Wintry weather temporarily loosened its grip across much of the U.S. just in time for Thanksgiving, but travelers were bracing for heavy snow and blizzard conditions in some areas as they made plans to return home.
The wind, ice and snow that tied up major highways and airports Tuesday and Wednesday largely let up Thursday, with a notable exception in California, where the main north-south Interstate 5 was shut down in Southern
California as heavy snow blanketed the region.
High winds that had ripped a wooden sign from scaffolding on Chicago’s Willis Tower and nearly felled the
Christmas Tree to close Cleveland’s Public Square Wednesday were calm enough by Thursday morning to allow the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade in
New York to proceed, albeit with balloons flying at lower levels.