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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Winter storm brings foot of snow to midwest over busiest US travel weekend

view through windows of airport decorated for winter
Over 20% of delays were to or from Chicago’s O’Hare international airport, pictured on 17 November. Photograph: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP

A Thanksgiving weekend storm system brought over a foot of snow and strong winds across the US midwest and thunderstorms across the south, as 53 million people from South Dakota to New York were under winter weather alerts.

Over the weekend, ahead of one of the busiest travel days of the year on Sunday, a 45-car pile-up occurred on interstate 78 in Indiana and a Delta Air Lines plane skidded off the runway in Des Moines, Iowa, during landing.

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