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Severe winter weather continues to hamper air travel in the U.S., and with another Arctic blast due later in the week, travelers can expect to see more disruptions.
Air travel cancellations and delays continued to soar in the U.S. on Tuesday as a severe winter storm arrived in the Northeast.
As of Tuesday afternoon, there were a total of 1,944 cancellations and 4,996 delays nationwide, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines have tallied the most disruptions so far, although not all were directly weather related.
The National Weather Service described the conditions as “dangerously cold” in an alert on Monday.
A blast of Arctic air swept through the U.S. late last week, causing sub-zero temperatures, heavy snow and gusty winds spanning from the Midwest to the Rockies and Plains re