let us know if you have anything new on this case, thank you danny freeman from bucks county. this morning major disruptions to air travel as a result of the severe storms over the last few days. the airlines scrambling to recover after thousands of flights were canceled and delayed. heavy rain and fog forced all flights to be grounded in new york and boston. let s get to cnn s pete muntean. pete, you know, were things improving at all this morning? reporter: i love the graphic that we have the flight aware misery map and it is true to its title, especially after yesterday. considering the fact that 1,700 flights were canceled, there s one big superlative that puts it in the top five for cancellations since memorial day and 9,800 flights were delayed. we have not seen this many delays this summer, 40% of all flights delayed on average an hour and ten minutes flights arriving to their destination. that is a lot of trouble for a
york and boston. pete muntean is following fallout, if you will. what is happening now? if you are a sloth riding a t-rex, you might have gotten there faster than the airlines yesterday. [ laughter ] we are looking at 1,700 flights canceled yesterday, and about 10,000 flights delayed. here is the big superlative, sara, that number, the delay number is the most flight delays that we have seen all summer. 40% of all flights delayed just yesterday. this is a huge problem, and it is happening over and over again, and that a heat story as well, and like united scott kirby said it is thermodynamics 101, and when the hot air rises, it is thunderstorms, and it is coming down on major hubs. new york hit especially hard yesterday. and new york with a big hub for american airline, and laguardia, big hub there as well.