The first significant lake-effect snowstorm of the season, which buried cities from Michigan to New York under 3-5 feet of snow, will finally begin to wind down on Tuesday after the relentless rounds of winter weather paralyzed travel as people tried to get home after the busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

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

A wintry blast is slamming the Great Lakes region with 3 to 5.5 feet of snow -- and more lake effect snow is in the forecast for later this week.

New York State troopers braved a severe winter storm to save the life of a woman desperately needing a life-saving heart transplant.

With a dangerous snowstorm hitting New York, state troopers helped a woman needing a heart transplant to a small airplane for a flight to the Cleveland Clinic.