An empty Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orlenas
A deadly winter storm stretching at least 1,500 miles (2,414 km) and is blanketing the South in snow from Texas to Florida has killed at least ten people. The storm is leaving record-breaking snowfall in a region largely unaccustomed to such cold winter weather.
A first-ever Blizzard Warning was issued for parts of the Gulf Coast, including southeast Texas and southern Louisiana.
The storm resulted in tens of thousands of flight delays and cancellations, leaving tens of thousands of travelers stranded either at their destinations or at airport terminals waiting for their flights.
On Tuesday, 2,346 flights within, into, or departing from the United States were cancelled and an additional 4,462 flights were delayed, according to FlightAware, a service that tracks such information..
George Bush Intercontinental Airport cancelled 96% of outbound flights Tuesday and posted the greatest number of flight delays and cancellations in both the United States and globally Tuesday, followed by Hartsfield-Jackson International, William P. Hobby, and New Orleans International airports.
Meanwhile United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Delta Air Lines experienced the greatest number of delays and cancellations.
Already on Wednesday at 6 a.m. ET, there have been 1,222 flight cancellations and an additional 497 delays.’
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