The snowstorm triggered crashes and pileups in multiple states. Here's the latest.

We’re about to finish another year. Will you be cold and clear or dreary and wet as you sing Auld Lang Syne?

The lake-effect snow machine will continue to dump heavy snow across the Great Lakes and interior portions of the Northeast through Thursday. One to 2 feet of additional snow will be possible in places just northeast of Cleveland, into Erie and across the Buffalo Southtowns. Travel will be impacted and could become difficult or impossible at times.

Cold and windy weather will be felt across the eastern half of the U.S. as we head into the New Year’s holiday. Subzero wind chills will be felt across the upper Midwest and interior portions of the Northeast in places like Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo. Wednesday and Thursday mornings will be the coldest across the Deep South as temperatures drop below freezing and wind chills plummet into the 20s as far south as Florida. Watch this video to see how cold it will feel.

As ash and lava rocketed into the sky above Italy’s Mount Etna, it was business as usual on the snowy slopes below. Remarkable video shows a lone skier gliding down the mountain during the latest eruptions that caused Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology to issue its highest aviation alert.