Winter Storm Diego forces American Airlines to cancel 1,100 Sunday flights and 200 Monday flights as it sweeps across the south and exposes more then 20 MILLION people to TWO feet of snow and flooding
Winter storm watches, advisories and warnings are in effect in areas from New Mexico to North Carolina
Diego is currently dumping snow and freezing rain in western Texas and southwestern Oklahoma
Wintry precipitation has also been reported in the region from northern Arkansas into northern Tennessee
The threat will move east this weekend, bringing up to two feet of snow to mountain areas in the Carolinas
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm on Friday
Coastal areas from the lower Mississippi Valley to the southern Atlantic Seaboard are bracing for between two and eight inches of rain and potential flooding
Four inches of rain fell in Houston on Friday, triggering flash floods overnight
By DAILYMAIL.COM
9 December 2018
More than 1,100 flights have been cancelled by American Airlines on Sunday as a storm sweeps through the southern US.
Over 220 flights were cancelled on Saturday with more passenger disruption expected on Monday when 300 flights will be cancelled.
A severe weather system dubbed Winter Storm Diego will sweep through the southern US and up the Atlantic coast over the weekend, bringing with it a widespread mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain, meteorologists say.
Winter storm watches, advisories and warnings have been issued across a massive area spanning from New Mexico to North Carolina.
The majority of cancellations are for flights to and from Charlotte, North Carolina, where American Airlines has a major hub.
The company said it will reduce operations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport beginning Saturday night.
All flights to and from Charlotte on American’s regional partners are canceled for Sunday and more than two out of three of its other Charlotte flights are canceled.
Since Charlotte is a major connecting hub for American Airlines, the cancellations are also expected impact passengers headed to and from destinations not affected by the storms.
The storm system is currently dumping snow and freezing rain in western Texas and southwestern Oklahoma, and an area of wintry precipitation has developed from northern Arkansas into northern Tennessee.
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