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Cant get into some of these areas there is too much water. the video we have ill show you more accurately what is unfolding here and lets take a look at that. there are rescues going on for several hours in the dallas-fort worth area. the rain has been falling for the better part of 24 hours right now in north texas, much-needed rain but too much rain at this point and way too fast. weve seen water moving into houses in some areas already, many roadways just flooded and impassible at this point....

Faa hasnt issued a statement other than this is a precautionary measure which we take somewhat often. but this is really not something you see very often, ground stops, even if only regional, are pretty serious steps. the faa is reviewing the decision-making process that went into that. >> north korea claims tuesdays launch was a hypersonic missile. what are u.s. officials saying about that? >> the only official u.s. statement about it so far has been that they are assessing what this was and wh...

Pilots on the west coast, this after norad, u.s. military north american aerospace command detected he fired a missile. some pilots were instructed to land, others prevented from taking off like at burbank. >> ground stops, all departures right now. just until further notice right now. >> reporter: the faa says flights resumed in less than 15 minutes, it is reviewing the ground stop order. norad said it didnt issue any warnings, assessed the north korean launch didnt pose a threat to the contine...

But also to strike u.s. forces in south korea and japan. part of doing that means being able to defeat u.s. missile defenses. >> reporter: and there is new information tonight on the ground stop issued to some pilots along americas west coast on monday as a result of north koreas missile test that day. >> ground stops, all departures. >> two sources familiar with the matter now tell cnn initial tel tel telemetry readings. or the california coast. within minutes, norad and u.s. northern command c...

According to the tsa, officers detected a record number of firearms at airport security checkpoints this year. a 20-year record with, by the way, three months still remaining in the calendar year. also, we saw fewer passengers because of the pandemic. when we think about people who are going to be going on flights, that is obviously worst-case scenario situation. a lot of flights delayed, ground stops, et cetera. is there anything other than making sure that we are packing an empty bag, other th...

Just in from houston where the lightning and storms that we experienced earlier this morning took their toll on a home in the city, sparked a fire. thats the type of weather we were dealing that caused ground stops. there a back log of planes trying to get in and out of those airports and theres a ripple effect across the country. most of the problems are associated with houston and dallas. i have some personal experience with this, have a sister in town, a 7:00 flight this morning left at 10:15...

Flights today. laguardia, 200 flights. the worst weather in new york city comes in after the evening rush. now lets take you live to cleveland. look at the snow out here. talk about a white-out. weve got winds here on the lake front gusting to 43 miles an hour. its 22 degrees. the windchill is 6. then in chicago, where weve had a bit of an overachiever the top number there coming in 18 inches of snow. most of the morning, midway and ohare were under ground stops. over 1,000 flights canceled sinc...

Right now. placing millions of people under a tornado watch. were talking some of the biggest cities on the east coast. chad myers tracking the storm for us. chad, whats the latest? >> john, an awful lot of airports in the way of this, too. ground stops, jfk, newark. we have seen it all, many areas now, at least two hours delay. a shutdown, lady liberty. it doesnt look bad now, but weather to the west. well update you in the next half hour. >> thanks so much for that. all right, top of the hou...

The cnn weather center. he joins us now. whats going on, chad? >> let me explain what ground stop means to the lay person out there that doesnt get this. this means that if youre on an airplane and youre wanting to fly to laguardia and youre somewhere around the new york city metro area, your plane is going to sit there on the tarmac waiting for this ground stop to leave. not everywhere, planes can still leave from far away destinations like l.a. and phoenix, those places, but the close destinat...

And well show you on radar that cell across north carolina, just to kind of put it -- or south carolina, rather, just to put it in perspective for you. this is the one that produced the tornado and another cell follow shortly behind it. we have severe weather going on at this hour across the mid-atlantic states. a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for parts of maryland, virginia, and the delmarva peninsula. really intense storms moving through washington, d.c. and baltimore both right now. wev...