Power outages reported, thousands of flights canceled as storm slams Northeast
More than 40 million people were under blizzard warnings along 700 miles of the East Coast from Maryland to Maine.
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More than 40 million people were under blizzard warnings along 700 miles of the East Coast from Maryland to Maine.
Flight cancellations are continuing to mount as the U.S. is being hit with dangerous winter weather from a storm moving across the country.
A major winter storm disrupted air travel in several big cities in the days after Thanksgiving, including Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York City.
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In just Friday alone, there have already been 552 cancellations for flights coming into or leaving the United States and a total of 6,479 delays.
Tina Patel reports from LAX where travelers and airport staff alike are struggling to keep up with the elevated rate of delayed and canceled flights ahead of the holiday weekend.
Following suit with a frustrating weekend, Monday morning fliers were meet with a series of flight delays and cancelations at LAX due to airline staffing shortages and severe weather, amongst other things.
More flights were canceled at LAX and other Southland airports Monday following a wave of cancellations due to the COVID pandemic and winter weather.
Airlines have already canceled over 50 flights heading into Monday, the third consecutive day of multiple cancelations due to rising COVID-19 numbers nationwide.
"If it's not an emergency, I would not fly with Southwest right now," passenger Debbie Day said.
John Wayne Airport is getting back to normal following Friday's power outage that grounded all flights.
Twelve flights from Boston to LAX were canceled as of 9 a.m. Tuesday. Seven flights on their way to Los Angeles from Logan International have also been canceled.
Most flights out of Los Angeles International Airport that have been canceled had been destined for JFK in New York and Boston, but that could change as the storm picks up steam.
In total, the monster winter storm cancelled more than 11,000 flights nationwide.
Several passengers Friday who were attempting to travel from Los Angeles International Airport to the East Coast faced flight delays and cancellations due to severe blizzard conditions.
Many took to social media Friday to communicate their safety as the severe weather in some parts of the Hawaiian Islands has limited phone and television reception.
A number of flights scheduled to depart Los Angeles International Airport Friday en route to Hawaii will not take place, on account of the back-to-back hurricanes hitting the islands.
