Winter Storm Caly Dumps Snow from Coast to Coast, Kills at Least 9

Snow fell throughout northern New England, slowing traffic along snow-packed roads. Two of the deaths occurred on Maine roads, which became very hazardous on Monday.

Some 1,340 flights were canceled at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports as the deadly storm began dumping snow on the city, according to NBC News.

The storm has created travel woes from Oregon into the Midwest before its arrival in the Northeast.

Maine

A pair of crashes on Maine roads killed two people on Monday, and both incidents were blamed on the weather.

In the town of Gorham, 45-year-old Joseph Piawlock died and his three daughters were critically injured when a vehicle driven by his wife, Yvonne, collided with a dump truck head-on, according to WGME.com. The crash happened just before 10 a.m. Monday, and the dump truck driver was not injured, the report added.

Earlier Monday morning, police confirmed 21-year-old Connor Graham died in a single-car accident on snowy roads in New Portland, CentralMaine.com reported. Excessive speed was also cited as a reason for the crash, which occurred before 2 a.m., the report also said.

Michigan

Two men died while clearing snow left behind by Caly, according to a local report. They were identified as Michael James Moersch, 70, of Canton Township, and a 55-year-old man whose name has not yet been released, according to ClickOnDetroit.com.

A plane slid off of the runway at Detroit Metro Airport Sunday afternoon in icy conditions.

According to Delta officials, Flight 724 arriving from Buffalo landed safely, but the McDonnell Douglas MD-88 slid off the icy runway as it was making its way from the runway onto a taxiway, according to WXYZ-TV. No injuries were reported.

Iowa

At least four people – two of which were children – died on roads made more dangerous by Caly over the weekend.

Three people died Saturday morning in Cass County when a semi truck lost control and crossed into oncoming traffic, striking several vehicles, according to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Authorities identified the victims as Gavin Steckler, 11, and Jameson Steckler, 14, of Audubon, Iowa, and Rodney Sanborn, 41, of Gretna, Nebraska, the report added.

A fourth fatality was reported along Interstate 35 near Osceola, KCCI.com reported. The unidentified woman was killed at about 10 a.m. Saturday while traveling southbound on the interstate. Her vehicle was struck from behind by a semi truck, pushing her car into a cable barrier in the media, the report also said.

Minnesota

Caly has dumped up to a foot of snow on parts of Minnesota, making roads slick and causing hundreds of crashes.

The Minnesota State Patrol says it responded to 600 crashes statewide since Saturday morning, with more than 220 spinouts. No fatal or serious injuries were reported.

Oregon

Icy conditions continued to wreak havoc on travel Saturday as authorities shut down an interstate as a safety precaution.

Portland's fire and rescue service said it responded to 378 emergencies into Friday evening, and on Saturday it rescued around 100 people trapped on a darkened train after a high voltage line was downed.

No injuries were reported. 

One person was killed Thursday morning in a car crash that was blamed on driving conditions made dangerous by Caly.

A Benton County Sheriff's Office spokesperson told the Corvallis Gazette-Times that a driver was killed in a two-car crash just after 8 a.m. Thursday morning on Highway 99W near Adair Village. The other car's driver was not injured, the report added.

"It was weather related," Detective Sergeant David Peterson told the Gazette-Times. "It was because of the icy conditions."

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Fire officials said Friday that preliminary numbers showed that the department responded to 378 emergencies between midnight and 7:30 p.m. with more than 120 calls related to power issues and falls on ice.

As of early Saturday morning, about 27,000 Portland General Electric customers were without power, according to KOIN.com.

Washington

Roads became snow-covered and treacherous in some areas on Friday, like State Route 18, which was closed due to multiple accidents near Hobart.

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In the southern Washington town of Vancouver, a woman sustained minor injuries Thursday morning when strong winds brought a tree down onto her home, briefly trapping her. According to the Columbian, Lisa El-Hoot was sleeping when the tree fell at about 6:20 a.m. Thursday, and her husband and three teenage children worked to free her, the report added.

"I heard a loud bang ... my sister came down and screamed 'mom's in trouble,'" Abdul El-Hoot, Lisa's son, told the Columbian. "We sprinted down the room and saw that a tree was on mom and we were just trying to get her out."

In nearby Camas, a second person was injured by a falling tree Thursday morning, suffering minor injuries, according to a separate Columbian report.