cancelled worldwide today and tomorrow amid this omicron surge. many parts of california where you are omicron is fast becoming the dominant strain. what s happening at lax? how are airlines and passengers dealing with the changes there? hey, 25 flights here at lax have been cancelled. overall around the country, about 450 flights have been cancelled. when you consider how fast omicron is spreading, this is kind of a perfect storm. we ve got inclement weather in seattle and utah that has led to flight chancelations and people calling in sick that work at the airlines from omicron. you have 200,000 new cases every single day. it s not just the pilots that you have to worry about. you also have to consider members of the flight crew. will they get home from the somebody that has you re
london s heathrow airport slashed arrivals and departures, warning flights will be limited all week. flight chancelations forced thousands of passengers to camp out inside the terminal over the weekend. and then back in this country, the headline isn t the snow, but the rain. more than a half foot falling in some parts of southern california. let s get to meteorologist bill karins with more on that. bill, oh, boy. look at that map. messy, messy. i know. i don t know what it is. it s like a kid did a little drawing with green and white. this map shows you the white is the clouds. the green is showing you where the precipitation is. most of it is rain. a highly unusual storm for southern california. they re just getting drenched right now around santa barbara. this will shift to the south a little later during the day today. back into los angeles. los angeles had four inches of rain already this weekend. and it s going to rain today, tomorrow, right into wednesday, the next dry day won