Winter Storm Caly arrived in the Northeast on Monday after making its march across the northern United States, leaving behind a path of travel woes and at least one person dead.
Snow is falling throughout northern New England and traffic is moving at reduced on snow-packed roads. Numerous schools have canceled or delayed classes on Monday.
On Sunday, some 1,340 flights were canceled at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports as the deadly storm began dumping snow on the city, reports NBCNews.
The storm will continue moving eastward, bringing moderate accumulations of snow to northeastern New York as well as central and northern New England on Monday, says weather.com meteorologist Roy Lucksinger. The heaviest snowfall will be across portions of central and northern Maine, with amounts generally from 5 to 10 inches.
The storm has created travel woes from Oregon into the Midwest before its arrival in the Northeast.
Michigan
A plane slid off of the runway at Detroit Metro Airport Sunday afternoon in icy conditions.
According to Delta officials, Flight 724 arriving from Buffalo landed safely but the McDonnell Douglas MD-88 slid off the icy runway as it was making its way from the runway onto a taxiway, according to WXYZ.
No injuries were reported.
Minnesota
Caly has dumped up to a foot of snow on parts of Minnesota, making road slicks and causing hundreds of crashes.
The Minnesota State Patrol says it has responded to 600 crashes statewide since Saturday morning, with more than 220 spinouts. No fatal or serious injuries are reported.
According to weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce, Granite Falls, Minnesota has seen the greatest accumulation from Caly thus far, with 10 inches recorded.
Oregon
Icy conditions continued to wreak havoc on travel Saturday as authorities shut down an interstate as a safety precaution.
Portland's fire and rescue service said it responded to 378 emergencies into Friday evening, and on Saturday it rescued around 100 people trapped on a darkened train after a high voltage line was downed.
No injuries were reported.
One person was killed Thursday morning in a car crash that was blamed on driving conditions made dangerous by Caly.
A Benton County Sheriff's Office spokesperson told the Corvallis Gazette-Times that a driver was killed in a two-car crash just after 8 a.m. Thursday morning on Highway 99W near Adair Village. The other car's driver was not injured, the report added.
"It was weather related," Detective Sergeant David Peterson told the Gazette-Times. "It was because of the icy conditions."
Source: https://www.wunderground.com/news/winter-storm-caly-impacts
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