Chicago sources stated that winter storm dumping up to nine inches (23 cm) of snow on Chicago, killing at least two people and snarling hundreds of flights as it rolled east to threaten New York state and New England. Presently Chicago's metropolitan area was blanketed with its heaviest snowfall since at least late 2016 as the storm put an icy grip on much of Wisconsin, northern Illinois and Michigan.
According to sources the snow caused dozens of crashes on icy Chicago expressways as residents of the third-biggest US city struggled to get to work and to dig out from a storm system that had stretched from Montana to Michigan. Moreover Weather forecasters in Detroit warned that snowfall there could surpass one inch (2.5 cm) an hour as the system headed east.
Further the local media stated that about 1,600 US flights were
cancelled, with about a third of flights into or out of Chicago and Detroit
airports called off, according to FlightAware.com, which tracks airline traffic
and further the winter weather this week killed people in accidents in the
Midwest, including six in Iowa, two in Missouri and one in Montana.
