A lake effect storm pummelled parts of the Great Lakes region Friday night, shutting down highways on one of the biggest travel days of the year in the US. Communities on the shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario - in New York state,

Post-Thanksgiving travel plans were thrown into trouble as almost 30 inches of snow fell along Lake Erie, closing a stretch of I-90 and stranding motorists.

Areas of Michigan, northern New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania could receive several feet of snow over the weekend. The storm already brought deep snow to portions of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.