By AccuWeather senior meteorologist
An enormous winter storm will mark the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022 by producing accumulating and travel-halting snowfall in at least 18 states from the southwestern United States to the Midwest and even parts of Canada during the holiday weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
More than 800 flights had been canceled on Saturday morning ahead of the storm at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. Nearly 300 flights had been canceled at Chicago Midway Airport as well.
Travel along vast stretches of interstates 29, 35, 39, 70, 80, 90 and 96 in the Central states can be difficult at the height of the winter storm from Saturday to Saturday night…
