Flight delays saw thousands of travellers stranded or scrambling across the region
His mother Taryn Caley confirmed this when explaining how the six-month-old barely screamed during the dozen hours they spent sitting on the tarmac at Vancouver International Airport on Monday night and slept most of the day Tuesday in the terminal – all that after a 13-hour flight from their home in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Hudson O'Connor and his mother Taryn Caley sat in their plane for 12 hours before snow and an arctic cold snap brought hours of delays to Vancouver International Airport this week.“We were a bit stressed on the tarmac because we didn’t want to be those people with the screaming baby,” Ms. Caley said.
Airport spokesperson Megan Sutton could not say how many passengers were still in the terminal Tuesday afternoon after the “unprecedented number of cancelled flights,” but said in an e-mailed statement that staff were working to deliver food, water and other assistance to those stranded. In Alberta, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued extreme cold warnings across the province, with some schools outside Calgary cancelling classes and children in and around Edmonton taking a snow day after the cancellation of bus service in several districts. Numerous community events across the province have also been called off, including the popular holiday lights attraction at the Calgary Zoo, to protect against the deep freeze.
during this cold snap, ranging from hypothermia or frostbite to using candles or heaters inside their tents. On Tuesday afternoon, the government agency posted a weather summary for Alberta that said plummeting temperatures on Monday evening and Tuesday morning broke numerous daily minimum records. This type of weather increases the risk of frostbite and hypothermia, and the dangers are greater for young children, older adults, people with pre-existing medical conditions and the unhoused population.
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