ABC NewsWinter storm cancels hundreds of flights in Chicago, temperatures to plunge in Midwest, South, Northeast
(NEW YORK) — An early season arctic cold front is barreling through the Midwest Monday morning and is expected to reach the Gulf Coast and the East Coast on Tuesday.
Ahead of that cold front was a quick-moving storm which brought accumulating snow to the Midwest and the Rockies, transforming highways into sheets of ice and sending cars veering off roads.
In Chicago, the winter weather has canceled over 600 flights.
One plane even slid off the runway due to icy conditions while landing at O’Hare International Airport Monday morning, American Airlines said. No one was hurt, according to the airline.
BREAKING: @AmericanAir Flight AA4125 from @flyfrompti to @fly2ohare slides off runway in Chicago this morning. Passengers tell me everyone is OK, deplaned and on buses to terminal. Video: Joseph Lian from Greensboro. @ABC11_WTVD @ABC #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/rBwyqfVtiU
— Andrea Blanford (@AndreaABC11) November 11, 2019
This is the snowiest start to winter in Milwaukee and Madison by “virtue of number of days with measurable snowfall,” according to the National Weather Service.
As this arctic cold takes aim, 20 states from Colorado to Maine are under winter storm warnings or winter weather advisories.
The heaviest snow will be in the Northeast and near the Great Lakes, from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to western Pennsylvania and into northern New England. Some areas could see up to 1 foot of snow.
Winter weather advisories & warnings from New Mexico & Colorado into New England.
This means snow! Some spots 2-6”, others (in pink) will get lake enhanced 6-12”!!!
Raise your hand if you are excited for this hit of snow