The New York City area accumulated just above 4 inches of snow as difficult travel conditions are expected through Saturday while crews work to clean up this wintry mess.

On Friday at 1:12 a.m. an updated winter storm warning was released by the National Weather Service valid from 1 p.m. until Saturday noon for Northern Wayne and Southern Wayne as well as Pike County.

Ice, winter storm warnings have been issued across the Northeast as a snowstorm slams into the East Coast Friday. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

At 12:07 p.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service released a winter storm warning valid from 4 p.m. until Saturday 1 p.m. for Berkshire County.

Wintry precipitation brought an icy slop to roads and sidewalks around the Lehigh Valley on Friday night, just as forecasters had expected.

We've issued a First Alert Weather Day for Friday evening into Saturday morning due to accumulating snow that could be heavy at times.

An updated winter weather advisory was released by the National Weather Service on Friday at 5:30 a.m. valid from 4 p.m. until Saturday 1 p.m. for Berkshire County.

On Friday at 7:29 p.m. the National Weather Service released an updated winter storm warning in effect until Saturday at 7 a.m. for Northern Wayne and Southern Wayne as well as Pike County.

On Friday at 1:25 p.m. the National Weather Service released an updated winter storm warning valid from 3 p.m. until Saturday 10 a.m. for Somerset, Middlesex and Monmouth counties.

More than 51 million Americans live in areas under winter storm alerts stretching from northern Minnesota to the Eastern Seaboard.