Schools across Northern Michigan are shutting their doors for the remainder of the week as communities grapple with the lingering impacts of this week’s devastating ice storms.

Severe weather is expected to impact Michigan on Wednesday, bringing the threat of damaging winds, flooding, and isolated tornadoes to different areas of the state.

With thousands of Michigan residents still without power after an ice storm hit portions of Northern Michigan earlier this week, more potential severe weather is on the way. West Michigan is expected to get hit with a mix of snow and freezing rain,

"I stick to predicting the weather," National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Arnold in White Lake Township joked early Wednesday, adding that the state has seen its share of calamitous storms, with more on the way.