Snowstorm strikes Canada's Vancouver, halting traffic and flights
Heavy snowfall and low visibility from a strong winter storm blanketing Pacific Canada have brought Vancouver traffic to a standstill and forced the country's second busiest airport in Vancouver to halt all flights on Tuesday (December 20) morning, with disruptions expected to continue ahead of the Christmas weekend.
A low pressure system from the Pacific Ocean combined with very cold Arctic air over British Columbia dragged temperatures down and brought up to 25 cm of snow to parts of the western province overnight, a meteorologist with Environment Canada said.
Environment Canada issued extreme cold, snowfall and arctic outflow warnings for most of British Columbia, urging people to dress warmly and watch for hazardous driving conditions over the next couple of days.
Data from airline tracking website Flightaware showed a nearly 200 flights scheduled to arrive or depart on Tuesday had been canceled, with another 67 delayed.
The storm was also expected to bring the nasty weather to a large swath of the United States, extending from the Northwest and Great Plains southeast into the Appalachians.
It will likely lead to flight delays and impassable roadways during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, the National Weather Service warned.
(Via Reuters)
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