Lake-effect snow blanketed swaths of the U.S. as Thanksgiving travelers journeyed home this holiday weekend, with more snow expected to fall over the Great Lakes region through the week. While the weather event dumped dozens of inches of snow in upstate New York,

The weather service issued a lake-effect snow warning for Erie, Crawford and Ashtabula counties. Chautauqua County could get the worst of the storm.

Northern states have woken up from the holidays to a blanket of snow that has been as deep as 6 feet in some areas.