President Joe Biden on Thursday warned travelers to “leave now” or face canceled flights and other travel issues ahead of a large winter storm sweeping across the United States that has already brought impacts to the Plains and Midwest regions.
“I encourage everyone, everyone to please heed the local warnings. We’ve tried to contact 26 governors so far in affected regions,” Biden told reporters at the White House, adding the system is “not like a snow day” before he entered a meeting with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Weather Service (NWS). The president has not issued any disaster declarations or emergencies over the storm.
