This week’s arctic blast has been hard on everyone in West Michigan and that includes our first responders. No matter the weather conditions they are traditionally some of the first people on the scene of an emergency.

A chain reaction crash developed Tuesday morning in white-out conditions along Interstate 94 in West Michigan.

Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.

Heavy snow in spots, with blowing and drifting snow and dangerous travel possible. Get the latest details from the FOX 17 Weather team.

EST the National Weather Service issued an updated winter storm warning in effect until Thursday at 10 a.m. EST for Mason, Lake, Oceana, Newaygo, Muskegon and Ottawa counties.

You can send photos and videos of the snow in your area, or of how you and your family are waiting out the winter weather.

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory at 3:19 a.m. EST on Sunday valid from 4 p.m. EST until Tuesday 7 p.m. EST for Lake, Newaygo, Kent, Barry and Kalamazoo counties.

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The coldest air in six years blasts into Michigan to start the week, with highs in the single digits, wind chills ten to twenty-five below zero, heavy lake effect snow

Those who can in Southwest Michigan are prepping for forecast freezing temperatures at the grocery store. Some groups are working with those with nowhere to go to keep them safe from the cold. Others are stocking up with supplies to shield their homes.

With the cold temperatures blasting West Michigan over the last two days, furnace and plumbing companies have been busy.

“In cold temperatures like this, when the firefighters stop and they have sweat underneath, once they lose the protection of that vapor barrier --they never get it back,” Fire Lieutenant Jason Hendrick with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said.