Winter storm snarls holiday travel across US Northeast, Great Lakes

People walk across the Bow Bridge in a snow-covered Central Park in New York City on December 27, 2025. New York City received around 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snow overnight. Airlines canceled 1,500 US flights during the peak holiday travel period Friday, with severe winter storm warnings and heavy snow forecast across parts of the Midwest and northeast. -Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP

BOSTON: More than a thousand flights were cancelled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow, as thousands took to the roads and airports during the busy travel period between Christmas and New Year's.

New York City received about 4in (10.2cm) of snow Friday (Dec 26) night into early Saturday - slightly under what some forecasts had predicted. At least 1,500 flights were cancelled from Friday night, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. But by the morning, both the roads and the skies were clearing.