Heavier snowfall totals expected Thursday in Chicago
A strong burst of snow with heavy rates around 1 inch per hour is forecast beginning at 8 a.m.
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A strong burst of snow with heavy rates around 1 inch per hour is forecast beginning at 8 a.m.
"I grew up with it. This is Chicago. This is what you expect."
Temperatures will finally get above freezing late Monday or into Tuesday.
In Michigan City, main streets are snowpacked, and drivers are lucky to make it down some neighborhood streets without getting stuck.
Krauser says in Michigan City, Indiana, snow fell at 2 to 3 inches an hour and created extremely low visibility. "The wind was just howling off the lake."
In Michigan City, main streets are snowpacked, and drivers are lucky to make it down some neighborhood streets without getting stuck.
Snow totals in La Porte County already had reached as much as 32 inches by Friday night, and it was not over at that point.
Heavy lake effect snow in Northwest Indiana caused near whiteout conditions and made travel dangerous to impossible on Friday.
Heavy lake effect snow in Northwest Indiana caused near whiteout conditions and made travel dangerous to impossible on Friday.
Heavy lake effect snow in Northwest Indiana caused near whiteout conditions and made travel dangerous to impossible on Friday.
Heavy lake effect snow in Northwest Indiana caused near whiteout conditions and made travel dangerous to impossible on Friday.
Heavy lake effect snow in Northwest Indiana caused near whiteout conditions and made travel dangerous to impossible on Friday.
ISP Sgt. Glen Fifield said the bridge on the northbound 247 mm overpass is "completely frozen."
Indiana State Police are warning drivers of icy roadways and several crashes on I-65 in Crown Point Friday morning.
Heavy lake effect snow in Northwest Indiana is causing near whiteout conditions and making travel dangerous to impossible on Friday.
Hundreds of residents have already called 311, fed up with all the chairs and buckets in the streets.
Total accumulations of 1-3 inches are anticipated through the morning commute on Thursday, which could lead to slick travel conditions.
Wind chills will reach as low as 30 degrees below 0.
At the height of the outages ComEd had roughly 137,000 customers without power.
"I thought a bomb literally had gone off!"
The city got nearly 5 inches, while some far-reaching suburbs got as much as 13 inches.
The city got nearly 5 inches, while some far-reaching suburbs got as much as 11 inches.
With the snowfall largely over for the city, the Department of Streets and Sanitation hopes to clear all main streets and side streets before bitter cold settles in Saturday night.
CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports while the snow has stopped in Chicago's suburbs, the clearing of roadways begins as the second round of snowfall is set for late Friday night.
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports parents at the North Side school said they were pleased with the way the no-power situation was handled for the students.
