Flight cancellations are already piling up as a winter storm bears down on Texas and the U.S. South, bringing snow and ice that could coat power lines and trigger blackouts.
As of 7:30 a.m. in New York, at least 169 flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport had been canceled for Thursday, according to FlightAware. Cancellations may also hit major U.S. air hub Atlanta, which is forecast to get snow and freezing rain on Friday.
At least 23 million people from Texas to the southern Appalachian Mountains are under winter storm watches, said Peter Mullinax, a