Blinding snow, cold weather hits Great Lakes

Tens of millions of Americans are waking up to more unusually cold weather and around the Great Lakes, many are dealing with blinding snow. Heavy precipitation continues to fall in Michigan, and the Kalamazoo area is expecting another two to six inches by Tuesday night, reports CBS News correspondent Vicente Arenas.

Blinding, driving snow fell along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan on Monday night at a rate of more than an inch an hour. But they're used to that kind of weather in Kalamazoo, even if winter is still a month away.

Despite the harsh conditions, marathon runners training outside kept their pace.

"Training never ends," one runner said.

Crews were out treating roadways, trying to clear a path for morning commuters. But because it's only November, Michigan Department of Transportation snow operations aren't at full capacity, and that's affecting the condition of the roads and taxing their staff.

"Well Mother Nature didn't get our email, she came before we were a little ready," Michigan Department of Transportation spokesperson Nick Schirripa said. "Right now because we're short staffed we can't have trucks everywhere they need to be. It's Michigan, it's winter, every year snow falls, we plow it."

In Gile, Wisconsin, high temperatures are struggling to reach the double digit mark. The northern Wisconsin town was socked with 50-plus inches of snow over the last week.

Temperatures in Kalamazoo are hovering around the 10-degree mark, and with the gusting winds, sometimes hitting 30 miles per hour, it feels like 8 below zero.