Over 300 flights have been cancelled in the Fort Worth and Dallas areas of Texas after sleet and freezing rain covered parts of the Southern Rockies and Plains on Monday, CNN reported.
The arctic air mass around Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport caused airlines flying in and out to "precancel about 300 departures to reduce the number of stranded travelers," according to the airport's Twitter page, CNN reported.
Another 10 percent of flights flying in and out of Oklahoma's City's Will Rogers World Airport were also cancelled on Sunday due to weather conditions, according to CNN.
The warmest areas of Texas, like Lubbock, a usually warm and flat area, was covered with several inches of snow, according to CNN. After leaving the South on Monday night, the storm will head Northeast with 15 to 20 degree weather.
Even if the storm doesn't bring heavy snowfall to the east, fierce winds will dampen air travel causing more issues to holiday travelers, forecasters told CNN.
New Mexico may also see up to eight inches of snow through Monday with heavy rains expected to hit Texas all the way to Georgia throughout Monday with sleet and snow on the menu for the more northern areas, CNN reported. The heaviest rain will fall on parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.
The severe weather has caused casualties and injuries in various states including Oklahoma where four people died since Friday after each driver was going to fast for road conditions, Betsy Randolph, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Public Safety, CNN reported.
Three more people died in Texas on Friday night after an icy road on Interstate 40 heading northwest caused a pile-up of cars which caused 20 people to be hospitalized with injuries, according to CNN. Road conditions in New Mexico caused two more deaths, including that of a four-year-old girl, after a car slid off U.S. Highway 70.
The storm will have weakened off by Thanksgiving, but it may still bring constant snow to the northeast throughout Thursday, CNN reported.
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