Parts of central Illinois awoke to snow on Monday, December 2, as the National Weather Service (NWS) urged drivers to “take it easy” on the roads.Footage shows snow falling on the NWS’s regional office in Lincoln on Monday morning.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter storm warnings and advisories across seven states: Michigan, Indiana, Alaska, Tennessee, New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Blowing snowfall, hazardous travel conditions and reduced visibility are expected in many areas.

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.