Winter Storm Helena Causing Travel Headaches in South, Northeast
Impacting Travel Donald Wood January 06, 2017
Travel headaches are in full swing as Winter Storm Helena continues to spread across the South, but it’s only going to get worse as more snow and ice are expected along the Northeast coast during the weekend.
According to Weather.com, winter storm warnings have been issued throughout the South, including Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina; Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and Norfolk, Virginia.
Additional winter storm advisories have been issued in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and winter storm watches have been issued for parts of New Jersey, Long Island and throughout New England.
In Atlanta, Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport is already dealing with delays and cancellations as a result of the storm. According to FlightAware.com (as of 11 a.m. ET), 153 flights have been canceled and another 39 were delayed.
With both Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines based out of Atlanta, the two companies have been hit the hardest thus far by Winter Storm Helena, with a combined 166 canceled flights between the two airlines.
Travelers will be happy to know that many passengers who have their flights canceled or significantly delayed by Winter Storm Helena are entitled to a refund.
In addition to flight delays, Amtrak has issued revised schedules for trains operating on Saturday due to severe winter weather expected in Virginia and North Carolina. Several trains which normally make stops in impacted areas will now only go as far south as Washington D.C. on Jan. 7 to avoid the congestion caused by Winter Storm Helena.
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