Officials in Vermont and Buffalo, N.Y., warned residents to stay off the roads as a winter weather system brought thick sheets of ice and snow. Tens of thousands of power customers faced outages.

Road users across the north have been advised to expect travel disruption on Friday as a weather warning for snow and ice is due to come into effect. A yellow warning has been issued by the Met Office from midnight until 10am on January 2.

An Ice Storm Warning and multiple Winter Weather Advisories will go in place across Western Pennsylvania Friday.

A major winter storm is pummeling the Tri-State Area with snow and ice after New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency.

On Thursday at 7:28 p.m. the National Weather Service issued an updated ice storm warning valid from Friday 10 a.m. until Saturday 7 a.m. for Westmoreland Ridges and Higher Elevations of Indiana as well as Venango,

"An impactful storm system will move into Michigan Sunday into early next week, with accumulating snow, strong winds, and blowing snow," the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids said on Facebook. "The best chances for heavy snow will be across the Upper Peninsula, and the snow belts of lower Michigan.

While many Hydro-Québec customers have had their power restored Monday afternoon, thousands are still without electricity after an ice storm swept through southern regions of the province earlier in the day.

A strong cold front will sweep through the area Monday, bringing falling temperatures, gusty winds exceeding 40 mph, and the potential for rain changing to snow. Wind chills Monday night into Tuesday could drop to between minus five and 10 degrees as below-normal temperatures settle in for Tuesday and Wednesday.