More than 2,600 flights were canceled and nearly 8,000 delayed across the United States on Sunday due to thunderstorms, according to ABC News. Most of those cancellations and delays were reported in the Northeast region, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Here, 1,320 flights have been canceled, including more than 350 from New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, said BNC News. Bad weather also caused ground stops at John F Kennedy Airport and La Guardian Airport, the outlet further reported.
Airlines posted advice on Twitter, urging passengers to check flight times and weather conditions before heading to the airport.
FlightAware data shows 318 flights were canceled of which 426 were delayed at JFK, 270 were canceled and 292 were delayed at La Guardia and 259 flights were canceled and 459 were delayed at Boston Logan International Airport .
The Northeastern United States experienced heavy rains and flooding in several states. Parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Vermont are under a flood warning, with states in the region recording heavy rains and ‘deadly’ flash floods , according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
The NWS also issued tornado watches for parts of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island early Sunday.
Tornado watches were issued for parts of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island until 3:00 p.m. EDT pic.twitter.com/eRFqCKGnJl
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) July 16, 2023
Meanwhile, parts of the western and southern United States were under a heat alert or advisory on Sunday due to relentless record high temperatures.
The NWS has warned of an ‘expanding and compressing heatwave’ across parts of the Southwest, West Gulf Coast and South Florida, with scorching temperatures in the coming week, rising health risks for millions of people.
Late Sunday afternoon, California’s famed Death Valley, one of the hottest places on earth, reached a near-record temperature of 126 degrees Fahrenheit (52 degrees Celsius).
Heat waves occur more frequently and intensely in major US cities, according to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, with a frequency of six per year during the 2010s and 2020s compared to two per year during the 1960s .
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