A record number of travelers are expected to hit the road this Thanksgiving week. Storms from coast to coast could disrupt road and air travel, and a shortage of air traffic controllers could also slow things down. NBC News' Tom Costello got a behind-the-scenes look at how United Airlines is trying to minimize disruptions.
Millions of travelers on Tuesday will battle severe weather and congested highways to reach loved ones for Thanksgiving. And according to forecasters, for many, it's going to be a cold one. The National Weather Service said in an update early Monday that a pair of weather systems were expected to bring an 'Arctic outbreak' across the Central U.S. Wednesday and into Thanksgiving Thursday.
It will be a wintery Thanksgiving for parts of the Upper Michigan Peninsular and areas downwind of Lake Ontario, with between 4 and 8 inches of snow expected. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, airports seemed to be handling the influx of Thanksgiving travelers; there was only one flight cancellation listed across the country Tuesday morning on FlightAware's Misery Map of airline disruption, with just 55 delays. Travel hubs also seemed to cope with an uptick in passengers on Monday.
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