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On Jan. 26, 1967, a blizzard dumped 23 inches of snow on Chicago. Eleven years later on the same day, another major snowstorm shut down the city.
A blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights into and out of Chicago on Monday and cutting off power to thousands.
Chicago will dig out from a snowstorm this weekend, but it won't be anything like the crippling blizzard it endured almost 10 years ago to the day. In early February 2011, Chicagoland was pummeled ...
By John Dodge. CHICAGO (CBS)-- Over the decades, we have seen many brutal winter storms, but none matches the Blizzard of 1967, which all began 50 years ago this week. A total of 23 inches of snow ...
UPDATED 02/02/11 11:44 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS)-- The massive winter storm that slammed Chicago is now one for the record books--topped only by the blizzards of 1967 and 1999. Here is what you need to ...
Prior to Jan. 12, wintry weather has been unrelenting in the Chicago area since the start of 2024 with snow falling on all but one of the first 11 days of January -- and the biggest snowstorm yet ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Residents are digging out the day after a blizzard struck the Chicago area, dumping over 19 inches of snow, knocking out power to thousands, causing travel headaches and closing ...
Oh, right, that was 32 years ago. Citizens blamed Chicago’s 40th mayor, the now-deceased Michael Bilandic, for city government’s poky response to a snowstorm that gridlocked the metropolis.
A major winter storm is expected to hit the Chicago area ahead of Christmas, with blizzard-like conditions in some places, at least half a foot of snow and dangerous wind chills that could lead to ...
The great blizzard of 2011 roared into Chicago with mighty force at around 3 p.m. and continues to pound the area. The deluge of snow and wind knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers, ...
Car trouble If photos of the 1967 Chicago blizzard are any indication of what’s in store, we’re in big trouble. Apparently, 20 inches of snow makes everybody’s car look about 50 years old.