Flight delays Saturday, interrupting travel during the busy holiday season as parts of the country were .
As of Saturday afternoon, there were upwards of 2,300 cancellations of flights into, leaving and within the United States, according to . Over 5,500 flights were delayed.
Denver International, Chicago’s O’Hare airport, and Seattle-Tacoma International were among the US airports most affected by delays and cancellations, Buffalo Niagara International airport that it would remain closed entirely until Monday, December 26.
Saturday’s delays and cancellations follow days of disruption as the storm swept across the country, bringing , with reports of extreme weather pattern .
On Friday, , and close to 12,000 delays, according to FlightAware.
Greyhound that many of its scheduled bus services would be canceled Saturday and Sunday “due to the winter weather in the upper Northeast and Pacific Northwest areas.” Routes leaving from Buffalo and Syracuse in New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; and Boise, Idaho are some of those affected. Greyhound advised passengers to check bustracker.greyhound.com for the latest updates.
Amtrak said that the severe weather “has caused Amtrak to make several service and cancellations from now through Sunday, December 25.” The train company said impacted customers to take trains leaving at similar times or on another day.
Those staying at home are also dealing with impact from the storms.
As of Saturday afternoon, nationwide were without power due to an Arctic blast and winter storm that tore down power lines. The storm pummeled parts of the Upper Midwest and Northeast with heavy snow and blizzard conditions and flooding along the Northeast coast, on top of frigid temperatures.
The weather could impact holiday gifts, as well.
The US Postal Service, UPS, FedEx and Amazon .
On its , UPS listed impacted states and zip codes. It had warned that “some delivery and pickup services” may be affected.”
it had experienced “substantial disruptions” at two processing hubs, adding that “all FedEx Express locations have been impacted by severe winter weather and delays can be expected for package deliveries across the US with a delivery commitment through Monday, December 26.”
As of Friday, the USPS said it had temporarily shut down 89 post offices, and Amazon said it “temporarily closed” some of its sites in the impacted areas.
鈥� CNN’s Aya Elamroussi, Forrest Brown, Karla Cripps, Haley Brink and Chris Isidore contributed to this report.
