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Illinois Blizzard: Snowfall Totals, Power Outages
Plus, more flight cancellations during one of the busiest travel days of the year as many try to get home after the Thanksgiving holiday.
ILLINOIS — The blizzard warning covering most of the Chicago area expired during the wee hours, but a winter storm warning remained in place for the Chicago and Joliet areas until 9 a.m. Monday as thousands of kids enjoy a snow day and one more day of Thanksgiving break. As of 6 a.m. Monday, ComEd was also reporting about 169,000 customers throughout the area without power.
These snowfall totals were reported by the National Weather Service as of 7 a.m. Monday:
- Bull Valley: 13.1 inches
- Rockford: 11.8 inches
- Woodstock: 11.5 inches
- Marengo: 10.9 inches
- DeKalb: 9.1 inches
- Lindenhurst: 9 inches
- Ingleside: 8 inches
- O'Hare airport: 7.4 inches
- Elk Grove Village: 5.7 inches
- St. Charles: 5.5 inches
- Batavia: 5.1 inches
- Schaumburg: 4.5 inches
- Sugar Grove: 4.5 inches
- Downers Grove: 4.1 inches
- North Aurora: 4 inches
- Grayslake: 4 inches
- Midway Airport: 3.4 inches
- Northeast Palatine: 2.9 inches
- Montgomery: 2.5 inches
- National Weather Service Romeoville: 1.9 inches
Areas hardest hit by outages included:
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- Arlington Heights: 5,267 customers
- Wheaton: 3,374
- Elgin: 2,861
- West Chicago: 2,533
- Palatine: 2,524
- Roselle: 2,387
- Orland Park: 2,239
- Oak Forest: 1,975
- Bensenville: 1,497
- Skokie: 1,451
- Niles: 1,384
- Plano: 1,360
- Homewood: 1,340
- Evanston: 1,327
- Joliet: 1,289
- Carol Stream: 1,266
- Des Plaines: 1,245
- Homer Glen: 1,247
- Lockport: 1,241
- St. Charles Township: 1,187
- Bartlett: 1,132
- Glenview: 1,045
- East Dundee: 1,034
- Crest Hill: 947
- New Lenox: 888
- Bridgeview: 852
- Deerfield: 846
- Highland Park: 831
- Barrington: 758
- Palos Hills: 593
- Aurora: 453
- Oak Lawn: 402
- Naperville Township: 401
- Downers Grove: 338
- Bolingbrook: 296
More than 800 flights out of O'Hare and Midway were canceled Sunday, and hundreds more were canceled or delayed Monday morning. In response, some airlines were waiving fees and lifting certain restrictions for air travelers trying to get home after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Some areas were also reporting trash pickup delays due to the winter storm.
Photo: Heavy traffic is seen on Interstate 190 near O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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