Yahoo Autos ‘Historic’ Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc, Cancels 1,400 U.S. Flights
More than 1,000 flights have been canceled due to storms.
After harsh winter storms brought travel chaos to travelers over Thanksgiving and Christmas, you’d have been forgiven for thinking that the worst of the winter weather might be over. But sometimes it snows in February, and a whole heap of the white stuff is about to hit western states, bringing travel turmoil back to the U.S.
The National Weather Service has issued winter storm, blizzard, and high-wind warnings for areas across the western United States, NBC News reports that the foul weather has canceled more than 1,400 flights across the region. The site reports:
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More than 1,400 flights within, to and out of the United States were canceled Wednesday as severe weather wreaked havoc with massive storms threatening to bring record snowfall across America.
Residents across the northern Plains will be hunkering down as the storm hits, with schools across the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin announcing closures ahead of the severe weather system, which is expected to impact millions while California contends with strong winds and sweeping power outages.
As much as two feet of snow is forecast in some areas across the country, which is already leading airlines to cancel or delay flights. NBC News reports that 1,434 U.S. flight cancellations were recorded by 2 p.m. EST as a result of the severe weather.
