Millions face holiday travel woes as storms batter the Pacific Northwest and South

White and wet Christmas conditions have led travel woes for holiday revelers returning home on Thursday as rain and mountain snow batters the Pacific Northwest and strong thunderstorms rumble in the South.

White and wet Christmas conditions have led travel woes for holiday revelers returning home on Thursday as rain and mountain snow batters the Pacific Northwest and strong thunderstorms rumble in the South. 

Thirteen million people are under the risk for severe storms Thursday across eastern Texas, western Louisiana and southern Arkansas.

Weather-related travel delays will likely unfold in the southern Plains due to severe storms and the Pacific Northwest, impacting hubs in Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.  

There have been over 1,300 delays within, into or out of the U.S. Thursday, according to FlightAware data and 42 cancellations, as of 8:30 a.m. ET.

FlightAware’s Misery Map showed Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport faces the highest number of delays, followed by New York City area airports, and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/holiday-travel-storms-after-christmas-rcna185430

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