Hundreds of flights canceled and delayed after storm slams New York City
CBSN
Heavy rains and flooding across the New York City metropolitan area on Friday delayed or canceled hundreds of flights at local airports and snarled air traffic headed toward the region.
As of 4:34 p.m. Eastern time, 148 flights departing from New York's LaGuardia Airport had been canceled, while another 129 flights were delayed, according to Flight Aware. Another 331 flights heading to LaGuardia from other destinations were also delayed or canceled, according to the tracking service.
Air travel was also disrupted at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Nearly 100 flights originating at JFK were cancelled and almost 200 flights were delayed, while arrivals were in disarray.
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