The first big snowstorm of the season is threatening to bury New York towns along lakes Erie and Ontario during a hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend.
An Arctic outbreak of cold air will expand south and east and bring “dangerously cold wind chills” into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, the National Weather Service said Saturday, while heavy lake-effect snow could make travel “very difficult to impossible” into next week.
“Travel will be extremely difficult and hazardous this weekend, especially in areas where multiple feet of snow may accumulate very quickly,” the National Weather Service said Saturday.
CBS New York meteorologist John Elliott said “very intense snow” will hit communities along the Great Lakes, Plans and Midwest regions.
Cold weather advisories were issued for parts of North Dakota on Saturday and high pressure from central Canada …