How bad are traffic jams and tie-ups expected in the Chicago area over the holiday?”
Hundreds of weary travelers who spent the night at O’Hare International Airport waited in long lines for flights today as the nation’s busiest airport struggled to recover from its first major winter snowstorm of the season. Downtown Chicago and O’Hare recorded accumulations of 3 inches of snow from Monday’s storm, but 12 inches fell in nearby suburbs. The storm snarled traffic by air and land in parts of the Rockies, the Plains and the Midwest, closing interstate highways in Utah, Minnesota, Indiana, Arizona and South Dakota. It dissapated today as it moved into Canada. Hundreds of Cancellations By midday, United Airlines, O’Hare’s largest user, was running near 100 percent of its normal schedule, according to Charles Novak, an arline spokesman. However, the airline had to cancel 165 morning flights because of problems created by the previous day’s storm. Today’s snowfall caused delays of up to 40 minutes but no further cancellations as of midafternoon for United. said Joe Hopkins, a
