Snow, ice, wind, and bitter cold pummel the northern US in the dangerous winter storm
Another round of snow is covering the Northeast, triggering emergency protocols in several areas as officials warn the conditions could make for dangerous travel through the evening.
More than 100 million people, nearly 30% of the US population, are under winter weather alerts across the Pacific Northwest, Northern Plains, mid-Atlantic and the Northeast.
This comes on the heels of extreme winter conditions over the past week that have killed at least 67 people across 13 states, primarily in the Pacific Northwest and South. Tennessee had the most storm-related deaths at 19, followed by Oregon with 11 and Illinois with six.
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Five people in Kentucky have died due to the winter storms, the governor said in a news release. Five died in Pennsylvania, Mississippi and Washington state as well.
Snowfall began across parts of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast early Friday morning after blanketing parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes late Thursday.
Snowfall totals of 1 to 3 inches were common by Friday afternoon from Nebraska and Iowa through Ohio and Pennsylvania. Higher amounts of 3 to 6 inches piled up in parts of eastern Kentucky and across the terrain of West Virginia.
The heaviest lake-effect snow, up to 8 inches, could fall in the southern shores of the Great Lakes region, including Cleveland, Ohio, and Erie, Pennsylvania, into Saturday morning.
