`Sprawling` winter storm slams upper Midwest and Plains, canceling hundreds of flights as it heads East
(Fox News National)

A `sprawling` winter snowstorm that slammed the West Coast earlier this week is producing blizzard conditions through much of the Plains as it travels East this weekend, having already canceled nearly 690 flights at one of the nation´s busiest airports, stranding drivers alongside major highways and even triggering an avalanche at a California ski resort, killing one.