Airlines Cancel More Than 12,000 Flights as ‘Catastrophic’ Winter Storm Moves In
Around 140 million people are under a winter storm warning spanning a large segment of the country.
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 4:00 p.m. ET, more than 12,500 scheduled for Saturday and Sunday were canceled, according to flight tracker FlyAware.
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