Syracuse, N.Y. -- The lake effect snow band pounding Upstate New York today is so powerful that snow is nearly reaching Boston.

There’s still plenty of digging out to be done in Oswego County, which saw the biggest snow totals over the past week.

This lake effect storm was so intense because the wind picked up moisture from four Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron and Ontario. The band of snow stretched from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula almost to Boston. A few more inches could still fall today ...