Holiday flights scrapped as massive winter storm sweeps US

More than 2,200 flights were canceled across the United States by Thursday afternoon as a massive winter storm named Elliot upended holiday travel plans with a triple threat of heavy snow, howling winds and bitter cold. At least five US states -- Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia and North Carolina -- have already implemented emergency plans and others are likely to follow, with the worst of the Arctic blast yet to come.

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