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Snow, travel troubles linger into third day across much of Minnesota
Updated: 1:09 p.m. Snow that started Tuesday, and lasted all day Wednesday, kept falling overnight and into Thursday across a wide swath of southern and eastern Minnesota. The seemingly never-ending winter storm meant a third day of shoveling, travel headaches and school disruptions across the region — and a third day of building up the snowpack for skiing, snowmobiling, sledding and other winter activities. The official storm total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport stands at 15.0 inches — making it the 14th-greatest snowfall on record in the Twin Cities. The snow total so far this winter at MSP now is 48.1 inches — nearly 28 inches above normal. Light snow…
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Weather disruptions linger for U.S. flights, led by Southwest Airlines
WASHINGTON, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Weather conditions-connected flight cancellations and delays that snarled U.S. business air site visitors more than the holiday break weekend dragged on by Monday, with Southwest Airways (LUV.N) accounting for the bulk of the lingering disruptions a day soon after Christmas. More than 3,800 U.S. airline flights ended up canceled on Monday, like 2,800 operated by Southwest, or just about 70{5a5867cc9cca71cf546db38f42fbf171004839e3542174405390d177276b4f49} of the carrier’s whole scheduled for the day, according to the flight tracking provider FlightAware. Delays ended up claimed for far more than 7,100 U.S. flight departures and arrivals in general, with several hundred by Southwest. “Challenges are impacting our customers and staff members in…
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