temperatures. so how could it impact your holiday travel plans? let s check off the new year s day forecast with allison chinchar. hi, allison. good morning, we ve got a smorgasbord of american across the map today. we ve got snow, we ve got ice, we ve got tornadoes, damaging winds and even flooding potential. let s begin with the winter side of the storm. it s a very expansive system. we have winter weather alerts stretching all the way from arizona up to maine, and pretty much everywhere in between. again, when you look at the north side where all of that arctic cold air is already in place you ve got a lot of snow. and some of that snow coming down in pretty heavy bands at times. it s going to make its way from the eastern rockies to the midwest. especially the great lakes region by tonight. for tomorrow morning, as that cold air begins to infiltrate to the northeast, that s where we see impacts there, in terms of cold weather like snow and ice. widespread snowfall totals for area
being impacted by the soaring number of new cases. kathy park has more. reporter: holiday travel plans dashed. with nearly 1,000 flights canceled on christmas day, delta, united and alaska airlines citing in part omicron spread through staff and crew, sending travelers scrambling i came in for christmas and got stuck here. reporter: the christmas chaos could be the beginning of what s to come as omicron takes hold growing worries over our healthcare system. we re seeing anywhere from 5% to as high as 15 to 20% of staff who have tested positive or have symptoms that are consistent with covid realize it affects the people delivering medications, supplies to cancer patients that need treatment. we are seeing this all across the line. reporter: as staffing shortfalls worsen, the cdc has trimmed the recommended isolation period for health care workers who test positive for covid and are asymptomatic from ten days to seven.
think of all of the numbers impacted. we spoke with people who said they were excited to have the flights canceled because that meant they got to see the family and other people were frustrated. they made it to the airport and they needed to get back to work monday and they can t because their flight was canceled. delta canceled 250 flights on wednesday. so that gave people notice but still interrupted their holiday travel plans. listen to some travelers talk about how it meant so much to them to finally see their family and friends after two years not seeing them since before the pandemic in 2019. take a listen. this is my in-laws. first time i ve seen them in two years. yeah, it s been a while. 1 saw my mom for the first time in two years. i got my booster shot. first and foremost, i was due for it so i got it. been wearing my mask. i switched my seat to be next to one person instead of three other people. so just to keep my distance. so, yeah, my whole family s
later on cbs, 60 minutes, i m meg oliver i live from the cbsn bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . a live look outside with a wet and windy christmas weekend and and we are even seeing a little snow. the weather and pandemic are throwing a wrench in holiday travel plans and why cancellations and delays are expect it to keep piling up. he is sick as a dog and it is extremely fitting. he was basically lifeless. it is a devastating virus affecting pets in southern california and experts say it is a matter of time before it hits the bay area. good evening and thank you for joining us. we look at a live look outside from 680 tonight with a cold and rainy night across the bay area and that is not all.
cnn s selina wang is following developments live this hour in to tokyo. we just heard about the wrench that covid has thrown into so many holiday travel plans here in the u.s., now australia as well. reporter: yeah, kim, exactly. this is turning out to be a very stressful holiday season for travelers around the world, including in australia. we ve learned that at least 80 flights, 40 inbound and 40 outbound, have been canceled from sydney on friday. a jetstar spokesperson told us these last-minute cancellations were happening because many of their frontline team members have been in close contact with people who have tested positive for covid-19. so they are having to test and isolate. the airline has apologized and said that the majority of passengers have been rescheduled onto later flights. the other airlines that also fly from sydney domestically in australia include qantas, virgin, and rex. both qantas and rex have told us their flights have not been canceled. but we re seeing m