US EditionHistoric Winter Storm Forces Mass Closures Across Midwest
The storm caused over 1,400 flight cancellations and delays at major Midwest airports, including Chicago O'Hare, disrupting millions of travelers during Thanksgiving weekend.
- 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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A new winter storm threatens fresh travel headaches
A new storm is barreling towards the Northeast threatening more travel disruptions after a post-Thanksgiving blast dropped record snow in Chicago, shut down highways, and triggered thousands of flight cancelations. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam joins CNN News Central’s Sara Sidner.
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.
Post-Thanksgiving travelers in Chicago see flights canceled, 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.
Thanksgiving travel crush hits LAX as Midwest storm triggers nationwide delays
Delays and cancellations are piling up at LAX as a powerful Midwest snowstorm disrupted what is already the busiest travel day of the Thanksgiving period, with more than 230,000 travelers expected to pass through the airport on Sunday. By early morning, LAX had logged more than 80 delays and at least 17 cancellations, according to [...]
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