Post-Thanksgiving travelers see flights canceled and delayed after winter storm

Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled in Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region while a wintry mix of rain and snow developed in the Northeast In Wisconsin utility crews worked to restore power to thousands of people while the airport in Des Moines Iowa reopened on the critical expedition day after a Delta Connection flight landing from Detroit slid off an icy runway No injuries were released and passengers were transported to the terminal by bus Hundreds of churches in western Michigan described worshippers to stay home or watch services online Up to inches about centimeters of snow had fallen since Saturday in areas close to Lake Michigan On Saturday inches centimeters of snow fell at Chicago s O Hare International Airport setting a record for the highest single calendar day snowfall in November at the airport according to the National Weather Operation That broke the previous record of inches centimeters on Nov Over flights into and out of O Hare had been canceled by midafternoon while over had been delayed according to the tracking site FlightAware The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned at one point on Sunday that departures to O Hare were delayed on average by nearly an hour due to snow or ice and that departures from the airport were delayed an average of minutes Planes were being de-iced at several airports across the country on Sunday including at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport according to the FAA On Sunday afternoon there were nearly flights into and out of Detroit Metro Airport that were delayed and over canceled according to FlightAware In Wisconsin We Energies broadcasted more than power outages with more than half in Milwaukee and South Milwaukee Mark Paladino revealed on Facebook that he was shoveling snow Sunday when his apartment complex lost power in Fredonia Others disclosed power lines were sagging under heavy wet snow Elsewhere in Iowa gusty winds Sunday were blowing snow back onto roads extending hazardous expedition conditions the National Weather Facility declared We did have areas of Iowa and Illinois that saw over one foot of snow including inches centimeters in Fort Dodge Iowa mentioned meteorologist Andrew Orrison He commented snow in the Great Lakes region was tapering off but a new storm was heading to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast with up to a foot centimeters of snow by Tuesday It s going to be the first snowfall of the season for a multitude of of these areas and it s going to be rather crucial Orrison commented The good news is that it does not look like the major cities at this point are going to be looking at any vital snowfall