Drenching storms to cause serious travel problems this Saturday

AccuWeather is forecasting higher-than-normal flight cancellations on July 12 as storms target the Northeast.

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00:00We're going to check on some traveling conditions here for the weekend. Could see some big-time

00:04backups around New York City due to those drenching downpours. But also here in the

00:08southwest, look at this. Changes. Las Vegas, Phoenix, Albuquerque. Thunderstorms here could

00:14bring about, again, some blowing dust as well as some gusty winds. We're also going to be

00:19following a drenching rainfall around Houston toward New Orleans with a continuation of the

00:24power outages there toward Harris County. That could be quite problematic. It's going to be

00:28steamy. And also some severe weather here toward the Twin Cities later on in the day. And we could

00:34see a repeat performance right into Sunday. Additional thunderstorms around Raleigh,

00:38Jacksonville, and Miami as well as Chicago. Check midway here. Could see a few delays and

00:44even perhaps some flight cancellations here as we go into Saturday. And then stretching from

00:48Boston on southbound to Baltimore Minor. If not, major travel delays anticipated here with the

00:53heavy nature of the rain. The AccuWeather U.S. flight cancellation forecast showing high numbers

00:58here for flights canceled on Saturday. We'll start to see those numbers lowering as we go into a

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