Memorial Day travel snarled as storms threaten flooding from Texas to Northeast

Memorial Day weekend travelers are facing a wet and potentially disruptive start to the holiday, with storms expected to bring heavy rain, flash flooding and travel delays across large parts of the country

Memorial Day weekend travelers are facing a wet and potentially disruptive start to the holiday, with storms expected to bring heavy rain, flash flooding and travel delays across large parts of the country.

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The storms were already affecting air travel Thursday morning, with more than 1,000 flights delayed within, into or out of the United States and nearly 290 cancellations, according to Flightaware.com.

In New York, LaGuardia Airport advised travelers to plan ahead after one of its runways was closed Wednesday because of a sinkhole. The runway is expected to reopen Thursday morning.