Saturday, 23 January 2016

Dangerous Winter Storm Jonas Bringing Crippling Snow, Arik reschedules flight


With the dangerous Winter Storm Jonas in the United States of America many airlines are forced to cancel their flights. Nigeria’s Arik Air  is rescheduling flight. According to the airline, “Following weather advice just received from JFK International Airport New York, Arik Air regrets to inform all its passengers that the Lagos - New York flight for Friday 22nd January has been rescheduled tentatively to 11:30pm (local time) on Sunday 24th January, 2016.
This 48-hour postponement is intended to allow the dangerous winter storm (Jonas) and snow condition to clear before the flight’s entry into the United States airspace.
Arik Air regrets the inconvenience caused by this postponement which is highly regretted, but the safety of passengers is of upper-most importance to the airline.
We would update passengers and confirm our next flight by 6pm Saturday, 23rd January, 2016.”

Winter News in its reports also said a potentially crippling snowstorm has made its way towards the South, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, bringing with it not just big snow, but ice, high winds and flooding as well. Two people have died due to traffic incidents, and hundreds of crashes have been reported.


In the face of blizzard warnings in D.C., Baltimore, New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, millions of residents are preparing for a havoc-filled weekend. The storm has already brought treacherous travel conditions and power outages across the South. Washington D.C. and at least eight states made emergency declarations: New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Tennessee.

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