While COVID-19 was the final nail in the coffin for many of the country's smaller festivals, others have clung on and are making a determined comeback this year.
details. 431 la guardia has been cut into ground stop. reporter: in a summer of extreme heat, torrential rain, and violent storms we re just looking at these thunderstorms. we ve got thunderstorms north of houston, around the san antonio area how are you all right have a great day. reporter: the nation s airports and airlines have been in the bulls-eye with cancellations running days on end. since memorial day weekend, 343,000 flights delayed. nearly 26% of the total. la guardia has entered into a ground stop this is for weather and thunderstorms in the area. reporter: in late june, hundreds of thousands of passengers were grounded after violent storms parked over newark and denver for days most affected, united airlines, forced to cancel up to a third of its flights it s historically unprecedented at least to have monument-day events. reporter: now united s ceo is warning this could b the new normal. the regular