Articles tagged “natural disasters”

As in New York City, Washington, D.C.'s airports technically stayed open even though all flights were cancelled in order to house the thousands of passengers stranded by the cancellations.

Resourceful travelers with canceled flights because of Hurricane Sandy are rebooking, and getting away out of Pittsburgh Airport.

Cruise ships already out at sea with passengers onboard will weather out the storm at sea as ports have closed to cruises from Canada to the Caribbean.

With Southwest reporting just marginal revenue growth, Sandy's impact on the airline's East Coast flights will be felt on the bottom line.

Stranded flyers are better off waiting out the storm before changing their flight or aiming for later dates as the usual $150 fee will only be waived for first-time changes on most major airlines.

An aberrant storm in New York City may suspend bus, rail, and ferry services down for an unprecedented amount of time.

President Obama will likely have better access to and more face-time in hard-hit areas in Sandy's path, but neither candidate is happy about the disruptions this storm causes in their well-laid plans for a final weel of campaigning.

The Guardian's top stats nerd takes a look at the numbers and helps make the chatter of meteorologists much more realistic and gives ominous warnings some real weight.

The unexpected federal holiday may last even longer in D.C. than other Northeastern cities as local electricity provider Pepco has been known to move slowly while restoring power after past storms.