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| Big snow storms hit US and Canada |
| A major snow storm has hit eastern Canada and north-eastern areas of the US, causing severe disruption to air travel and claiming at least two lives.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 17-December-2007
1:28:23 AM |
| Around 40cm (16 in) of snow fell around Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, causing what Environment Canada described as "dangerous winter weather conditions".
Freezing rain, snow storms and high winds also affected several states in New England and the Great Lakes region.
Airports across Canada and the US were forced to cancel hundreds of flights.
More than 200 flights were cancelled and many more delayed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport alone.
'Big one'
The snowstorm which had earlier hit the Midwestern US brought blizzards, hail, freezing rain and high winds to Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces of Canada late on Saturday and throughout Sunday.
In Toronto and Montreal, heavy snow combined with winds gusting up to 70km/h (45 mph) caused whiteout conditions that led to several people accidentally driving off icy motorways, transport officials said.
CTV News reported that one woman was killed near London, Ontario, when her vehicle was hit by a snow plough after she had pulled over to fix a windshield wiper.
"It's a big one, a dangerous one," Environment Canada climatologist Dave Phillips told CTV, adding that more heavy snow was expected.
"Just because you have this one storm doesn't mean we're into the winter from hell, but my gosh, it's certainly started that way."
Slippery roads in the US were blamed for the deaths of a 24-year-old Michigan woman and a 51-year-old woman in Wisconsin earlier on Sunday.
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