This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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Nearly 18,000 flights were canceled or delayed Thursday and Friday due to unfavorable weather conditions across the south and west of the United States, the American press reported on Saturday.
Some 570 flights departing from or arriving in the United States were also delayed on Saturday morning, according to the website FlightAware.com, cited by the press.
Severe storms spawned tornadoes, strong winds and heavy hail in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Thursday and Friday, causing the cancellation or delay of hundreds of flights.
These severe weather conditions are expected to intensify again in the southern part of the United States.
“A wave of severe storms with tornadoes, strong winds and large hail is expected in parts of the Southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley and central Gulf Coast states,” National warned. Weather Service.
On the West Coast, a wave of storms is bringing powerful winds, heavy rain and heavy snow, threatening to delay or cancel hundreds of flights.
