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Hundreds of flights canceled and chaos on the roads as 'thundersnow' storm dumps up to 17 inches of snow on the Midwest... and now it's heading to the East Coast


A massive snow storm which bombarded the nation's midsection on Thursday is now lumbering northeast towards New England, threatening 20 states and 60 million residents in its path.
The storm is expected to reach the East Coast this weekend, delivering heavy snow to parts of New England for a third straight weekend, from northern Connecticut to southern Maine.
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Kansas have been blasted with freezing rain and more than a foot of snow, closing schools, shuttering airports, cancelling hundreds of flights and promising a messy and possibly dangerous commute on Friday.
Another five inches of snow is expected to hit the Great Lakes this morning, with Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Detroit seeing the most, Weather Channel meteorologist Chris Dolce told USA Today.
Wind gusts of 30 mph were expected to churn-up snow that fell overnight in southern Wisconsin, where forecasters were warning Milwaukee-area residents of slick roads and reduced visibility.
Battle: Neighbours help move a car in Kansas City, Missouri, which was bombarded with snow on Thursday
Battle: Neighbours help move a car in Kansas City, Missouri, which was bombarded with snow on Thursday
Trapped: Emergency crews work to get a van out from the snow packed shoulder of I-70 on Thursday afternoon in Topeka, Kansas where parts of the state were buried under 14 inches
Trapped: Emergency crews work to get a van out from the snow packed shoulder of I-70 on Thursday afternoon in Topeka, Kansas where parts of the state were buried under 14 inches
Standstill: Stalled vehicles are seen during a blizzard as traffic comes to a standstill on the I-635 in Kansas City
Standstill: Stalled vehicles are seen during a blizzard as traffic comes to a standstill on the I-635 in Kansas City
Warning: A Winter Weather Alert is in place as the snowstorm moves northwest on Friday morning
Warning: A Winter Weather Alert is in place as the snowstorm moves northwest on Friday morning
The same was expected in northeast Iowa, where residents could wake up to as much as 7 inches of new snow, while nearly 200 snowplows were deployed overnight in Chicago.
Kansas was hit with the epicenter of the winter storm on Thursday, burying Wichita under 14 inches of snow in the city's second-largest snowstorm on record. The city of Hays saw 17 inches, and a 200-mile tretch of Interstate 70 in central Kansas was closed and strewn with cars stuck in snow.

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