Overview
- FlightAware data show 8,558 delays across U.S. flights on Dec. 1, with 686 domestic cancellations as the storm spread into Colorado and the Northwest.
- Chicago O’Hare recorded the heaviest impact, including 121 cancellations, with airports in New York, Boston, Des Moines, Minneapolis and Detroit also hit.
- The National Weather Service reported snow and ice affecting the Midwest and parts of the East Coast, and New Jersey’s governor declared a state of emergency.
- NBC estimated 72 million people were affected by the weather, and several New England states posted winter storm warnings.
- Forecasters expect snow to intensify over the next two days, with early Tuesday already showing hundreds of additional disruptions in FlightAware tallies.