Should be there at least until about 5 30 this morning. Altamont pass good westbound 58014 minutes to 680. The dumbarton bridge, caltrans working hard this morning through there, lanes closed at least until 5 30. One lane is open in each direction. Most of those closures are on the westbound side as you work your way towards 101. And 880 windy but so far no delays. Back to you. Thank you. We have the rain but oh, my they have the snow in the midwest. Whiteout conditions stranding christmas travelers there. The first major snowstorm of the season is crawling across several states. Several highways have been closed, hundreds of flights out of chicagos airports have been canceled. Airlines are waiving fees for customers who change flights because of the storm. Ripple effects of the storm extend to southern california. Multiple flights between los angeles and midwestern cities have been cancelled. Officials at l. A. X. Expect more cancellations later today. Passengers who made it home from
While thats a relatively low number compared to other storms, this one is hitting at the peak of the Holiday Travel season. I already tried calling this morning, and they said the earliest i could get out is this monday, so im just scared with all the delays, everybody is going to get bumped back. Most of the cancellations affect chicagos airport, including more than 350 there. Theyre prepared for an influx of stranded passengers. Well be setting up cots and providing amenity kits for passengers. It looks like christmas will be white in wisconsins capital. The blizzard dropped 19 inches of snow on madison. Officials there urged drivers to stay off the roads, and at least 25,000 people in the area lost power. As the night progresses, as the wind starts roaring and that heavy snow is kind of laying on the lines and then the wind comes along and its icy, that we are going to have some power outages. Across the south, the storm didnt drop snow but delivered powerful winds. It knocked out p
Altamont pass. Mass transit delays to report. Caltrain number 101 slow out of redwood city about 15 minutes. Back to you guys. Thank you. You can follow the storm yourself with our hidef doppler. Just go to cbssf. Com weather. A midwest storm is leaving travelers stranded. A blizzard brought whiteout conditions to illinois. Several highways have been closed across the midsection of the country. The storm is slowly crawling across several states now. More than 500 flights out of chicagos ohare and midway airports have been canceled. Some airlines are waiving fees for customers who want to change flights because of this big storm. The weather in the midwest is also affecting travelers at sfo. Cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is at the airport this morning with more on the expected weather delays. Good morning, cate. Good morning, michelle. Reporter Mother Nature is already making her mark here in the bay area but i want to show you now that things are pick up here at sfo. You can see the tra
Ns sest and great plains simply stopped cold. Stranded on interstate trucker tracy martin spoke for many. Once youre stuck, youre stuck. Its hard to get out. Reporter the snow took all autumn to fall, and when it did, it was blown by 50mileperhour gusts into drifts two feet deep. Hofoot fell in des moines. Oten more is forecast in parts of wisconsin and michigan. Whiteouts led to a pileup of 25 vehicles near iowa falls, iowa. Two lives were lost. Weo others died in traffic on wednesday in nebraska. Thousands were without power across the region as the thermometer headed into the 20s and lower. The blizzards timing could not have been worse for the vanguard of holiday travelers. Chicagos airports were filled with the delayed or the stranded. At least 500 flights were canceled. Em, mayhem, a prelude to friday, the nations busiest travel day of the holiday season. Reatblizzard also threatened to delay christmas packages during the most intense period of deliveries of the year, but in belv