A tropical storm rolling towards the Gulf of America sparked a series of delays at major airports trailing up the entire East Coast on Monday evening, including JFK and LaGuardia.
The Federal Aviation Administration extended numerous ground stops at more than a dozen major airports from Florida to New York, lasting through the evening and causing delays up to four hours long.
An impending tropical storm caused severe delays and cancellations at multiple major airports along the East Coast. Christopher Sadowski JFK International Airport and LaGuardia Airport both have flight delays pushing three hours. John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock
New York City, which was under a flash flood warning Monday night, is at the epicenter of the chaos as flight delays keep ticking up at JFK International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.
At JFK, flights are delayed roughly three hours and 15 minutes. LaGuardia, though, is holding all flights until at least