As the year-end holiday season continues, storm systems are sweeping across the U.S., bringing severe weather that threatens to disrupt travel, particularly in the Pacific Northwest and along the East Coast.

Besides the rain in the lowland, there's a winter weather advisory in effect through 4 p.m. Saturday in much of the Cascades.

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