US braced for travel chaos with 10,000 flights axed due to incoming winter storm
11,000 flights canceled as winter storm wreaks havoc on US
- A severe winter storm has already caused widespread disruption across the United States, leading to the cancelation of 11,000 flights.
- Almost 4,000 flights were canceled Saturday as of noon ET, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware, and more than 7,600 flights were called off for Sunday.
- Over 140 million people, more than 40% of the US population, are under winter storm warnings from New Mexico to New England as the winter storm threatens to knock out power for days and halt travel.
- Forecasts predict heavy snow and catastrophic ice from east Texas to North Carolina, alongside dangerously cold temperatures and minus 40-degree wind chills. Weather officials have warned that the damage could rival a major hurricane.
- More than 95,000 power outages were reported in the US Saturday morning, with 36,000 in Texas, prompting governors in over a dozen states to declare emergencies.