Ice and snow from the massive winter storm that's been pummeling the Midwest caused a plane to skid off the runway at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Saturday morning, according to fire officials. Almost 1,000 flights at Chicago-area airports were canceled on Saturday as heavy snow continued to fall into the weekend. WINTER STORM SWEEPING ACROSS US, WITH MORE THAN 100M AMERICANS IN ITS PATHThe weekend runway skid was not the first this week. The storm has reportedly brought up to 10 inches of snow in some areas of the Midwest. Forecasters at one point said that conditions in the Northeast "could approach blizzard criteria" as the storm rages on.

Source: Fox News January 19, 2019 23:04 UTC