Winter storm causes massive flight and Amtrak train disruptions, snarling U.S. travel
CBSN
A winter storm that is spreading across much of the U.S. is snarling travel, with thousands of flights either canceled or delayed on Monday morning. Amtrak also canceled several routes along the East coast and Mid-Atlantic states.
As of Monday morning, about 34 million Americans are under winter storm warnings that span from Illinois to Mid-Atlantic states including New Jersey and Delaware. The storm, called Winter Storm Blair, is dropping a combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures across the U.S., also creating havoc for drivers amid icy road conditions and blizzard-like weather.
Airlines canceled almost 1,500 flights within, to or out of the U.S. as of 8 a.m. ET on Jan. 6, while another roughly 900 flights have been delayed, according to data from flight-tracker FlightAware. Southwest had the most cancellations, at about 360, followed by American Airlines and Republic, with 176 flight cancellations each, the data shows.
