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Heavy snow swamps northwest Indiana
Heavy snow, whiteout conditions and slick roads are dominating northwest Indiana this Friday.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - Northwest Indiana was walloped by a winter storm that dumped at least seven inches of snow and clogged roads Friday morning.
Porter County is under a Winter Storm Warning until noon Friday due to thick bands of lake-effect snow.
Lake-effect snow has restricted visibility down to 500 feet in Michigan City, Indiana. Snow is coming down at a rate of at least 1 to 2 inches an hour.
More snow is expected tonight when a Winter Storm Watch goes into effect from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. in Porter County. When the snowfall is all totaled up, they could be looking at more than a foot of snow.
Icy conditions caused several truck crashes along Interstate 65 on Friday morning.
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Lake-effect snow blasts northwest Indiana
At least seven inches of snow have fallen in Porter County, Indiana since a big winter storm got underway Thursday night.