Almost every bench is turned into a bed at this gate in the United Terminal at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. A storm in the Chicago area led to the cancellation of up to 600 flights.
Winter storm threatens to disrupt travel plans.
Schools were closed Friday from the Midwest through the Northeast. The storm brought 9 inches of snow to parts of Iowa, Nebraska and northern Illinois, where 54,000 customers temporarily lost power. More than 8 inches fell on southern Wisconsin and up to 6 inches in parts of Michigan and Pennsylvania. Four inches of snow fell in some parts of northern Ohio while the southern end of the state was pounded with heavy rains, forcing the closure of roads in at least 10 counties. The weather was blamed for the deaths of a Virginia couple killed in a multivehicle accident in Harrisburg, Pa., where 3 inches fell early in the day.