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Bi-Coastal Storms Bring Tuesday’s Air Traffic in the U.S. to Its Knees
Major storms on the East and West Coasts of the United States brought a partial halt to air traffic in the country, with some airports reporting that as many as 52% of total flights were cancelled.
There were 6,539 flight delays and 1,224 flight cancellations within, into, and out of the United States on Tuesday.
The situation on Wednesday was far better.
As of noon EDT, there had been 1,773 flight delays and …
Thousands of Flights Delayed and Cancelled as Nor’ester Swoops Into the Northeast
A major winter storm that is bringing wet, heavy snow, combined with wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour (96.6 km/h) will result in thousands of flight delays and cancellations before the storm moves offshore on Wednesday.
“A major Nor’easter will continue heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding from northeast Pennsylvania into southern Maine through tonight,” the National Weather Service said in a special statement.
The storm could bring …
Powerful Storms Bring ‘Dangerous to Impossible’ Travel Conditions and Thousands of Flight Delays
Powerful storms took aim at the West Coast and the Northeast of the United States, bringing heavy snowfall, strong winds, flight delays and cancellations, power outages, and dangerous road conditions to the regions.
Some 50 million people in the Northeast are under winter weather alerts as of 10 a.m. Tuesday as a storm that had brought damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes to the central section of the country moved into the …
‘Dangerously Cold’ Arctic Blast Sets New U.S. Record for Lowest Wind Chill Temperature, -108° F
As temperatures plummeted in the Northeast, the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire set a record for the lowest wind chill temperature ever recorded in the United States, -108° F (-78° C) while a low temperature of -47° F (-44° C) tied the previous record set there in 1934.
The powerful weather system brought “dangerously cold wind chill temperatures” to the region through Saturday evening along with blizzard conditions through …
Northeast Braces for Most Severe Cold Weather in Decades, Wind Chills Could Hit -65° F
A blast of arctic cold temperatures hit the Northeast Friday morning, hitting a balmy 24° F (-4° C) in New York. The wind chill temperature made it feel like 10° F (-12° C) during the morning commute. But that wasn’t, by far, the coldest area in the region.
In Boston, the thermometer read 20° F (-7° C), with a wind chill of just 2° F (-17° C), and residents of Portland, Maine, woke up …
Major Winter Storm Causes Over 16,000 Flight Delays and Cancellations as of Monday Morning
A massive winter storm that brought nearly a foot (30 cm) of snow to parts of the Midwest is now pummeling millions of residents in the Northeast with heavy snow, torrential rain, and high winds.
The storm brought almost a foot of the white stuff to parts of Kansas with snowfall at times at 2” (5 cm) per hour.
More than 13 million Americans across 18 states from Arizona to Maine are …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Nov. 10: Masking for Kids in School Works, Beijing Auto Show Cancelled Due to Rising Covid Cases
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 945th day of the pandemic.
A new study covering Boston schools shows that universal masking for school children reduces the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and keeps them in school.
The authors of the study, Lifting Universal Masking in Schools – Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff, which was published on Wednesday in the …
