Massive winter storm disrupting flights at LAX, airports nationwide
Over 3,900 flights were canceled Saturday due to a polar vortex-driven winter storm hitting from New Mexico to Maine, causing widespread travel disruptions and power outages.
- On Saturday, airlines canceled thousands of weekend flights, with FlightAware reporting more than 3,900 cancellations in and out of the United States.
- Amid a stretched polar vortex, a massive winter storm dumped snow and freezing rain on New Mexico and Texas as it swept northeast, putting more than 180 million people on alert.
- What travelers said: `It was really cold, it was well below zero in Denver`, said Costa Pappas, while LAX had around 180 delays and 25 cancellations Friday, according to FlightAware.
- Authorities declared states of emergency in at least 16 states and Washington, D.C., and federal offices closed Monday, while nearly 130,000 customers were without power Saturday.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned up to 240 million Americans could be affected as forecasters cautioned about catastrophic damage and lingering snow impacts next week.
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Massive winter storm sweeps across US bringing ice, frigid temps
A massive winter storm on Saturday dumped snow and freezing rain on New Mexico and Texas as it swept across the United States towards the northeast, threatening tens of millions of Americans with blackouts, transportation chaos and bone-chilling cold.
Massive winter storm grips US; cripples travel, power
Washington, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A massive winter storm swept across a broad stretch of the United States, dumping snow and ice, plunging temperatures far below normal, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and forcing authorities in more than 20 states to declare emergencies, according to multiple media reports and government officials. Nearly 190 million people — more than half the US population — were under winter weather alerts…
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