Big chill impacts US, Canada travel

By Mark Elliott On Jan 7, 2015

TD Guest Writer

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Chicago O'Hare Airport was affected. Credit: Kunal Mehta/Shutterstock — Chicago O’Hare Airport was affected. Credit: Kunal Mehta/Shutterstock

Parts of the US and Canada have faced flight disruption and cancellations as severe weather hit the country this week.

A wind chill advisory has been put in place for most of the northeast of the US by the National Weather Service, with strong winds and snow causing transport issues. Temperatures could plummet to -35F (-37C) in areas today.

Yesterday (6 January) more than 130 flights were cancelled to and from Chicago’s two airports, with New York also seeing some changes to schedules.

Weather conditions at JFK & LGA have caused disruptions in flight activity. Please reconfirmed your flight status.

— EWR JFK LGA SWF (@NY_NJairports) January 7, 2015

This morning several flights from Chicago, New York and Toronto have been delayed in landing at Heathrow Airport.

United warned of disruption at Newark and Chicago’s airports as well as Washington.

Air Canada has warned strong wind conditions, snow and freezing fog could impact services to and from Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Denver, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, New York, Ottawa, Philadelphia, St John’s, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria.

Travellers have been advised to check flight status.

States further south are expected to be hit by the colder weather by Thursday.

Twitter users are posting images of cities under snow.

Snow, snow, snow!! http://t.co/NB87kT9g2M #NYCTT © Danny Daly pic.twitter.com/OHwDjvkMSd

— NYC Travel Tips (@NYC_TravelTips) January 7, 2015

Snow falls tonight in Chicago’s Millennium Park as a winter storm blasts city with subzero wind chills – @ChiPhotoGuy pic.twitter.com/9ugY3ArvF3

— BuzzFeed Storm (@BuzzFeedStorm) January 6, 2015

A worker clears snow from the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building today in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI pic.twitter.com/ORKDQHdfnn

— UPI Photos (@UPIPhotos) January 6, 2015

1st snowfall of 2⃣0⃣1⃣5⃣ in New York City… Central Park covered in snow ❄️⛄️❄️ (photos by @gigi_nyc ) #nyc #NewYork pic.twitter.com/C1h2SvE2wD

— New York, New York (@NYC) January 3, 2015

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