After a mild start to fall, Erie, Pennsylvania, got its first major snowstorm of the season over the holiday weekend, blanketing the region with significant snowfall. On Black Friday, Erie International Airport recorded 22.6 inches of new snow, breaking the city’s previous one-day snowfall record of 21.8 inches set on December 26, 2017.

The snow emergency that has closed schools, businesses and government buildings throughout Erie County as flakes continue to fall on feet already on the ground hasn't slowed the workload for area first responders.

Officials with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency say they have deployed eight incident management team members to Erie County to assist with the reco

A video shared from Erie, Pennsylvania, shows the aftermath of a lake-effect snowstorm that buried parts of the city under feet of snow. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a disaster declaration and sent additional resources to the region to help with snow removal efforts.

Erie County is under a disaster emergency, the city has enacted a snow emergency and PennDOT has restrictions on parts of interstates, 79, 90 and 86.

Another round of lake-effect snows is on the way Wednesday night into Thursday, with near-blizzard conditions and up to a foot of additional snow for some in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions. The latest batch follows bands of extreme snowfall that have dumped a widespread 3 to 5 feet of snow in the region near Lakes Erie and Ontario.

Governor Josh Shapiro announced in an X post that he has activated the Pennsylvania National Guard to help residents stranded by Lake Effect Snow in Pennsylvania. According to WJET, residents of Erie County are waking up to their cars being buried in 1-3 feet of snow and closures of major highways and roads.