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Thanksgiving travel chaos as winter storm drops over a foot of snow

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It's been a hectic day for millions of Americans heading home this Thanksgiving weekend with a major winter storm crippling major interstates and leading to delays at airports. Dave Malkoff reports from a busy Chicago O'Hare airport and meteorologist Andrew Kozak has a look at the forecast.

Breakdown
  • Over 1,800 flights canceled in Chicago due to heavy snowstorm 31s
  • More than a foot of snow fell across Midwest and Great Lakes 45s
  • Des Moines Airport shut after plane slid off taxiway 58s
  • JetBlue canceled 70 flights for aircraft software updates 2m 10s
  • New storm system to bring more snow and cold to East Coast 2m 27s