with 25 passengers slid off the runway at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, but no injuries were reported. 400 flights were canceled at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, 28 at Midway International Airport and dozens more at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport. At the height of the storm, 140,000 customers were without power in Illinois, due to the storm. In Madison, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences department postponed its annual Solstice Party. The storm also affected parts of Michigan, where three traffic deaths were reported, and Indiana, where one member of the Purdue University ice hockey team was killed and seven others were injured when the team van overturned southwest of Lafayette. Nearly fell over parts of Lower Michigan (with higher amount towards the Upper Peninsula) along with one-quarter of an inch of ice. Farther north, portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and northern Michigan received between 6-12 inches of snow. of snow fell in Grand Marais on the north shore of Lake Superior, and a December 1st record of was reported at Duluth. In the Twin Cities metropolitan area, 4 to were reported across the area. Snow emergencies were declared for both Minneapolis and St. Paul. The Minnesota State Patrol reported 338 accidents, but no fatalities. In North Dakota, numerous traffic accidents were reported, including one fatality. Northeast As the storm moved into the Northeastern United States and portions of Ontario and Quebec on December 2, of snow fell in portions of central New York, while of snow fell across New Jersey with a dusting in several other areas. A second band of precipitation during the late hours produced areas of rain and freezing rain (of up to four-tenths of an inch of ice) across several valley areas from New York to Pennsylvania, with rain further to the east and south, while locally over a foot of snow fell across parts of Upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, causing several accidents which forced the shutdown of northbound Interstate 89. With the re-intensification of the system off the Atlantic Coast, it produced a significant winter storm for northern New England and Maine where as much as fell. Most schools were closed while Governor John Baldacci sent all Maine public workers home during the afternoon of December 3. The storm system caused two traffic-related fatalities, including one in Saco, Maine and another in Saranac,