CHICAGO (CBS)– As a winter storm hits the Chicago space, airways are reporting flight cancellations at O’Hare and Midway worldwide airports.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning evening for Kane, McHenry, La Salle, Lake (Illinois), and DeKalb counties, which might see snowfall totals of 6 inches or extra, inflicting harmful driving situations via Tuesday evening.
The remainder of the realm can count on moist snow that can result in slippery journey situations. The highest snow totals throughout the whole occasion might be to the far west.
As of 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, 207 flights had been cancelled at O’Hare International Airport, and 42 had been cancelled at Midway International Airport.
A floor cease was additionally issued for O’Hare because of the snow late Tuesday afternoon. A floor cease requires planes to stay on the bottom at their airport of origin.
In this case, all inbound flights headed for O’Hare had been held at their level of origin, in keeping with the Federal Aviation Administration. The floor cease had been lifted by 4:30 p.m., however was reinstated an hour later. It might be in impact till 6:30 p.m.
Some arriving flights to O’Hare had been delayed a median of 1 hour and 46 minutes because of the climate disruption.
Check again for updates because the storm develops.
