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24 Feb

You’ll Never Guess How Many Flights Were Grounded — New York City’s Storm Turns Travel Into a Nightmare

You’ll Never Guess How Many Flights Were Grounded — New York City’s Storm Turns Travel Into a Nightmare New York City’s transportation grid and major aviation hubs were pushed to the breaking point as a powerful winter storm moved up the Eastern Seaboard, forcing pre-emptive flight cancellations and wide-ranging travel bans. Airports that normally handle tens of thousands of passengers daily reduced operations to emergency levels, leaving airlines, crews and passengers scrambling for alternatives. What happened — the operational picture Meteorologists warned that the storm would intensify rapidly and deliver heavy, wind-driven snowfall...