A record breaking winter storm caused chaos on a busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend, which brought more high winds, snow and rain as it pushed from the Midwest towards the Great Lakes and into the northeast US.  News media such as CNN reported that up to 60 inches of snow fell in Colorado and Wyoming, through the Midwest, including Iowa, which got up to 17 inches. The storm impacted the Chicago area, with more than 7 inches of snow, making it the strongest November storm since 1975 and the fifth-largest on record for the month.