{"id":2066,"date":"2026-05-20T14:43:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/20\/texas-storms-prompt-canceled-flights-as-north-east-heatwave-comes-to-a-close\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:43:38","slug":"texas-storms-prompt-canceled-flights-as-north-east-heatwave-comes-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=2066","title":{"rendered":"Texas storms prompt canceled flights as north-east heatwave comes to a close"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"08ead8d6-e732-4a30-8577-4ca8f1609f3b\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"people are silhouette by the sun as they run by fountains during the heat wave\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8bf89a41fa27edde10ea7e892b5aa264724d66c6\/0_0_8511_5674\/master\/8511.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"310\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">People play in the fountains by the East River during a heat advisory in Brooklyn, New York, on 19 May 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Adam Gray\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"08ead8d6-e732-4a30-8577-4ca8f1609f3b\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">People play in the fountains by the East River during a heat advisory in Brooklyn, New York, on 19 May 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Adam Gray\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Texas storms prompt canceled flights as north-east heatwave comes to a close<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Flash flood warnings and school closures in Texas as the US north-east breaks heat records before a dramatic cooldown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Hundreds of flight cancellations have been reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/texas\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Texas<\/a> as storms roll over the state, leading to flash flood warnings and school closures, while punishingly high temperatures in the north-east break records before a dramatic cool-down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Nearly 150 flights were canceled or delayed at Dallas Fort Worth international airport on Wednesday and nearly 700 delayed on Tuesday,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightaware.com\/live\/cancelled\/today\/dfw\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> according to Flightaware<\/a>. The FAA issued a ground stop in Dallas and Love Field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">North Texas is expecting at least 1in of rain from Wednesday through Friday with chances of isolated flooding, according to the National Weather Service, with the greatest chance of flooding on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A severe thunderstorm watch is also in place over central Texas. The weather service warned that some areas could record between 3in and 5in of rain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In the north-east, Wednesday marks the last day of a heatwave as severe storms are expected to roll through dropping temperatures down from the mid-90sF to the mid 60sF. Temperatures in New York City hit a high temperature of roughly 92F in Central Park on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe seemingly endless temperature roller-coaster this spring will continue through the holiday weekend with another sharp cooldown across the northeastern quarter of the nation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/northeasts-temperatures-crash-25-50-181919578.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> Brett Anderson, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThis persistent pattern of major temperature swings has clearly wreaked havoc on plants and agriculture across the north-east, as the region has gone from record-breaking heat to hard freezes, then back to leaf-withering heat and now another chilly stretch,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The unstable spring season weather has led to rainfall deficits across portions of the mid-Atlantic and south-east. Rivers, including the Potomac and Shenandoah, are experiencing record-low flow rates, and Baltimore officials are encouraging voluntary water conservation, Accuweather said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-weather\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US weather<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/texas\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Texas%20storms%20prompt%20canceled%20flights%20as%20north-east%20heatwave%20comes%20to%20a%20close&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/20\/texas-storms-canceled-flights-north-east-heatwave?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F20%2Ftexas-storms-canceled-flights-north-east-heatwave&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/20\/texas-storms-canceled-flights-north-east-heatwave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People play in the fountains by the East River during a heat advisory in Brooklyn, New York, on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}