Hundreds of flights were canceled on Saturday in the US as a storm dubbed as potent nor'easter disrupted air travel in the Northeast for a second consecutive day.
Nationwide, 585 flights had been canceled and another 1,350 delayed, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. Fliers faced flight disruptions Saturday at hubs like Boston, New York and Philadelphia, USA Today reported.
But the problems were a far cry from the problems a day earlier. On Friday, airlines canceled a whopping 3,423 flights in the United States and more than 4,700 of those that did fly were late.
Combined, nearly 4,000 flights have been canceled in the US since the storm began grounding flights on Friday.
However, airlines appeared to be having success recovering from the disruption that started Friday and lingered into Saturday morning. Despite the nearly 600 cancellations on Saturday, the total of canceled flights had grown only slightly since morning.
The storm brought rain, snow and howling winds to an area stretching from Virginia north through New York and New England. Wind gusts frequently topped 80 kilometers per hour across much of the region throughout the day. At the Washington Dulles International Airport near the nation's capital, the air traffic control tower was briefly evacuated because of high winds.
