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Big travel day ahead for those heading home from holidays
After a weekend marked by snow and flight cancellations, many area airports will be seeing high numbers of travelers pass through their doors.
A winter storm warning in place for the tristate region. Six to 9 inches of snow is possible in upstate New York, with 10 inches possible in the Hudson Valley. Five to 8 inches is forecast for northern New Jersey, while Hartford, Connecticut, could get about 4 inches.
A major winter storm pummeled the Tri-State Area with snow and ice after New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency.
The Big Apple only received a third of the predicted winter wonderland dumping — but enough precipitation still fell to snarl hundreds of fliers’ holiday plans. New Yorkers woke up Saturday morning to a roughly 4-inch blanket, a far cry from the nearly 11-inch pummeling city officials had warned was incoming.
More than a thousand flights have been canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes as a winter storm disrupted one of the busiest travel weekends of the year between Christmas and New Year’s.
Holiday travelers headed to or from New York City should brace for potential disruptions this holiday season. The city is one of the top spots for winter travel delays, driven by a mix of high passenger volume, unpredictable weather and ongoing congestion at airports and on the region’s roadways.
A major winter storm is pummeling the Tri-State Area with snow and ice after New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency.
Residents are urged to complete travel before 6 p.m. Friday as a storm bringing 4-to-8 inches of snow and wind gusts up to 50 mph moves eastward across the state.
Flights out of Jacksonville International Airport were impacted as an ice storm moved toward the Northeast, causing multiple cancellations and delays for travelers trying to head north just days after the holidays.