The Lake-effect snowstorm that severely affected parts of Buffalo, New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan this Thanksgiving weekend has prompted officials to caution travelers returning home after the T

The Great Lakes region is continuing face lake effect snow as some areas are bracing for multiple inches of snow into Tuesday.

Heavy snow slammed the Great Lakes region during Thanksgiving weekend, clogging communities with several feet of snow.

It’s still snowing in the Great Lakes after it snarled travel, stranded motorists and buried homes. A short-lived break is coming before more snow arrives.

After a weekend of extreme snowfall and accumulations of almost 5 feet near the northern border of New York, lake-effect snow bands lingered Monday morning. The Lake Ontario snow band had mostly dried up,

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

Post-Thanksgiving travel will be treacherous in parts of the Great Lakes region on Monday with more lake-effect snow falling after the region was already buried under feet of it, while cold temperatures remain across a large swath of the United States.

In late fall and winter, lake-effect snow is a common occurrence in the Great Lakes region. "Lake-effect snow occurs when cold air, often originating from Canada, moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes.