Wind Gusts Blow Snow Across Chicago as Airport Woes Persist

Snow will be winding down across Chicago in a few hours, where the combination of the government shutdown and the weather has added to the more than 1,500 flights grounded nationwide.

As of 6:30 a.m. local time, 367 flights were canceled at Chicago’s O’Hare International and Midway airports, according to FlightAware, an airline tracking company. While snow reports were still being compiled, at least 12 inches (30 centimeters) fell in Momence, Illinois, about 50 miles south of downtown Chicago, said David Roth, a senior branch forecaster at the US Weather Prediction Center.