As of midday, more than 1,700 U.S. flights had been canceled Thursday, and over 2,600 others had been delayed, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. More than 800 flights had already been canceled for Friday.
A vast, intense winter storm is disrupting travel plans ahead of the Christmas holiday.A vast, intense winter storm is disrupting travel plans ahead of the Christmas holiday
Forecasters predict an onslaught of heavy snow, ice, flooding and powerful winds from Thursday to Saturday in a broad swath of the country, from the Plains and Midwest to the East Coast. A surge of Arctic air will follow. The Christmas weekend could be the coldest in decades. Chicago, which is under a winter storm warning through Friday night, was expected to see up to 4 inches of snow and wind chills plummeting to -15 degrees Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. In Denver, which is under a wind chill warning into Friday, it was -21 degrees at 10 a.m. local time, with a wind chill of -38.
Rain is expected in New York, too, and the city will be under a wind advisory from Thursday night to Friday night, with gusts as high as 46 mph expected.Some travelers have been trying to beat the weather. Kelli Larkin arrived Wednesday from Florida for a holiday trip to New York. She plans to fly back Saturday night but said she'll watch the forecast and change her return flight if she has to.The weather also will wreak havoc on car, bus and train travel. Drivers could encounter slick roads and poor visibility.
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