NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- A storm pounding California's Sierra Nevada mountains with snow on Tuesday was taking aim at the Colorado Rockies and could roll east and slam the Appalachians on Thanksgiving Day, bringing unsettling travel weather to millions of Americans hitting the skies and roads for the holiday weekend, said USA Today.

Denver, a major travel hub, will likely see only a couple inches of snow on Wednesday, but it could be enough to delay flights and slow travel along Interstate 25, 70 and 80, AccuWeather warns. Then the storm will head east. Factors that could impact the precise track and type of precipitation were still playing out on Tuesday, said AccuWeather Meteorologist Bernie Rayno.

Weather woes will be crucial this week as the nation faces some of the busiest travel days of the year. The American Automobile Association (AAA) projects 79.9 million people will travel 50 miles or more from their homes for Thanksgiving between Tuesday and Monday, Dec. 2. That represents an increase of 1.7 million over last year and 2 million more than in 2019.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it expects to see its busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record, estimating its agents will screen 18.3 million people from Tuesday through Dec. 2. TSA Administrator David Pekoske said the 10 busiest travel days in the TSA's history have all occurred in 2024, adding that "we anticipate that trend to continue." Enditem

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