Airports in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Orlando have seen hours of delays because of damaging winds and extreme storm threats together with tornadoes and hail throughout South Florida, based on the Storm Prediction Center. As of Monday morning, more than 7,000 individuals were left without power, as per poweroutage.us.
“An instance or two of marginally extreme hail may accompany the stronger storms throughout the Florida Peninsula over the next few hours,” the Storm Prediction Center forecasted late Sunday.
As many as 142 flights have been canceled, and 70 were delayed on Sunday because of extreme storms, a spokesperson for Miami airport confirmed to the Miami Herald, which noted impacted airlines included American, JetBlue, Delta, Frontier, United, and Southwest.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport also reported “a number of delayed arrivals and departures” on Sunday and Orlando International Airport tweeted a similar advisory, noting passengers may experience delayed departures and arrivals.
Flight delays have sent bookings for rental cars, buses, and hotels surging leaving many stranded at the airport making it impossible to social distance leaving many passengers lashing out at airlines.
