Flight Cancellations top 12,000 as USA Braces for 'Bomb Cyclone'
Nearly the entirety of the United States is currently dealing with one of the most intense winter weather events in modern history, and it is wreaking havoc on the holiday travel season.
A “bomb cyclone” is forming in parts of the country on Thursday night, with temperatures around the nation plummeting in the wee hours, making for treacherous travel and stranding an extraordinary number of Christmas travelers from coast to coast.
At least five people have been killed as a treacherous ‘once-in-a-generation’ winter system pummels central and eastern parts of the United States – with at least six governors calling for a state of emergency.
Advertisement - story continues belowNew York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and issued a traffic ban on part of Interstate 90 beginning on Friday at 6 am due to the incoming storm’s expected brutality.
The trouble was widespread.
She joins at least five other states, ahead of the frigid, powerful snowstorm moving across the U.S. through Friday, and expected to hit multiple states with heavy snow, damaging winds, freezing rain and dangerous bitter cold.
Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia and North Carolina have all issued the emergency orders that, in part, activate their emergency response and operations plans.
Social media users were taking to Twitter to share their stunning experiences.
It’s a bit brisk, but really serene on the Big Four Bridge tonight as snow moves into Louisville. @courierjournal #BombCyclone pic.twitter.com/cl4yTdnkdd
— Michael Clevenger (@MClevenger_CJ) December 23, 2022
Snow begins in Louisville. @courierjournal #BombCyclone @BELLELOUISVILLE pic.twitter.com/EtXQuPuu3X
— Michael Clevenger (@MClevenger_CJ) December 23, 2022
Mandatory bomb cyclone content pic.twitter.com/DJ1IZtThud
— Chicago Tudor Revival AF (@tudor_af) December 23, 2022
Stay warm, folks…this could be a wild one.
