Air travel along the East Coast has come to a screeching halt as multiple airports have been forced to ground or severely delay all flights Thursday afternoon.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that a major thunderstorm system bringing life-threatening flooding has shut down flights in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
Major travel hubs, including LaGuardia Airport, Newark-Liberty International Airport, and Philadelphia International Airport have all announced ground stops until at least 3:45pm ET.
Other major airports, including John F Kennedy International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, have announced ground delays lasting until at least early Friday morning.
The airport chaos has led to flight delays of more than three hours at New York’s JFK Airport and New Jersey’s Newark Airport.
Delays out of Washington’s Ronald Reagan Airport, however, have now reached a staggering 268 minutes, or four and a half hours.
Flights at Philadelphia and LaGuardia have been delayed by more than two hours due to the dangerous storm.
According to AccuWeather, more 43 million people are in the path of potentially deadly flash flooding Thursday.
Delays of more than 3 hours have been announced at several airports along the US East Coast due to a severe thunderstorm system moving in (Stock Image)
Delays at Washington’s Ronald Reagan Airport (pictured) have reached more than 4 hours on Thursday
