As much of the northern tier of the nation recovers from a series of recent winter storms, a potent system has begun blanketing the Northeast in heavy snow.
Since the start of the weekend, parts of the upper Plains and Great Lakes region saw over a foot of snowfall, including parts of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, leading to road closures and hundreds of flight delays and cancellations.
Some cities, such as Chicago and Kansas City, experienced record-breaking snowfall totals.
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Now the Northeast is experiencing its first major snow storm of the winter season. Forecasters project 8 to 12 inches of snow to pile up across Upstate New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine through the midweek.
