New outages, travel disruptions from ice storm
Nearly 1 million without power across Midwest; 400 O'Hare flights canceled
Lance McClintock of Long, Okla., works on getting a fire started to cook chicken as his wife, Melissa, looks on Monday. The couple was among the hundreds of thousands who lost power in the Midwest ice storm.
DES MOINES, Iowa - A thick glaze of ice brought down power lines and cut electricity to nearly a million homes and business, closed schools and canceled flights Tuesday as a major storm blasted the nation’s midsection.....
Officials estimated that nearly 1 million people were without power across the Midwest.
Many travelers also were grounded at Chicago, where about 400 flights were canceled Tuesday at O’Hare International Airport because of low visibility as the city braced for another possible round of freezing rain through the evening.
