Officials lifted a ground stop at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport that had been in place Monday amid winter weather.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued Weather conditions disrupted travelers' plans and grounded the plane, WGN-TV reported.
However, ground delays will occur until 8 p.m., the agency said.
O'Hare travelers should expect significant delays, with arriving flights currently delayed by more than two hours on average, the FAA said. As the big winter storm moves through the Midwest and into the mid-Atlantic states, many planes arrive arriving elsewhere.
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As of approximately 10:15 a.m. Monday, O'Hare Airport had 177 canceled flights in the past 24 hours, with an average total delay of just over 30 minutes.
Chicagoans could see lake-effect snow and freezing drizzle into the evening, Fox 32 reported. reported Early Monday morning.
The news came as a huge storm brought snow and freezing rain to parts of the eastern United States on Monday, AFP reported. Millions of people were affected by the weather, making travel and work schedules difficult.
Approximately 300,000 people were without power from Missouri to Kentucky to Virginia.
video footage show Traffic backing up in snowy conditions and a semi-truck sliding down an icy highway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8B7C9v3Tg
More footage captures the moment the man collapsed forced As people dig their car tires out of the snow, CBS Mornings reported that more than 30 million people are under winter storm warnings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfSppIwItTw
Meanwhile, Chicago city leaders activated There are more than 190 warming centers for residents, Fox 32 reported Sunday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07BEGUmQMLk
“The National Weather Service (NWS) was forecasting up to a foot of snow to accumulate in Washington,” the AFP article said, adding that “the capital's colorful rowhouses and leafy streets were flooded early Monday with residents “When I was walking in Washington State, it was already covered in white snow,” he added. Snow falls in a city that rarely faces such winter conditions. ”
