Storm hits half of country, heads for suffering Northeast

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[h=4]Storm hits half of country, heads for suffering Northeast[/h]A massive, slow-moving storm blanketed much of the Plains and Midwest in snow Sunday, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and making roads treacherous as it moved into the already hard-hit Northeast.

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Winter storm warnings stretch from the Midwest to Maine as what looks to be the biggest storm of the season moves east. VPC


Emergency vehicles stage in the northbound lane of Interstate 57 near Champaign, Ill., near where a tanker carrying hazardous chemicals overturned on Sunday.(Photo: John Dixon, AP)


A massive, slow-moving storm blanketed much of the Plains and Midwest in snow Sunday, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and making roads treacherous as it moved into the already hard-hit Northeast.
There were blizzard conditions in Chicago, which saw a foot of snow in places, and in much of the Midwest. Parts of New England hammered by winter weather last week were facing another round of snow lasting through Monday.
The storm stretching from Nebraska to Maine dumped snow, ice and freezing rain. Forecasters said parts of Massachusetts could get another 14 inches of snow.
The brunt of the storm wasn't expected to hit Boston until after midnight, sparing New England Patriots fans worries about getting home from Super Bowl parties. "As long as they get home at a reasonable hour, it's shouldn't cause too much of a problem," said Alan Dunham of the Taunton, Mass., office of the National Weather Service
Airlines had canceled more than 2,500 flights by late afternoon, and already more than 1,400 Monday flights had been scrubbed in advance, according to the commercial aviation tracking site FlightAware.com.
Chicago was by far the most hard-hit. More than 1,600 flights were canceled at area airports, and the figure was growing. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the city was deploying more than 350 vehicles to clear snow and spread salt, even attaching plows to the front of garbage trucks to help.
Tammy Chase of the Chicago Transit Authority said officials had dispatched bus and rail crews to ensure the system continued running throughout the day. "We are working very closely with the city's Office of Emergency Management to monitor conditions," she said.
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As the storm moves east, it is expected to dump even more snow on a region still digging out from last week's blizzard.
In Massachusetts, Dunham said, some areas still have up to 30 inches of snow on the ground and could get an additional 14 inches throughout the day Monday. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh ordered several roads in the region closed due to last week's storm, adding to the road closures that are usually ordered during major sporting events.
This storm could be even worse for the small town of Henniker, N.H., which lost nearly its entire fleet of snow-clearing equipment in a fire at the town's garage Friday night. Henniker residents now have to rely on two pickup trucks and a front-end loader, which were parked outside the garage when the fire started, to clear their roads.
"This puts the town in a bad spot," Henniker Fire Chief Steve Burritt told the Concord Monitor newspaper. "Not that there isn't a solution, but it's going to be a challenge."
The heaviest snowfall is expected throughout the day Monday before the system clears out over the Atlantic Ocean. And while the rest of the week looks relatively calm in the snow department for the Northeast, Dunham said the dry air that follows will be cold. Very cold.
"We're looking at low temperatures for Monday night to be zero to 5 above," he said.
Contributing: Associated Press
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