US winter storm: 13,000 flights canceled as temperatures dip
Millions of people hunkered down as a major winter storm pummeled much of central and eastern half of the country. Thousands of flights were canceled, and thousands reported power outages in dangerously cold conditions.
More than 13,000 US flights were canceled from Saturday through Monday, as an “unusually expansive” winter storm descended across much of the eastern half of the country.
More flights within, into or out of the US are scheduled to be canceled on Sunday, with disruption approaching levels not seen since the coronavirus epidemic, aviation analytics firm Cirium said.
Heavy snowfall, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people between the Rocky Mountains and New England, the National Weather Service (NWS) said on Saturday night. That’s more than half of the entire populationof the US.
“The snow and the ice will be very, very slow to 1 said.
US President Donald Trump also approved emergency declarations for multiple states to receive assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
