Thanksgiving travel may be record-breaking

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Thanksgiving travel across the United States of America may be record-breaking this year.

A severe storm system likely to disrupt Thanksgiving travel. The storm is moving up the eastern seaboard of the United States on Tuesday.

Now is the busiest travel period of the year. More than 55 million people are likely to travel before the Thanksgiving holiday.

There is a forecast of thunderstorms from the lower Mississippi Valley to the mid-Atlantic region from Tuesday through Wednesday morning.

There are chances of snowfall on parts of northern New England, the U.S. National Weather Service said.

The severe weather was likely to cause delays and additional congestion during what the AAA group expects to be the busiest travel period in the country since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Industry group Airlines for America forecast that U.S. airlines would carry some 29.9 million passengers between Nov 17 and Nov 27.

That would be an all-time high, up 9% over the 27.5 million in the same period last year and up 1.7 million passengers over pre-COVID record levels.

AAA said that most of those traveling are likely to drive. They are possibly getting motivation by a drop in gasoline prices from 2022.

Around 49 million Americans are likely to get behind the wheel between Nov. 22 and Nov. 26.

It is a rise by 1.7% from the corresponding period in 2022, AAA said.

The heaviest rain and worst driving conditions were likely to affect the areas around the Interstate 95 corridor between Washington and New York, from Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning.

Andrew Orrison, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said this.

« Back to Page