High winds prompted an FAA ground stop at Denver International Airport on Wednesday evening, leading to hundreds of delays and cancellations before the order was lifted at 9 p.m., allowing operations to gradually return to normal.
A powerful Prairie winter storm forced Calgary International Airport to briefly halt all flights on December 17, 2025, as near-zero visibility triggered widespread delays, diversions, and cancellations across WestJet, Air Canada, and other carriers.
Southern England and south Wales are set for renewed travel disruption on Thursday 18 December as Met Office yellow rain warnings signal heavy downpours on saturated ground, increasing the risk of flooding, difficult driving, and rail delays ahead of the Christmas getaway.
Europe’s Christmas travel peak is being disrupted by coordinated strikes across airports, rail networks, and local transport in the UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France, raising the risk of widespread delays, cancellations, and missed connections around December 18, 2025.
Heavy rain, 60mph gusts and Met Office yellow warnings are disrupting rail, road, air and ferry travel across southern England and south Wales today, Thursday 18 December, with saturated ground raising the risk of localized flooding and pre-Christmas journey delays.
Eurostar services between London and Paris, Brussels, and Lille are experiencing a second day of major disruption, as technical issues on the LGV Nord trigger cancellations, longer journeys, and missed connections across cross-Channel routes.
European air travel faced renewed disruption on 18 December 2025, with multiple short-haul flight cancellations and delays on routes linking major hubs including London, Paris, Berlin, and Amsterdam.
More than half of UK passengers’ valid flight compensation claims are now being rejected at first attempt, new AirHelp data reveals, as airlines lean on silence, vague “extraordinary circumstances” and disputed weather excuses.
São Paulo’s December 10 storm‑driven blackout has canceled 369 flights at Congonhas and Guarulhos, stranding business and holiday travelers across Brazil and exposing how vulnerable the country’s busiest air hub remains to extreme weather and fragile power infrastructure.
U.S. travelers are being warned to avoid all trips to Russia as the U.S. Embassy in Moscow reinforces a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory, citing heightened security risks, unstable flight options, limited consular help, and frozen banking links.
Washington State ferry service is facing delays, cancellations, and rough crossings on December 17–18 as a powerful Pacific windstorm hits Western Washington, with the Anacortes–San Juan Islands and Port Townsend–Coupeville routes most at risk.
Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming remains closed between Laramie and Rawlins as extreme winds, blowing snow, and Arctic cold create whiteout conditions, forcing travelers to shelter and officials to urge delays or detours until at least Friday.
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