CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Several flights out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport to the Northeast were delayed or canceled Thursday due to historic flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
The storm drenched portions of the region Wednesday, including New York City, where Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency.
"We're enduring an historic weather event tonight with record-breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads," de Blasio tweeted late Wednesday.
The National Weather Service recorded 3.15 inches of rain in New York’s Central Park in one hour, far surpassing the 1.94 inches that fell in one hour during Tropical Storm Henri on the night of Aug. 22, which was believed at the time to be the most ever recorded in the park.
These cancellations come just ahead of the busy Labor Day travel weekend.
The Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said if you’re not vaccinated it’s best not to travel.
The CDC also raised travel advisories for a number of countries abroad, and even raised US territories of Puerto Rico and Guam to level four, meaning a very high transmission rate.
The advisories are not forbidding anyone from travel or travel to areas with high positivity rates, but it does strongly recommend staying away event if you’re unvaccinated.
WCNC Charlotte's Richard DeVayne is gathering more details on these flight cancellations and will have updates throughout the day Thursday.
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