winter storm

The middle of the week will take a turn back toward winter weather in areas of Southwest Michigan

The first major winter storm of 2020 is hitting much of the Lower Peninsula.

I-94 is notorious for multiple vehicle crashes in the winter when travel becomes treacherous.

Over the last 36 hours, the area got hit with a combination of heavy rain, then freezing rain, then heavy wet snow, all aggravated by strong gusty winds coming in off Lake Superior.

The next major winter weather event of the season is expected to rip through most parts of Michigan Sunday, including Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and surrounding areas.

Heavy snow and areas of Lake effect snow were followed by some insanely cold temperatures and extreme wind chills that we hadn't seen in decades.

The final week of January 2019 in Michigan was one for the record books when it comes to the weather events we endured.

There are still some without power following Monday morning’s winter storm, but electricity has been restored to most of the thousands who were in the dark in Southwest Michigan.