US: Hundreds of flights canceled after snowstorm hits Midwest
Airlines were struggling Monday to dig out from a powerful snowstorm that pummeled the Midwest at the height of Thanksgiving travel. The storm, which dropped more than a foot of snow on some places, largely subsided Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. But its effects continued to snarl air traffic throughout the day after grounding hundreds of flights Sunday as travellers tried to make the trip home. The biggest impact was at Chicago O’Hare International: Some 8.4 inches of snow accumulated there, one of the biggest November snowfalls on record, according to the weather service. The FAA slowed traffic at the airport, with some arriving flights delayed by more than 4 hours. Monday, 1,254 flights to and from O’Hare were canceled—around 40% of the airport’s daily schedule. <br/>
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US: Hundreds of flights canceled after snowstorm hits Midwest
Airlines were struggling Monday to dig out from a powerful snowstorm that pummeled the Midwest at the height of Thanksgiving travel. The storm, which dropped more than a foot of snow on some places, largely subsided Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. But its effects continued to snarl air traffic throughout the day after grounding hundreds of flights Sunday as travellers tried to make the trip home. The biggest impact was at Chicago O’Hare International: Some 8.4 inches of snow accumulated there, one of the biggest November snowfalls on record, according to the weather service. The FAA slowed traffic at the airport, with some arriving flights delayed by more than 4 hours. Monday, 1,254 flights to and from O’Hare were canceled—around 40% of the airport’s daily schedule. <br/>
