Draco's Impacts: Flights Delayed, Roads Snarled

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Weather.com - 12/22/12, AP

Winona, Minn.

Blowing snow reduces vision as motorists wait for a light change in Lawrence, Kan., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Midwest snowstorm is causing travel delays on roads and in the air. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Travelers facing canceled flights and closed roads were hoping to finally head to their holiday destinations Friday as Winter Storm Draco dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest moved across the Great Lakes toward Canada.

Winter Storm Draco, part of a system that began in the Rockies earlier in the week, led airlines to cancel more than 1,000 flights Thursday and caused whiteout conditions that left roads dangerous to drive on. It was blamed for deaths in at least five states, with parts of Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan hit with more than a foot of snow.

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