More than 4 million people across five states were under winter storm alerts on Sunday as heavy lake-effect snow continued to bury the Great Lakes region, prompting emergency declarations and the deployment of National Guard troops to rescue stranded motorists.

In Erie County, Ohio, a lake-effect snow warning is in place until 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Between 10 and 20 inches of heavy snow accumulations are expected in the north of the county, while between 12 and 24 inches are expected in the south.

Western New York has been plagued with at least three feet of snow in some areas, amid lake-effect snow warnings. The National Weather Service office in Buffalo, New York, expected some snowfall totals to top 4 feet by Monday,

Lake effect snow is slamming the Great Lakes, with seven states from Wisconsin to New York under snow alerts on Monday.

A lake-effect snow warning remains in place for Erie County through Tuesday, and a lot more snow could fall across Erie County by then.

Cities near the Great Lakes have seen up to three feet of lake effect snow over the weekend. See how long it will stay in the forecast.

After a weekend of extreme snowfall and accumulations of almost 5 feet near the northern border of New York, lake-effect snow bands lingered Monday morning. The Lake Ontario snow band had mostly dried up,

It’s still snowing in the Great Lakes after it snarled travel, stranded motorists and buried homes. A short-lived break is coming before more snow arrives.

Lake effect snow is slamming the Great Lakes, with seven states from Wisconsin to New York under snow alerts on Monday.

Post-Thanksgiving travel will be treacherous in parts of the Great Lakes region on Monday with more lake-effect snow falling after the region was already buried under feet of it, while cold temperatures remain across a large swath of the United States.