ahead on cnn newsroom. hundreds if not thousands of americans who are stranded all across the nation are unable to get home. i have no clothes. i have nothing. i have no way to get home. i m beyond frustrated. it hurt because i can t see my dad. i ve lived here my entire life. i remember the blizzard of 77. it was worse. anyone who declares victory and says it s over, it s still a dangerous situation to be out. announcer: live there loren done, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, december 27th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast where thousands of people are stranded at airports after months of arctic storms that pummelled much of the country over the holiday weekend. if you re planning to travel into the new year holiday you could be impacted. the flight tracking website flight aware shows more than 2700 total cancellations occurred in the u.s. today and of those 90% are southwest airlines flights.
As I write this, the day has gone from the clearest blue sky to a tempest of pelting rain. The temperature is forecast to drop to 3C later today, with snow.