Central and western areas in Chippewa county, from Grand Marais to Sault Ste. Marie, remain under a winter storm warning until Thursday afternoon, Dec. 4. Weather officials expect 2-4 additional inches (6 inches in total) of snow with 30 mph wind gusts. The heaviest snow will fall near Sault Ste. Marie and Whitefish Point.

A winter storm that battered the Northeast this week brought nearly an entire month's worth of snow to one Maine town over the first two days of the month.

Hazardous winter weather was expected through early Wednesday, according to forecasters. The storm had dropped a wintry mix of precipitation across the Midwest overnight.

At 3:06 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the National Weather Service released an updated winter storm warning in effect until 7 a.m. EST for Mason, Oceana, Muskegon and Ottawa counties.

The Northeast is seeing its first major winter snowstorm arrive just as the Midwest began to escape snow and ice that snarled travel after the Thanksgiving holiday

Ahead of the wintry weather, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency effective at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday for several counties in the northwestern part of the state "due to a potentially significant winter storm causing hazardous weather conditions, including heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain."