Strong snowstorm causes delays at Denver’s airport

A strong winter storm knocked out power in California, closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming and prompted more than 1,500 U.S. flight cancellations Wednesday. And the worst won’t be over for several days.

Denver International Airport tweeted early Wednesday “It's really coming down here” and warned passengers of flight delays and treacherous road conditions.Taylor Dotson, traveler said “We are on our way back to Nashville, Tennessee from Denver. And our flight was originally supposed to leave at around 7 o'clock, and we got a text message after arriving here early that our flight was going to be delayed about an hour and a half, now leaving sometime around 9 o'clock.”

The storm will make its way toward the East Coast later this week. Places that don’t get snow may get dangerous amounts of ice. Forecasters expect up to 1.3 centimeters of ice in parts of southern Michigan, northern Illinois and some eastern states.