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More Than 500 Flights Canceled In Chicago Due To Snowstorm


canFlight cancellations at Chicago’s two airports are growing as the slow-moving storm system dumps snow in northern Illinois.

Flight-tracking website FlightAware.com showed more than 350 flights in and out of O’Hare International Airport had been canceled as of Saturday afternoon. The airport had received 7 inches by midday Saturday.

Midway International Airport, which is in the southeast part of Chicago, had about 175 departing and arriving flights that had been canceled Saturday afternoon.

In Indianapolis, the city activated its snow plows Saturday afternoon as a line of moderate to heavy snow showers swept across the area, covering rooftops and lawns with about a third of an inch of snow.

Weather Service meteorologist Meagan Bird said Indiana’s capital city is expected to get a storm total of 1 to 3 inches of snow.

(AP)



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