(CNN) A broad swath of the US won't have to dream of a white Christmas as winter weather bears down on much of the Northwest, Midwest and Northeast on Sunday. More than 60 million people live in areas that are under winter weather alerts, which includes advisories, warnings and lake-effect snow warnings. A broad area of the U.S., from the Rockies to Plains and Ohio Valley will see at least an inch of snow on Christmas Eve. pic.twitter.com/tvPHuAphts — NWS (@NWS) December 24, 2017The storm began affecting Chicago around 10 a.m. and Detroit and Cleveland by the early afternoon. Certain narrow bands in upstate New York could see major snowfall totals of 2 feet or more due to lake-effect enhancement.

Source: CNN December 24, 2017 16:09 UTC