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Flight cancellations are mounting Monday after Hurricane Debbie made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast — the disruptions follow a chaotic weekend for air travel amid severe storms up and down the East Coast.

According to data from flight-tracking site FlightAware, as of 12:30 p.m. EDT Monday, airlines More than 1,500 flights were canceled in the US

Disruptions are most concentrated in Florida and the Southeast, areas where Debbie’s high winds and heavy rain were predicted.

The Federal Aviation Administration expects cancellations and delays to continue throughout the day, the agency said Monday morning.

As of late Monday morning, Orlando International Airport (MCO) had canceled about one-fifth of its departing flights. The cancellation rate at Tampa International Airport (TPA) is close to 30% and at Miami International Airport (MIA) sits at about 10%, FlightAware shows.

Debbie made landfall in Florida on Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, with the National Hurricane Center warning of potentially catastrophic flooding.

The storm “continues to cause major flight disruptions for passengers traveling to and from Florida,” Tampa airport officials warned in a statement late Monday morning, noting that the airport is operating, but is expected to disrupt operations at times due to heavy rain, high winds and Electricity

On social media Monday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned of possible air travel (and ground travel) disruptions as the storm moves down the Southeast.

Passengers have faced cascading delays and cancellations elsewhere on the East Coast in recent days after the storm spurred thousands of flight cancellations. Since Friday, more than 6,000 departures have been canceled, per FlightAware.

“We’ve been extremely lucky with the weather this year. So far,” Marty St. George, president of New York-based JetBlue, said in a social media post.

Passengers faced headaches over the weekend at several East Coast airports, including major airports in the New York City area. TPG managing editor Clint Henderson, who was among travelers caught up in the weekend disruptions, told John F. A transatlantic flight to Kennedy International Airport (JFK) suffered long ground delays, arriving at a remote stand before finally boarding a bus. To get customs.

American Airlines, which has six hubs on the East Coast, has seen its operations hit the hardest of any US carrier in recent days. American has canceled nearly 1,400 flights since Saturday, including a fifth of its Sunday operations.

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American and other US carriers have issued travel warnings covering this week’s severe weather and the expected effects of Debbie. Travel Alert gives passengers greater flexibility to change tickets and rebook without paying fare differences in the event of major disruptions.

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The weather-related disruptions are the latest chapter in a frustrating few weeks for air travelers. The industry faced thousands of cancellations following an IT outage in late July at CrowdStrike, which contributed to a days-long operational meltdown at Delta Air Lines under investigation by the US Department of Transportation.

Between Memorial Day weekend and July 18, US carriers canceled 1.5% of flights, FlightAware data shows. The industry’s collective cancellation rate since July 19 is over 3%.

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