plane can t leave. the storm is winding down, still have a little bit of snow east of chicago, that s lake-effect, detroit and buffalo lake-effect as well. other than just the typical lake-effect stuff and what s in the the system has moved off. out of there. atlantic, canada, here it comes. thanks very much for that. we were talking about chicago. you know it s bad when chicago shuts down. that s pretty much the situation today. cnn s sandra endo is there. we actually see her this time. is that michigan avenue? reporter: yes, it is, ali. wow. reporter: believe it or not. michigan avenue is usually packed with cars and shoppers. you can see it s pretty empty and the dirty snow still covering this major thoroughfare in downtown chicago. but the wofrst is over, the sun is shining. the city will start to get back to normal. now seeing black pavement for once all morning. finally the plows are making a difference and trying to clear up this main thoroughfare.