Published: December 11,2016
Winter Storm Caly has left a path of travel headaches and one person dead as it marches across the northern United States on its way to the Northeast.
On Sunday, some 1,340 flights were canceled at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports as the deadly storm began dumping snow on the city, reports NBCNews.
According to weather.com meteorologist Michael Palmer, the storm will bring a band of moderate to heavy accumulating snow to the Great Lakes and Northeast Sunday and Monday. Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland will likely be the hardest hit and can expect to accumulate eight to 12 inches before the storm moves on.
The storm has created travel woes from Oregon into the Midwest as it makes its continues on towards the Northeast.
"Winter
storm Caly will track east this weekend, spreading snow into the
northern Plains and much of the Midwest Saturday night into Sunday,"
said weather.com meteorologist Linda Lam.
"Moderate to locally heavy snow is expected from eastern South Dakota
into the southern Great Lakes, which could make for some hazardous
travel conditions. Heavy snow will also fall in the higher elevations of
the West, where more than a foot of snow is anticipated in spots."
(MORE: What We Expect from Winter Storm CalyMinnesota
According to the Associated Press, Caly has dumped up to a foot of snow on parts of Minnesota, making road slicks and causing hundreds of crashes.The Minnesota State Patrol says it has responded to 600 crashes statewide since Saturday morning, with more than 220 spinouts. No fatal or serious injuries are reported.
According to weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce, Granite Falls, Minnesota has seen the greatest accumulation from Caly thus far, with 10 inches recorded.
Oregon
Icy conditions continued to wreak havoc on travel Saturday as authorities shut down an interstate as a safety precaution.
According to FlightAware, more than 60 flights into and out of Portland International Airport were canceled Thursday, and several more flights were called off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Flight cancellations continued Friday at both of those hubs. Even before the snow began to accumulate, damaging winds brought down trees and power lines.
Portland's fire and rescue service said it responded to 378 emergencies into Friday evening, and on Saturday it rescued around 100 people trapped on a darkened train after a high voltage line was downed.
According to the National Weather Service, eastbound Interstate 84 was closed from Troutdale to Hood River due to hazardous weather conditions and multiple disabled vehicles on the road.
Westbound traffic was also closed later that morning, KOIN.com reports.
Friday authorities rescued up to 100 people who had been trapped on a train after a high-voltage power line was downed onto tracks near I-84 and I-205. The passengers were reportedly stuck for several hours.
Portland Fire & Rescue tweeted that Portland Power and Light had cleared the power line around 10 p.m. No injuries were reported.
A Benton County Sheriff's Office spokesperson told the Corvallis Gazette-Times that a driver was killed in a two-car crash just after 8 a.m. Thursday morning on Highway 99W near Adair Village. The other car's driver was not injured, the report added.
"It was weather related," Detective Sergeant David Peterson told the Gazette-Times. "It was because of the icy conditions."
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The Oregon Zoo was closed due to icy conditions, pushing back the popular Zoo Lights event until at least Sunday, according to The Oregonian.
As of early Saturday morning, about 27,000 Portland General Electric customers were without power, according to KOIN.com.
Washington
Roads became snow-covered and treacherous in some areas on Friday, like State Route 18, which was closed due to multiple accidents near Hobart.
Pics w90mp57 semi col. 2 semis chaining up, 3rd semi too fast for conditions! Drivers chaining very lucky no injury! @wsdot @wsdot_passes
Trooper's vehicle was struck while investigating another collision. Driver who struck trooper in custody for DUI. #slowdown in #wasnow 
In the southern Washington town of Vancouver, a woman sustained minor injuries Thursday morning when strong winds brought a tree down onto her home, briefly trapping her. According to the Columbian, Lisa El-Hoot was sleeping when the tree fell at about 6:20 a.m. Thursday, and her husband and three teenage children worked to free her, the report added.
"I heard a loud bang ... my sister came down and screamed 'mom's in trouble,'" Abdul El-Hoot, Lisa's son, told the Columbian. "We sprinted down the room and saw that a tree was on mom and we were just trying to get her out."
In nearby Camas, a second person was injured by a falling tree Thursday morning, suffering minor injuries, according to a separate Columbian report.
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