Massive Winter Storm blast U.S. Leaving Thousands of Homes Without Power

A Massive winter storm continue to bring heavy snow across the U.S., blizzard condition and increasing ice from California to the North East.

According to PowerOutage.us, nearly 950,000 households nationwide were without power as of 7 p.m. on Thursday. The vast majority of those outages more than 820,000 are in Michigan, where residents have been hit with freezing rain and ice.

"Power outages and areas of tree damage will be possible across these areas from the Great Lakes into the Northeast, and especially for the locations seeing a combination of stronger winds and accumulating ice," the National Weather Service predicted.

The snow was falling heavy rates of 1-2 inch per hour and combination with  40-50 mph winds. 

Midwest and the Northeast were expected to see 6 to 12 more inches of snow, with some areas receiving as many as 18 inches.

Due to the heavy snow falling, Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit, the Midwest, including in Minneapolis, have faced multiple flights cancelations. On Wednesday, more than 1,600 flights were canceled and an additional 5,200 were delayed. Thursday brought more of the same more than 1,100 flights across the U.S. were canceled and almost 5,600 flights were delayed as of Thursday evening, according to FlightAware.

Part of California also received heavy snow that rarely see snow.

NWS predicted heavy rainfall in Southern California and warned of "a heightened risk of flash flooding" beginning on Friday morning and into Saturday.

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