Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were canceled Monday morning, with up to 10 inches of snow predicted in the capital.
Airlines had canceled more than 1,600 U.S. flights on Monday as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, according to FlightAware, with the delay count exceeding 2,600.
Storm Blair, the massive snowstorm that has been dumping snow throughout the U.S. in recent days, is not leaving America’s airports unaffected. After it made its way through the Midwest this weekend,
Snow is piling up in Washington, shutting down federal offices and schools, as a winter storm that has snarled air and road traffic and knocked out power in six states makes its way east.
Travel disruptions and office and school closings were expected as severe winter weather moved east toward the mid-Atlantic region.
Fierfighters are bracing for the return of brusing winds, with gusts up to 65 mph overnight into Wednesday morning as the death toll from raging Los Angeles fires climbs to 25.The Palisades and Eaton fires are now among the most destructive in southern California history,
Flight 2668 had 201 passengers onboard, who were evacuated from the plane via emergency slides and taken back to the terminal via ground transportation, according to officials.
After a freezing winter storm shut schools, cut power and cancelled or delayed flights, the South is slowly thawing.