Published 16:50 IST, November 28th 2019
Flights cancelled, highways closed ahead of Thanksgiving as storms hit US
Flights canceled, highways closed ahead of thanksgiving as storms hit the US. About 55 million people planning to fly or drive have been stranded in the country
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Swstorms and hurricane-force winds hit US on vember 27 leaving thousands without power. Citizens are stranded as several flights have been cancelled and highways remain closed ahead of Thanksgiving. An estimated 55 million people have been planning to drive or fly, highways in West and Midwest. Thursday's festivities are likely to be grounded which was to include giant, colourful character balloons floating through Manhattan during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, because of gusting winds in Big Apple.
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National Wear Service alerted of an extremely active wear pattern in much of US.
Near white-out blizzard conditions
On Tuesday, ar swstorm caused near white-out blizzard conditions in Colorado dumping a foot of sw before moving eastward towards Great Lakes region in central US. For whole night, ploughs worked at airport in Minneapolis. About 500 flights were cancelled at Denver airport and ar 500 were delayed after it was hit by a foot of sw. As per reports, nearly 1,000 people slept at airport on Monday night. Ar dangerous storm hit sourn Oregon and rrn California that meteorologists are calling a "bomb cyclone" - a rapidly intensifying winter storm caused by a precipitous drop in atmospheric pressure. drop typically creates violent wear that arrives like a bomb going off, said a local newspaper. storm dumped a foot of sw, closed roads and people were warned to stay at home. On Tuesday, ar wind gust in Lake Tahoe, Nevada was clocked at 93 miles per hour. Marc Spilde of National Wear Service quoted that US rthwest has t been hit by such a powerful storm since 1962. storm threatens to bring rain and mountain sw to much of California, including places like San Francisco and Sacramento, places that were largely spared by past week's rain, said Accuwear senior meteorologist Brian Thompson to media.
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Storms to linger till Friday
While two separate storms are expected to weaken Wednesday and Thursday, holiday travel would be affected through weekend, said National Wear Service. re is also potential of flash floods in sourn California through Thanksgiving Day because of heavy rain, it additionally warned. Nearly 3,00,000 people face blackouts across five states, including Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Half of power has been restored, quoted powerout.us. Major travel routes, including Interstate 5, main thoroughfare from Oregon into California, due to wear conditions. Several motorists had to sleep in cars on road overnight. National Wear Service furr said that travel conditions are expected to be difficult to impossible from late afteron Thursday through Friday morning in Arizona.
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16:19 IST, November 28th 2019