Snowstorm Snarls Air Traffic In New York City—Here’s Where Flights Are Getting Canceled
- On Sunday, January 18, 2026, New York City Emergency Management issued a travel advisory as up to 3 inches of snow is forecast citywide, with isolated 4-inch pockets in eastern Queens and southeastern Brooklyn.
- An Arctic air mass is expected to settle in late Sunday night, driving temperatures down for the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, Jan. 19, with Milwaukee morning lows near zero to 2 degrees and wind chills around minus 20.
- City sanitation teams mobilized, with DSNY reporting nearly 1,000 sanitation workers, more than 700 salt spreaders, 44 bike lane spreaders, roughly 700 million pounds of salt, and a Bladerunner 2.0 GPS Room.
- Flights and commutes were disrupted as LaGuardia and JFK faced delays and Newark crews de-iced planes; officials urged travelers to avoid roads or check nyc.gov/snow and 311 for updates.
- The cold is already altering plans, including event rescheduling as the city of Red Bank moved its MLK Day of Service Community-Wide Cleanup to Sunday, Feb. 8, while relief should return Jan. 20 with some wind chills near minus 30 in parts of Wisconsin.
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New York Flights Hit By Winter Weather Disruption: What We Know
Hundreds of flights at New York airports suffered disruptions over the weekend as forecasters warned that a storm system would bring winter weather impacts to the area. On Sunday, there were at least 193 flight delays and 124 cancellations at John F. Kennedy International Airport; 131 flight…
WNY braces for heavy snow and freezing winter storm
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- City and county leaders gathered on Sunday ahead of a winter storm that's headed towards Western New York. A multi-day weather event is set to bear down across the region, bringing heavy amounts of snow, strong winds, and brutally cold temperatures. As of Sunday evening, a winter storm warning is in [...]
Dangerous winter storms put millions on alert nationwide
A dangerous winter storm swept across the country on Saturday, bringing rough conditions on the roads and even caused ground stops at all three major airports in the New York City metro area. NBC News’ Valerie Castro reports.
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