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<p>A massive winter storm has roared into America&#8217;s heartland, carrying a paralysing punch of dangerous ice and snow that shut down airports, schools, colleges and government offices.</p>
<p>Ice-covered streets were deserted in Super Bowl host city Dallas, white-outs shut down Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and more is on the way.</p>
<p>Chicago expects 2ft of snow, Indianapolis an inch of ice, and the north east more ice and snow in what is shaping up to be a record winter for the region.</p>
<p>The worst storm in decades stretched more than 2,000 miles from Texas to Maine, across a third of the country, with nearly 6,000 flights cancelled.</p>
<p>Winds topped 60mph in Texas, while in Chicago public schools called a snow day for the first time in 12 years and both major airports gave up on flying until at least Wednesday afternoon. </p>
<p>Thousands of office workers in Chicago&#8217;s famous downtown Loop district left early to avoid transport troubles and officials closed the city&#8217;s busy and iconic Lake Shore Drive while crews tried to plough snow. </p>
<p>Everyone &#8220;should brace for a storm that will be remembered for a long time&#8221;, said Jose Santiago, executive director of Chicago&#8217;s office of emergency management.</p>
<p>Many cities across middle America began shutting down hours ahead of the snow, with scores of schools, colleges and government offices cancelling activities or deciding not to open at all.</p>
<p>Meteorologist Jeff Johnson, of the National Weather Service in Des Moines, Iowa, said the storm was sure to &#8220;cripple transportation for a couple of days&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t want to get caught out in the rural areas in your vehicle in this storm. It&#8217;s a good night to stay home,&#8221; he said.</p>
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