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Lower than two weeks after Winter Storm Cora grounded flights all through the Gulf Coast, Winter Storm Enzo has brought about a whole lot of flight cancellations and much more delays.
The storm stretched from Texas by North Carolina, masking elements of the coast that hardly ever get snow. New Orleans obtained eight inches of snow—probably the most in over 100 years. It’s additionally introduced dangerously chilly temperatures.
“Frostbite and hypothermia will happen if unprotected pores and skin is uncovered to those temperatures,” the NWS in New Orleans warned.
The winter storm brought about disruptions all through the Southeast. In accordance to flight tracker FlightAware, George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) canceled 218 outgoing and 202 incoming flights on Wednesday. Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport (ATL) canceled 198 outgoing and 232 incoming flights.
“Airways at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Worldwide Airport have canceled all departing flights on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, and a few might function some late evening arriving flights,” the airport wrote on its web site. “Airways will proceed to judge if further cancellations will happen on Thursday, Jan. 23 primarily based on situations within the native space in addition to on the airfield.”
A number of airways, together with Delta Air Traces, United Airways, American Airways, JetBlue, Southwest Airways, Spirit Airways, and Frontier Airways, have issued flight waivers for the Southeast in response to the winter storm.
Happily, situations are anticipated to enhance all through the week. “All 5 runways and all taxiways are operational,” ATL airport wrote in a submit on X. “Safety wait occasions have fallen to acceptable ranges.”
At the moment, Louis Armstrong New Orleans Worldwide Airport (MSY) is the one airport within the area with substantial cancellations on Thursday, January 23, in response to FlightAware, with 64 outgoing and 28 incoming flights already canceled.
