Winter storms in Midwest delay 500 flights

Bloomberg

Winter storms that delivered cold rain and ice to much of the Northeast and snow to the Midwest left more than 100,000 homes and businesses without power and caused more than 500 flight delays.
The storms also produced treacherous road conditions, reduced visibility and knocked down power lines in an area that stretched from North Dakota, Minnesota and northern Wisconsin to upstate New York, Vermont and Maine, the US National Weather Service reported. More than 20 million people were under winter alerts.
While heavy snow hit some parts of New York state, the city was largely spared with temperatures as high as 44 degrees Fahrenheit keeping precipitation as rain, the weather service reported. The worst is expected to be over with New York metropolitan area forecast to dry out during New Year’s holiday.