US EditionHistoric Winter Storm Forces Mass Closures Across Midwest
Over 1,400 flights were canceled or delayed at Chicago airports due to heavy snow and ice, disrupting travel during the peak Thanksgiving holiday period.
- On November 28, 2025, a winter storm disrupted Thanksgiving travel across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, causing more than 1,000 flight cancellations or delays at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport.
- Forecasters warned of widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel late Friday into Saturday, forecasting 6 to 10 inches in many areas and a foot in some lake-effect zones under a winter storm warning.
- The FAA ordered a Saturday ground stop due to snow and ice, while airlines began installing Airbus A320 software upgrades required by 12:01 a.m. Sunday.
- Tens of thousands of travelers were stranded as cancellations cascaded across major airports, with about an hour of morning delays reported while the Transportation Security Administration planned to screen more than 3 million on Sunday.
- Another system was forecast Monday to spread to the East Coast by Tuesday, risking heavy snow for the northern mid-Atlantic and New England and freezing rain in the Appalachians.
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Winter has not even officially begun, but the atmosphere is already approaching the typical tiredness of late February. A new storm is advancing from the plains to the northeast, threatening more interruptions in travel after...
By Briana Waxman, CNN Meteorologist - Winter hasn't even officially begun, but the atmosphere is already approaching that typical late-February weariness. A new storm is moving from the Plains into the Northeast, threatening more travel disruptions after a post-Thanksgiving blast dumped record snow on Chicago, closed highways in several states, and caused thousands of flight cancellations. Another round of snow and ice on Monday will affect many…
Bomb cyclone to bring first widespread snow to parts of Northeast after tracking through already hard-hit Midwest
A new, quick-hitting winter storm is piling on in parts of the central US just buried over the weekend, but its next chapter could be its most notable.
Amtrak weathers Midwest storm, experiences few holiday weekend disruptions nationally
The westbound California Zephyr makes an on-time departure from Chicago Union Station on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, at 2:01 p.m. The holiday-weekend train had just two coaches. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — While thousands of air travelers were stranded or severely delayed by canceled flights as a wind-swept snowstorm blanketed the Midwest and Great Lakes region, Amtrak’s sold-out trains suffered only a few significant setbacks nationwide over the Thanksgi…
Snow is falling across parts of the northern United States. The worst hit is Chicago, which has received a record amount of snow for the month and thousands of air travelers are stranded.
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