Winter weather triggers widespread travel disruptions during holiday week

Travel disruptions were ongoing Saturday following a Christmas-week snowstorm that dropped several inches of snow in the Northeast, as a new storm system sweeps across the country

Travel disruptions were ongoing Saturday following a Christmas-week snowstorm that dropped several inches of snow in the Northeast, as a new storm system sweeps across the country.

Twenty-nine million people, from the Rockies to the Northeast, were under winter alerts Saturday evening. The alerts covered Minneapolis; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Duluth, Iowa; and Burlington, Vermont.

The highest snowfall totals are expected in the upper Midwest where more than a foot of snow was possible through Saturday night. In New England, freezing rain will lead to ice accumulation from upstate New York to Maine.

A man uses a snowblower in Asbury, N.J., on Saturday.Peter Ackerman / USA Today Network via Imagn ImagenSnowfall totalsIn New Haven County, Connecticut, home to Yale University, more than 10 inches of snow fell from Friday into Saturday, according to National Weather Service data. More than 9 inches fell in Fairfield County, Connecticut, where New England meets greater New York City. And 7.5 inches of snow was recorded at multiple locations in Suffolk County on New York's Long Island.

The heaviest snowfall — 13 inches — was reported in Phoenicia, New York.