Dubai's Emirates Cancels Some Flights To US Ahead Of Storm Fern

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)

A major winter storm is expected to affect more than 175 million people as they face heavy snowfall and its impact including power outages and travel disruption.

Storm Fern, predicted to peak on Thursday and Friday, is also expected to engulf an area stretching from Texas and the Great Plains region to the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.

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Some flights from the UAE have been cancelled, with Texas already declaring an emergency. Forecasters warned it could be 2,000 miles (3,219 kilometres) long - well over half the length of the continental US.

Emirates has cancelled the following flights:

Flight No.	Date	Route
EK203	January 25	Dubai to New York
EK204	January 25	New York to Dubai
EK201	January 25	Dubai to New York
EK202	January 25	New York to Dubai
EK205	January 25	Milan to New York
EK206	January 25	New York to Milan
EK203	January 26	Dubai to New York
EK204	January 26	New York to Dubai
EK209	January 25	Athens to Newark
EK210	January 25	Newark to Athens
EK221	January 24	Dubai to Dallas
EK222	January 24	Dallas to Dubai
EK231	January 25	Dubai to Washington
EK232	January 25	Washington to Dubai

The airline has said that travellers "connecting through Dubai on the above cancelled flights will not be accepted for travel at their point of origin". It urged travellers to reach out to their travel agents to reschedule their booking or contact the airline for further details.

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Storm Fern impact

More than a foot of snow could be seen across the mid-Atlantic region, the forecasters warned, with Virginia and Maryland likely to bear the brunt as arctic air blows in.

US weather channels were running apocalyptic predictions of "crippling ice," and a 1,500-mile (2,414km) "snow zone" liable to see record-breaking snowfall, while warning that freezing rain could damage power infrastructure and trees.

New York City, the US financial capital and the country's most populous urban area, could see as much as 12 inches of snow, the Weather Channel warned.

In New York, the current cold snap has caused temperatures to collapse. On the morning of January 20, the National Weather Service's observatory in Central Park recorded a temperature of 16oF (-9oC) - or 2oF (-17oC) accounting for wind chill - the coldest temperature that the city has seen so far this winter.

[With inputs from AFP]

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