Massive winter storm slams Midwest with heavy snow, unleashing dangerous travel conditions for holiday weekend

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Parts of the Midwest are already seeing snowfall from a large winter tempest that is blasting the Central U.S. this weekend, causing travel headaches for millions of radical arsenic they instrumentality location from Thanksgiving plans. 

Winter Storm Warnings stretched crossed astir of the Upper Midwest, covering areas from South Dakota and Nebraska to Ohio and Indiana done Sunday. 

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Significant snowfall was recorded crossed parts of Iowa connected Saturday morning, with betwixt 3 and 5 inches reported successful central Iowa cities. 

Most of Iowa could spot upward of a ft of snowfall by Sunday morning, according to the FOX Forecast Center. 

Interstate 80 is afloat   covered successful  snowfall  successful  Des Moines connected  Saturday greeting  astatine  5 a.m. section  time.

Interstate 80 is afloat covered successful snowfall successful Des Moines connected Saturday greeting astatine 5 a.m. section time. 

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Iowa Department of Transportation postulation maps showed large interstates crossed astir of the authorities afloat covered successful snow, and warned that travelers should beryllium acceptable to alteration their plans to deed the roads. 

Chicago and Milwaukee are apt to beryllium astatine the forefront of this storm, with snowfall truly picking up connected Saturday afternoon. 

Both cities are apt to spot 8-12 inches of snow, with immoderate places successful bluish Illinois and confederate Wisconsin perchance seeing much than a ft of snowfall by Sunday. 

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On Saturday morning, roads successful Chicago were partially covered with snow, according to Illinois Department of Transportation information. 

The person to the Great Lakes, the much apt it is to spot overmuch higher snowfall totals, according to the FOX Forecast Center. 

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If the forecast verifies for Chicago, it could beryllium 1 of the snowiest two-day November snowfall events successful the city’s history. 

Snow besides stretched into Missouri connected Saturday morning. 

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Photo shows a driveway and cars covered successful  snowfall  successful  O'Fallon, MO.

Photo shows a driveway and cars covered successful snowfall successful O'Fallon, MO. 

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Photos from O'Fallon aboriginal Saturday showed snow-covered streets and cars successful a neighborhood. 

The St. Louis metro country is expecting betwixt 3-5 inches of snow, with a study successful Weldon Spring, Missouri, connected Saturday greeting of 2 inches of snow. 

The question headaches crossed the Midwest volition not lone interaction the roads but the skies too. 

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Airport delays forecast.
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Major airdrome hubs similar like Chicago O'Hare and Midway, Milwaukee Mitchell International, Minneapolis-St. Paul International and Detroit Metropolitan done the weekend. 

By Monday, question troubles should easiness up arsenic conditions amended crossed the country. 

Stay with FOX Weather for extended unrecorded sum tracking the large snowstorm done the weekend.

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