DENVER — Severe weather, including hail and at least one tornado, was reported in the Midwest on Thursday as other regions dug out of a spring blizzard that shut down the Denver airport and closed hundreds of miles of roads.

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down on the southeast side of Lake Charles in Louisiana, damaging a home.

Elsewhere, a hailstorm broke windows in northern Texas, and snow fell in Minnesota. Forecasters predicted another 1 to 4 inches of snow across most of Wisconsin.

Storms swept through northwest Arkansas late Wednesday, damaging or destroying several homes and severely injuring two people.

Denver International Airport reopened Wednesday evening, but by then most of the day’s flights had been canceled because of the snow. Travelers trying to fly out Thursday faced long lines during the already busy travel week.

The blizzard closed hundreds of miles of roads and left cars stranded along highways on the Plains.

Because of the canceled flights, people were left to sleep on the floor there or return home and come back later.

Alicia Bailey was headed back to Atlanta after a business trip in Colorado Springs. She had a treacherous, white-knuckle, four-hour drive to the airport Wednesday only to learn her flight was delayed and then canceled.

‘‘I had a nice little cocktail and that calmed the nerves down because I was frazzled,’’ she said. ‘‘The way I look at it is, it’s all God’s work,’’ she said. “You have to look at the glass half full. I can’t change it so I'm just going to tell my boss, ‘I'll see you on Friday.’ ’’

The storm also brought heavy and blowing snow to parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Up to a foot of snow fell in the southern Twin Cities and Wisconsin Gov.ernor Scott Walker called members of the National Guard to active duty to help local authorities.

The storm shut down long stretches of interstate in Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming.

Associated Press