CHICAGO – If you’re planning on making holiday travels this weekend, weather experts are advising travelers to leave ahead of the winter blizzard that’s headed for North Central Illinois and beyond. Thursday night starts the winter storm watch that’s expected to bring complete white-out conditions with 55 mph wind gusts and freezing temperatures until Saturday. National Weather Service Meteorologist Gino Izzi says the blizzard can become a life-threatening situation with the possibility of power outages and stranded travelers.
Izzi is advising people to adjust travel plans for Friday as several inches of snow will have accumulated by Saturday with the likeliness of drifting snow in the roadways.
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