Snow finally made an appearance in Peoria, albeit a bit later than originally forecast. As of 6:30 p.m. Sunday, light snow had begun to fall in the city and surrounding areas — a departure from other regions of the state,

Over 60 million people are being bombarded by heavy snowfall because of the "disruptive" winter storm moving through the area, according to the NWS.

A deadly winter storm is pummeling Washington, DC, and the mid-Atlantic Monday after causing hundreds of crashes and flight cancellations and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in the central United States over the weekend.