Chicago winter storm: frigid temps persist as Christmas weekend begins
Blowing snow will continue to be a concern on Saturday.
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Blowing snow will continue to be a concern on Saturday.
Shuttle buses are providing service between Harlem and Ashland/Lake.
The closures come as snow is starting to fall in Chicago, and brutal cold and strong winds are moving in later in the day.
JT Phillis said it's the coldest Christmastime he's experienced in 20 years.
Drivers were being very careful on Cicero Avenue near 111th Street. Most of the snow was plowed off the road, only to be blown back in by strong and frigid winds.
Metra is running on a modified Saturday schedule today, but trains are running if you have to move around in the cold.
Crunchy snow and slippery roads - that's what the ride to Northwest Indiana will look and feel like if you are today. INDOT crews are out early Friday morning making sure the roads are safe for anyone who has to be on them.
A significant winter storm hit Chicagoland on Thursday, followed by temperatures that fell below zero across the area in the nighttime hours.
Hundreds braved the bitter cold to get some last-minute shopping wrapped up before the holiday weekend. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Northwest Indiana was being hit hardest by the winter storm that struck the Chicago area Thursday, and it wasn't over in the nighttime hours.
Strong winds sent snow back onto the roads in Oak Lawn, and drivers were being extra-careful. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
At 10 p.m., flurries were still coming down – but the temperature drop to the subzero range was the greater concern. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
CBS 2's Chris Tye spent the day talking to people stuck as hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled on Thursday.
CBS 2's Andrew Ramos was in the western suburbs where some shoppers were getting some last-minute errands done just before the snow hit and the temperature plunged.
People weren't exactly happy to be shopping in this weather, but wanted to plan ahead for what's still to come.
By 6 p.m., the snow in Hyde Park had been reduced to flurries.
The volume of shoppers in downtown Naperville remained steady even as the elements worsened during the winter storm. CBS 2's Sara Machi reports.
Businesses sent people out to shovel and salt the sidewalks on East 53rd Street as the snow fell. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The wind chill keeps dropping as the evening rush continues along Interstate 94. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
CBS 2's Chris Tye was talking to parents stuck at O'Hare International Airport needing to keep their kids entertained as the winter storm forces hundreds of flight cancellations.
By 5 p.m., the snow had lightened up in Hyde Park, but a biting wind was cutting right through – and layers were no match for it. But one woman called it all a winter wonderland. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has a look at the Tri-State Tollway amid the winter storm.
The CBS 2 Mobile Weather Lab was out on the road in Northwest Indiana, which is expected to be hit hard by the snow, wind and cold temperatures ahead of the holiday weekend.
Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Cole Stallard joins us by phone.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports on the fast-falling snow in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
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