Overnight, 3-6 inches of snow blanketed southeast Michigan making morning commutes to work Thursday treacherous and closing hundreds of schools and districts, including the Detroit Public Schools, the largest one in the state.

DETROIT – Metro Detroit received some significant snow leading into Thursday, resulting in slick conditions and hundreds of school closures. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

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