Winter weather and intense rain complicate holiday travel ahead of Christmas

Storms are already messing with holiday travel plans during what is poised to be a record-setting week at airports nationwide.

Storms are already messing with holiday travel plans during what is poised to be a record-setting week at airports nationwide.

Floods have ravaged the West Coast this week, with more on the way, and caused more than 5,000 flight delays Monday.

A plane crash due to foggy skies in Galveston, Texas, killed at least five people, also Monday. The U.S. Coast Guard has said the cause of the crash remains under investigation, but visibility in the area was down to as little as a quarter-mile amid dense fog.

But most of the country will be spared from messy weather Tuesday, save for the Northeast and the West Coast.

Winter weather alerts are in place for 11 million people across the interior Northeast and New England.