The winter storm halted travel for thousands of passengers Monday as airlines canceled and delayed flights. Several flights in and out of KC were affected.

Blizzard-like conditions forced a wide swath of flight cancellations at Kansas City International Airport Sunday. The website FlightAware had recorded 252 cancellations as of 11 a.m. The National Weather Service reported heavy, blowing snow and breezy conditions, as well as visibility of a quarter-mile at the airport Sunday around 9 a.m.

Flight cancellations and delays are stacking up as a major winter storm makes its way across the East Coast. As of about 10 a.m. EST, there were 1,525 flight cancellations and 1,931 flight delays within,

Airlines in the United States canceled more than 1,300 flights on Monday after a winter storm brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures to a broad swath of the country.

Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled Monday as a major winter storm swept much of the U.S. The big picture: As a sprawling and intense storm traverses the country, it has brought snow and frigid temperatures,