"More than 13,000 US flights were canceled from Saturday through Monday, as an "unusually expansive" winter storm descended across much of the eastern half of the country. More flights within, into or out of the US are scheduled to be canceled on Sunday, with disruption approaching levels not seen since the coronavirus epidemic, aviation analytics firm Cirium said. Heavy snowfall, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people between the Rocky Mountains and New England, the National Weather Service (NWS) said on Saturday night."
""The snow and the ice will be very, very slow to melt and won't be going away anytime soon, and that's going to hinder any recovery efforts," said Allison Santorelli, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. "By the time this event winds down late Monday, it will leave a trail of more than 2000 miles of wintry precipitation, in a nearly continuous path, from New Mexico to Maine," the National Weather Service said."
A widespread winter storm forced cancellations of more than 13,000 US flights from Saturday through Monday and threatened further disruptions on Sunday, nearing coronavirus-era levels of disruption. Heavy snowfall, sleet and freezing rain imperiled nearly 180 million people between the Rocky Mountains and New England, covering more than half the US population. The storm produced over 2,000 miles of continuous wintry precipitation from New Mexico to Maine, and slow melting of snow and ice is expected to delay recovery efforts. Major airports including Oklahoma City, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte and Ronald Reagan Washington National experienced extensive cancellations. More than 120,000 homes lost power and federal emergency declarations were approved for multiple states.
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