Severe weather disrupted holiday travel across the United States on Saturday, with deadly tornadoes in the Southeast and heavy snow and wind on the West Coast and thousands of flights delayed or canceled across the country.
More than 7,000 flights were delayed and more than 200 canceled in the US on Saturday, according to tracking site FlightAware.
According to FlightAware, nearly a third of flights arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, and nearly half of flights arriving at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas were delayed. Were walking from. Delayed.
At least 10 tornadoes struck the US states of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on Saturday, killing one person near Houston, the National Weather Service and local law enforcement said.
“These numbers will likely increase,” said Aaron Gleason, a forecaster with the National Weather Service’s Hurricane Prediction Center.
One death and four injuries were reported Saturday in Brazoria County, Texas, about 45 miles south of Houston, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials say many homes and schools were seriously damaged or destroyed. Images on social media showed scattered ruins of homes and broken trees and utility poles strewn across streets and lawns.
To the west, winds gusted up to 241 kilometers per hour in the highlands of the Tahoe Basin in California and up to 80 kilometers per hour in low-lying areas, and heavy rain was possible from San Francisco to Portland, Oregon, forecasters said. Is. ,
Forecasters said 10 to 15 centimeters of rain were expected before New Year’s Eve and up to 3 meters of snow in Lake Tahoe, located on the border of California and Nevada.
“Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines,” the weather service warned. “Massive power outages possible.”
