Stranded by winter storm? Tips for fliers

By Scott Mayerowitz

Published December 26, 2012 8:28pm ET

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Stranded by winter storm? Tips for fliers — FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, file photo, a passengers reacts as she talks on her phone at Midway airport in Chicago. A massive winter storm is disrupting travel plans for tens of thousands of fliers trying to get home after Christmas on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Snow, thunderstorms, sleet, tornados and high winds have grounded planes in the nation's midsection and are expected to slow operations on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) | Nam Y. Huh

NEW YORK (AP) — A massive winter storm is disrupting travel plans for tens of thousands of fliers trying to get home after Christmas. Snow, thunderstorms, sleet, tornados and high winds have grounded planes in the nation’s midsection and are expected to slow operations on the East Coast.

Delays racked up from Dallas to Indianapolis to Chicago. By 3 p.m. EST Wednesday, more than 1,100 flights nationwide had been scrapped, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.com.

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