A winter storm brought heavy snow and ice to the Plains and Midwest.

Roads closed, flights canceled amid sleet

CHICAGO — A winter storm that brought snow and sleet to the Midwest and Plains was creating travel headaches Saturday after airlines canceled flights and officials shut down major roads.

The storm system began moving through the Plains and Midwest on Friday, leading to trouble at airports in Chicago in Kansas City. It was expected to spread to the Northeast by Saturday evening.

Blizzard conditions with powerful winds were reported in some areas, and officials in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa were urging people to stay inside if possible on Saturday. They noted that blowing snow made it nearly impossible to see in some areas, making driving treacherous.

Officials in South Dakota shut down most of Intestate 29 and a 72-mile portion of Interstate 90 on Friday night. Both highways were open Saturday afternoon, though no traffic was advised on those roads. Most of I-29 in North Dakota and a 200-mile stretch of I-94 remained closed. Farther west in Wyoming, officials closed down stretches of Interstate 80 due to the weather and as a precaution against travelers becoming stranded without services.

The danger on the roads was highlighted by a dashcam video recorded from a delivery truck and made public by the Iowa State Patrol. The video shows a state trooper and a person who had been involved in a crash along Interstate 80 near Council

Bluffs in western Iowa on Friday looking at the damage when another truck loses control on the slick interstate and barrels into the crash scene, barely missing the trooper and other man.

In Nebraska, the winter storm that pummeled the state Friday was blamed for at least one death on Interstate 80, the Nebraska State Patrol reported Saturday. The patrol said the driver was killed Friday when the pickup he was driving spun out of control, crossed the median and slammed into a semitrailer.

In the Northeast, snow totals could reach a foot or more in parts of Vermont and New York state. But most areas in the region were expected to get just a few inches.

The Chicago Department of Aviation reported about 200 cancellations at O’Hare on Saturday morning out of nearly 2,000 total flights.

Jim Monk The Associated Press Residents in Fargo, N.D., attempt to jump-start a vehicle with a dead battery in the middle of a snowstorm on Saturday. A blizzard warning was issued until Saturday evening for parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.