Flights canceled as wide swath of US braces for winter storm
Airlines canceled hundreds of flights Tuesday, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses as a huge swath of the US braced for a major winter storm that was set to put millions of Americans in the path of heavy snow and freezing rain. The approaching blast of frigid weather, which was expected to begin arriving Tuesday night, put a long stretch of states from New Mexico to Vermont under winter storm warnings and watches. More than a foot of snow was possible in Michigan, on the heels of a vicious nor’easter last weekend that brought blizzard conditions to many parts of the East Coast. "It will be a very messy system and will make travel very difficult,” said Marty Rausch, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland. The projected footprint of the storm extended as far south as Texas, where nearly a year after a catastrophic freeze buckled the state's power grid in one of the worst blackouts in US history, Gov. Greg Abbott defended the state's readiness. Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights in the US scheduled for Wednesday, the flight tracking service FlightAware.com showed, including more than half taken off the board in St. Louis. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declared a state of emergency as school districts and universities shifted classes to online or canceled them entirely. Chicago O’Hare International Airport also canceled more than 100 departing flights, and airports in Kansas City and Detroit were also canceling more flights than usual.<br/>
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Flights canceled as wide swath of US braces for winter storm
Airlines canceled hundreds of flights Tuesday, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses as a huge swath of the US braced for a major winter storm that was set to put millions of Americans in the path of heavy snow and freezing rain. The approaching blast of frigid weather, which was expected to begin arriving Tuesday night, put a long stretch of states from New Mexico to Vermont under winter storm warnings and watches. More than a foot of snow was possible in Michigan, on the heels of a vicious nor’easter last weekend that brought blizzard conditions to many parts of the East Coast. "It will be a very messy system and will make travel very difficult,” said Marty Rausch, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland. The projected footprint of the storm extended as far south as Texas, where nearly a year after a catastrophic freeze buckled the state's power grid in one of the worst blackouts in US history, Gov. Greg Abbott defended the state's readiness. Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights in the US scheduled for Wednesday, the flight tracking service FlightAware.com showed, including more than half taken off the board in St. Louis. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declared a state of emergency as school districts and universities shifted classes to online or canceled them entirely. Chicago O’Hare International Airport also canceled more than 100 departing flights, and airports in Kansas City and Detroit were also canceling more flights than usual.<br/>
