"Stay off the roads during hazardous winter weather whenever possible. If you absolutely have to venture out, be sure to have emergency supplies in your vehicle, and that your mobile phone is fully charged — it could become your lifeline if disaster should strike,

A winter storm packing a punch of heavy snow is heading to West Michigan, likely arriving later in the day Wednesday.

The second of five storms that will slam the eastern half of the United States with snow and ice over a two week period is on the way – and this one has more snow than the first.

The one big snowfall that Michigan usually gets each year is coming. And, weather watchers say, there even could be two snowstorms by the end of the week. The National Weather Service expanded its winter storm watch by four counties overnight Tuesday to include all of southeast Michigan,