DeKalb County Sheriff's deputies and DeKalb firefighters and paramedics respond to a car in the ditch on Route 23 just south of Gurler Road as snow and wind continue to make driving hazardous in DeKalb Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. A Halloween snow storm blanketed much of the area with ice and snow Wednesday night into Thursday. (Mark Busch/Daily Chronicle via AP)

Snowfall forces flight cancellations at Chicago airports

CHICAGO – Snow has forced the cancellation of more than 300 flights at Chicago’s international airports on Halloween.

Chicago’s Department of Aviation reports that Midway cancelled 126 flights Thursday morning and delays of 18 minutes. O’Hare cancelled 208 and reported average flight delays of 54 minutes.

National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Kluber told the Chicago Sun-Times that O’Hare was expected to receive up to 3 inches (7.6 centimetres) of snow by Thursday night. Midway could get between 1 and 2 inches (2.5 and 5 centimetres).

The weather service also noted the day has been marked by strong winds and high waves along the city’s Lake Michigan shoreline.

The Chicago Tribune reports that some northern Illinois communities have called off trick-or-treating. Shipshewana and Wolcottville in northwestern Indiana postponed trick-or-treating to Friday.

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