snow to Michigan.
About 5 million people in the Great Lakes region, including South Bend, Indiana, were under winter weather and lake-effect snowfall warnings on Tuesday. Muskegon, MI; Cleveland; Erie, PA; and Syracuse, NY.
A Clipper weather system will bring snow to the interior Northeast and New England by Wednesday, while snow will intensify downwind of the Great Lakes. NBC meteorologist Michelle Grossman said earlier Tuesday that up to 12 inches of snow could fall in some areas.
Other areas also felt the cold, with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below the seasonal average in parts of the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
In Pennsylvania, homes and vehicles were buried under more than 5 feet of snow and roads were a mess.
A driver was seriously injured in a crash Monday afternoon on Interstate 94 near Hartford in Van Buren County involving 14 passenger cars and three semi-trucks, Michigan State Police said in a statement.
On December 2, 2024, a snowstorm covered northwest Pennsylvania and upstate New York, putting the Erie International Airport in Pennsylvania into a snow emergency.
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As the snow continues to fall, a bird’s-eye view shows a long tail.
In Erie, Pa., the driver Photos on social media Media dug their cars and driveways out of more than a foot of snow. a video A driver in Erie is shown trying to move a vehicle with several feet of snow on the windshield. Dozens of cars in a parking lot in Erie County Buried under so much snow They will never see each other again.
Erie police responded to 92 cases of abandoned cars blocking streets Monday and urged motorists to stay off the roads.
“If you get into trouble, don’t just ignore it. Get in touch with someone who can help you get out of it. We’re overwhelmed, the towing companies are overwhelmed, which is why we’re working on 92 cases today and we’re entering day four. ,” Erie Police Chief Daniel Spizzani told NBC Affiliate Erie WICU.
Yili WICU report The weight of snow on a farm in Arkwright, New York, caused its roof to collapse on Monday, killing five cows and injuring 100 others. A lake effect snow warning remains in effect for the area until 7 p.m. ET Tuesday.
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