DELAYED TODAY AND FRUSTRATING SITUATIONS AT A COUPLE OF MAJOR
HUBS.
HUBS. WE BEGIN WITH MORGAN CHESKY.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE HOLIDAY
TRAVEL RUSH BROUGHT TO A SCARY
HALT.
HALT. A NEARLY 70-CAR CHAIN REACTION
ACCIDENT, SHUTTING DOWN 64 IN
BOTH DIRECTIONS NEAR
WILLIAMSBURG.
WILLIAMSBURG. >> I GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND I
WENT AND ASSISTED A WOMAN WHOSE
LEG WAS PINNED INSIDE HER DOOR.
>> Reporter: CAPTURING THIS
VIDEO AFTER HIS CAR SLID ON
BLACK ICE, CRASHING INTO THE
MASSIVE PILE-UP.
MASSIVE PILE-UP. SOMEHOW HE WALKED AWAY AS CREWS
TOOK 51 OTHERS TO NEARBY
HOSPITALS.
HOSPITALS. >> WE DO NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF
THE ACCIDENT AT THIS TIME BUT WE
HAVE FACTORS SUCH AS HEAVY FOG
AND ICY ROAD CONDITIONS THAT
MORNING.
MORNING. >> Reporter: DESPITE POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER, 100 MILLION
AMERICANS OPTING TO DRIVE TO
THEIR HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS.
4 MILLION ARE UNDER FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
WHERE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
COME WITH IT.
MIAMI AND ATLANTA ALREADY
EXPECTING DELAYS, BUT MOTHER
NATURE ISN’T THE ONLY PROBLEM.
AT LAX THIS FIERY SCENE CAUSED A
TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE.
TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE. FLAMES TORCHING THREE EMPTY
PASSENGER BUSES, PROMPTING A
FAST RESPONSE BUT FORTUNATELY NO
FLIGHT DELAYS.
FLIGHT DELAYS. AIR TRAVEL EXPECTED TO JUMP
NEARLY 5% WITH 7 MILLION PEOPLE
PLANNING TO FLY BETWEEN NOW AND
NEW YEAR’S DAY.
A LACK OF BAGGAGE HANDLERS LED
TO MISSING BAGS, DELAYED FLIGHTS
AND FRUSTRATED PASSENGERS IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. >> Reporter: FIRST OFFICIAL DAY
HERE IN ATLANTA.
RAIN IS COMING DOWN AND THE
CONDITIONS GUSTY.
CONDITIONS GUSTY. IF YOU’RE TRAVELING ON THURSDAY,
THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, AAA
SAYS THAT WILL BE THE BUSIEST OF