More than 2,700 flights are cancelled, schools are shut and drivers are told to stay off the roads as ‘bomb cyclone’ bears down on the Northeast bringing more than a foot of snow and the most intense winter hurricane in decades
‘Bomb cyclone’ is expected to be the region’s most intense winter hurricane in decades, sparking a flurry of wind chill advisories and freeze warnings from Florida through to Maine
Freezing temperatures have already claimed a dozen lives in the past week across the East Coast
In fact, it’s freezing all across the US, with at least one place in every state hitting below freezing Wednesday – and it’s expected to do the same again Thursday
Airlines have canceled over 2,700 flights and extremely hazardous driving conditions are expected throughout the Eastern seaboard late Wednesday and into Thursday
Most of the flight cancellations were for flights scheduled to depart or arrive at some of the large Northeast airports, including Logan, JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark International Airport
Jacksonville International Airport has delays while Charleston International Airport in South Carolina, Boston Airport, Massachusetts and Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Georgia, are closed completely
Victims of the cold include a homeless man dead inside a trash bin in St Louis on Monday evening and a 27-year-old woman dead from exposure on Monday on the shore of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency through Friday for 28 counties because of the cold
Savannah will see its first snowfall since February 2010, when its covered with two inches this evening
Snow has also begun falling in Tallahassee, Florida, where 3 to 5 inches is expected while Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay and SeaWorld’s Aquatica were closed Wednesday
The bomb is expected to bring blizzard-like conditions to Boston, Long Island and Maine and eight inches of snow to New York City where wind chill temperatures plunge to minus 20 on Friday
By ARIEL ZILBER and HANNAH PARRY
DAILYMAIL.COM
3 January 2018
Airlines have canceled over 2,700 flights and extremely hazardous driving conditions are expected throughout the Eastern seaboard late Wednesday and into Thursday thanks to a major winter storm that will bring blizzard conditions from the coastlines of Maine all the way to Virginia.
Most of the flight cancellations were for flights scheduled to depart or arrive at some of the large Northeast airports, including Boston’s Logan International Airport, New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Newark International Airport.
According to FlightAware, nearly 600 flights have been delayed. The total number of cancellations for Thursday is approaching 2,800 flights.
Many of the large domestic carriers, including American, Southwest, United, Delta, and JetBlue, announced travel waivers for more than a dozen East Coast destinations.
That means passengers scheduled to fly Thursday or Friday either into or out of the East Coast will not be charged a fee – which is usually $200 – if they wish to re-schedule their flights, according to the Dallas Morning News.
American Airlines plans to cancel all flights scheduled for Thursday at Logan Airport because of the forecast calling for snow and high winds, and reduce the number of flights at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and LaGuardia.
The storm was also starting to snarl air travel in the southern United States, with about fifty percent of flights canceled at airports in South Carolina’s Charleston and Myrtle Beach and Savannah, Georgia, according to FlightAware.
Jacksonville International Airport is running with delays due to the snow, while Charleston International Airport in South Carolina, and Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia, have been closed completely as the Arctic storm sweeps up the coast in what is expected to be the region’s most intense winter hurricane in decades.
Charleston airport said on Twitter that Joint Base Charleston, which shares runways with the U.S. Air Force, was closed because of ice and would not reopen until the Air Force determined the runways were safe.
The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport also announced in a statement about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday that it had closed as ice and snow fell on the Georgia coast.
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