Airlines Cancel Nearly 10,000 Flights as ‘Catastrophic’ Winter Storm Moves In
Tens of thousands of people in Texas woke to power outages on Saturday morning as the winter storm barreled through the South.
A Delta Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, N.Y., on Dec. 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Joseph Frascati via Reuters
Air travel was disrupted in parts of the United States on Jan. 24 as a “catastrophic” weekend storm plowed through the Southern Rocky Mountains and into New England.
As of 11 a.m. ET airlines canceled over 9,853 flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, according to flight tracker FlyAware.
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