Minneapolis, Minnesota, is under a winter storm warning until 9 a.m. CT because 1 to 3 inches of snow and gusts up to 40 mph will reduce visibility this morning. In northeast New York and through much of Vermont there is an ice storm warning on Monday morning.

Michigan is under a blanket of heavy snow Monday as a powerful winter storm and bomb cyclone bring blizzard conditions across the Upper and Lower Peninsula.

NWS warns of a severe winter storm with blizzard conditions across six states, threatening post-holiday travel.

A powerful winter storm system could become a "bomb cyclone" over the Great Lakes and Northeast regions this week.

A winter storm warning is in place for the eastern and western U.P. and most of the Lower Peninsula, mainly along the western snowbelt. A high wind warning is in effect for southeast Michigan because of the potential for 60 mph wind gusts. The Great Lakes are under storm, gale, and heavy freezing spray warnings.

A blizzard warning is in place across much of northern Iowa for Sunday, Dec. 28. What do forecasters say is a blizzard? How the National Weather Service defines 'blizzard' The National Weather Service says the term "blizzard" applied to a snowstorm came into common use after it appeared in an Iowa newspaper in the 1870s ― the Merriam-Webster Dictionary says specifically that it was in Estherville.

Travel may be impossible in this part of Michigan during the worst of the blizzard conditions. Here's what you need to stay safe.

Planes at Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport were seen taking off and landing amid snowfall, ahead of a winter snow storm. Video credit: Joseph Frascati