A state of emergency has been issued for four counties in northeast Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency Tuesday for Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga and Lake counties. The counties have been subject to a significant amount of lake effect snow with more severe weather expected within days,

Gov. Mike DeWine in a Tuesday proclamation declared a state of emergency in snowbelt counties that have been hit hard over the last week by heavy lake-effect snowfall and are expecting more accumulation soon.

Lake County offices are closed Monday and drivers are asked to stay off the roads after a state of emergency was declared in response to heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures from a winter storm. The decision was made late Sunday by Lake County commissioners after lake-effect snow blanketed parts of county.