Bad news for holiday travelers.
According to a report from The New York Post, a historic weather event is pummeling the nation, dumping snow on roads across the Midwest to the East Coast and disrupting one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.
They call it a “bomb cyclone.”
From The New York Post:
Heavy snow, ice, and powerful wind gusts pounded multiple states as 150 million Americans prepared for sub-zero temperatures as far south as the Gulf Coast in the crippling Arctic blast, Fox Weather reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration warned travelers to check for flight delays in Minneapolis. High winds could also delay flights in Chicago and Denver.
Delta, American, United, Frontier, Alaska, Southwest and other airlines were waiving change fees and offering travelers the option of choosing new flights to avoid the bad weather.
As of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, 441 US flights had been canceled, with an additional 791 flights already canceled tomorrow and 571 so far on Friday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.
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Earlier this month, AAA estimated that nearly 113 million Americans would travel 50 miles or more from home between Dec. 23 and Jan. 2 — a 4% increase from last year, though still shy of the record 119 million in 2019. Most plan to travel by car, AAA reported, and about 6% plan to travel by air.
More over at The New York Post:
'Bomb cyclone' wreaks havoc across US, disrupts holiday travel plans https://t.co/TAdyS0YfIl pic.twitter.com/nLRI1puyq3
— New York Post (@nypost) December 21, 2022
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