As biting cold temperatures sweep across a large swath of the US, parts of the Great Lakes face up to two feet of additional lake-effect snow through Tuesday – the latest complication for cities already blanketed by snowfall amid post-Thanksgiving travel.

Winds out of the northwest will bring persistent lake-effect snow to West Michigan Monday with the highest totals expected along the southwest Michigan lakeshore.

Cities across northern parts of lower Michigan and eastern Upper Michigan, will see lake effect snow through Monday night that will create "hazardous travel conditions", the NWS said. Some cities in the lower Michigan peninsula have already received 2 to 3 feet of snow, according to Oravec.

Lake-effect snow blowing in from the Great Lakes has blanketed parts of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, stranding hundreds of vehicles on roads and snarling post-Thanksgiving travel plans for millions.

More than 4 million people across five states were under winter storm alerts on Sunday as heavy lake-effect snow continued to bury the Great Lakes region, prompting emergency declarations and the deployment of National Guard troops to rescue stranded motorists.

Nearly two million people remain under lake-effect snow warnings through early Monday. CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports.