By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
February 12,2014; 5:42PM,EST
A storm will target close to 100 million people, dozens of major highways and many major airline hubs from Georgia to New York and Massachusetts Wednesday and Thursday.
The major cities from Atlanta to Charlotte, N.C., Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston will be hit in some way by this storm.
Even far away from the storm, across the nation, aircraft and crews may be displaced for the days during and following the storm.
These disruptions can potentially lead to thousands of flight delays and cancellations. More than 2,000 flights have been cancelled at Atlanta International Airport alone as of Wednesday morning.
Even though ice and snow was less severe west of the Mississippi Tuesday, compared to the forecast for areas farther to the east Wednesday and Thursday, it was still enough to cause significant travel disruptions.
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The storm will focus between the I-20 and I-40 corridors in the South with the hardest-hit areas likely to be along I-85 in northern Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
The winter storm will also hit the I-81 corridor in the mid-Atlantic, as well as I-95 in the Northeast.
On Social Media
Tom Fern
angryfernwood
: More than 1000 US flights already cancelled for the day; expect more travel concerns as storm grows: ow.ly/tvhwn
Polly Techno
PollyTechno
first Atlanta #Georgia stuck for hours in a #snow storm on highways, now Raleigh #NorthCarolina
... people really need to plan ahead...
Andy Johnson
AndyJohnsonWx
Another major winter storm for Georgia including Atlanta over the next few days. Huge traffic and airline delays. pic.twitter.com/0AdFrFBWhn
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