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Flight delays and cancellations are only increasing as a storm batters the United States during the peak of the holiday travel season, leaving holiday travelers uncertain and sometimes stuck. 

At some airports, flights are delayed by about two and a half hours due to deicing operations and other weather issues. Some airports, including the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, had to cancel more than 50% of flights departing on Dec. 22, the day that the Federal Aviation Administration said was likely to be the busiest travel day of the holiday season. On Dec. 23, the chaos has continued, with more than 7,300 flights delayed and more than 5,100 cancellations expected. 

Scott Keyes, the founder of Scott's Cheap Flights, called it "the worst day of the entire year for cancellations," noting that the expected rate of cancellations today is 30 times as many flights that get canceled on an average day.