Gov. Mike DeWine in a Tuesday proclamation declared a state of emergency in snowbelt counties that have been hit hard over the last week by heavy lake-effect snowfall and are expecting more accumulation soon.

Lake County offices are closed Monday and drivers are asked to stay off the roads after a state of emergency was declared in response to heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures from a winter storm. The decision was made late Sunday by Lake County commissioners after lake-effect snow blanketed parts of county.

Chautauqua County has been placed under a state of emergency, along with several other counties in Western New York following a tempest of snowfall across the region. On Friday evening, New York Gov.