Overview
- Airlines scrubbed more than 11,400 flights on Sunday and over 19,000 since Saturday, with LaGuardia halting operations, Reagan National canceling all departures, and cancellation rates surging at JFK and Philadelphia.
- Roughly 600,000 customers were without electricity Monday morning, concentrated in the South including about 200,000 in Tennessee and more than 147,000 in Mississippi, and forecasters warned some restorations could take days.
- At least 23 weather-related deaths have been reported across multiple states as deep freeze conditions and heavy snow persist.
- Emergency measures are in effect across roughly 20 states and Washington, D.C., and the president approved federal disaster emergency declarations for a dozen affected states listed by officials.
- International travel also faltered, with Emirates canceling U.S. services including EK203 and EK204, and aviation analysts calling this the largest wave of cancellations since the pandemic.