A winter storm that brought blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest and significant icing across the Great Lakes region is winding down after causing power outages to hundreds of thousands of utility customers and disrupting traffic and air travel.
A retail centre’s parking garage partially collapsed due to heavy wet snow outside of Milwaukee, but no one was injured.
Power outages affecting more than a million customers from the Plains to the Northeast may last an extended period due to difficulties in reaching areas with ice and heavy snow.
At least one death is attributed to the storm in Michigan, and more than 2,000 flights have been cancelled since Wednesday.
The storm is slowly exiting the US, but occasional rounds of light snow and freezing rain may persist until early Friday for New England and northern New York.
The heaviest snowfall is expected to impact northern New England, while ice could pose a danger for communities in higher elevations, such as The Berkshires in Massachusetts.
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