HUNDREDS of Delta Airlines flights have been delayed for hours, disrupting the travel plans of thousands of customers while a tornado warning is putting millions of Americans at risk.
Customers are taking to social media to complain about their canceled or delayed flights as the airline company works to reschedule tickets.
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A person sitting on a Delta flight spoke to The Sun about their situation. Marley Clifton from the UK was supposed to fly from Bangor, Maine to LaGuardia Airport in New York at 5pm.
“I feel deeply frustrated at a lack of information from LaGuardia,” he said. “I was paralyzed with uncertainty.”
Meanwhile, more than 90 million people are bracing for dangerous weather on Sunday as severe thunderstorms threaten tornadoes, hail the size of tennis balls, and 80mph winds.
The severe weather will focus along a cold front slowly tracking across the Midwest through this evening, before pushing east.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service, there is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms today for parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
The NOAA Storm Prediction Center says hail the size of tennis balls is a possibility in the area, along with damaging winds with gusts up to 80mph. Tornadoes are also a potential threat.
The warning will remain in effect through the evening.
Isolated areas of heavy rain leading to flash flooding may also occur over parts of southwestern Missouri into northwestern Arkansas.
Other isolated severe storms will be possible later this afternoon across the interior Pacific Northwest.
A slight risk of severe thunderstorms is in effect over parts of the interior Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, where locally damaging winds, some hail, and a tornado are possible.
Another severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 1pm central time for parts of Kansas and Missouri. Hail up to two inches and wind gusts of up to 70mph may be likely.
Per the SPC, northeast Oklahoma, southeast Kansas, northwest Arkansas, and southern Missouri face a Level 3 out of 5 “enhanced” risk for severe storms. Flash floods are also a threat.
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However, the nasty weather also extends to nearby cities, including Indianapolis, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Tulsa, Dallas, and Columbus, Ohio.
The threat will shift to the east Monday as the cold front advances, with the risk of severe storms stretching from Georgia to Maine.
A Level Three of five risk for severe storms is in place across the Northeast, including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and New York.
The primary severe risks Monday will be locally damaging winds and some hail, and a tornado or two will also be possible in the afternoon.
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