A record-setting number of travelers are expected over the Thanksgiving holiday—indeed, the Sunday after Turkey Day, December 1, is expected to be the busiest day ever for US airlines—but the weather is not exactly cooperating. CNN reports 21 million people across the country are currently under some kind of winter weather advisory, with snow, rain, thunderstorms, ice, and wind expected to cause (or in some cases already causing) power outages, road closures, flight cancellations, and more. The latest details from CNN and USA Today:
- West Coast: "Avoid travel" if possible Tuesday and Wednesday, forecasters said as a storm with strong winds heads toward southwest Oregon and northwest California. A bomb cyclone could hit parts of the Pacific Northwest, Southern California is expecting snow in the mountains, and 11 million Californians are under a flash flood watch.