Chicago – More snow fell across the northern states Thursday as a deadly storm that already had grounded hundreds of flights, postponed a baseball game and disappointed those longing for the warmth of spring moved eastward.
A jet trying to land at Traverse City, Mich., skidded 50 feet off a runway in the heavy snow early Thursday. The plane remained upright, and the 46 passengers and three crew members were unhurt, Pinnacle Airlines spokesman Phil Reed said.
Six deaths elsewhere were blamed on the slick conditions.
The worst of the storm blew into the Northeast, where the National Weather Service posted winter storm warnings Thursday for much of northern New England, forecasting up to a foot of snow through today in some areas.
In Vermont, Mount Snow, a ski area that had already closed for the season, decided to reopen for the weekend after getting 5 inches of snow by midday Thursday.
“Better late than never,” said Mount Snow spokesman Chris Lenois.
Forecasters expected up to 10 inches in parts of New Hampshire. Up to 8 inches was expected in central Maine. Parts of the Midwest got more than 9 inches of snow Wednesday and Thursday.
