Lake-effect snow continued to fall on parts of western New York that were already blanketed with a foot or more over the past four days. By Monday morning, the village of Cassadaga, east of Lake Erie, recorded 5.5 feet (1.7 meters) of snow. And snow was expected to continue through Tuesday in the largely rural area south of Buffalo.

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,