BEDFORD, New York — The weather has prompted school closings and delayed openings in Westchester County.

Residents awoke Wednesday to snow, freezing rain and slippery roads.

Metro-North railroad urged caution while getting off and on trains, and while waiting on platforms that could be slippery.

The Journal News (http://bit.ly/9leCtd ) says the closed school districts include Bedford, Katonah-Lewisboro (kuh-TOH’-nuh), North Salem, Peekskill, Somers (SOH’-murz) and Yorktown.