A vast winter storm is pummeling the central U.S., dumping record levels of snow, canceling hundreds of flights and coating roads with ice to create “impossible” travel conditions.
Storm warnings and advisories stretch across almost the entire northern part of the U.S., with blizzard warnings in place in Minnesota and the Dakotas, which will get the brunt of the storm on Wednesday. Parts of Iowa and northern Illinois will get sleet and freezing rain, leaving roads treacherous.
“We are looking at the potential for hazardous to impossible travel conditions,” said Frank Pereira, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “The bottom line is don’t travel unless you absolutely have to.”
