Weather delays hundreds of flights at Orlando International as holiday travel week begins

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, EVERY AIRLINE IS SEEING MAJOR DELAYS AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL WITH MORE THAN 400 FLIGHTS RUNNING BEHIND WESH TWO SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS LIV AT MCO. TALKING WITH PEOPLE FLYING TONIGHT, IT’S A ROUGH START TO THE BUSY HOLIDAY TRAVEL WEEK. YEAH, JESSE. AND ON TOP OF THAT, TODAY IS THE SECOND BUSIEST OF THE NINE DAY TRAVEL PERIOD. A TOTAL OF ABOUT 174 PASSENGERS ARE EXPECTED TO COME THROUGH HERE BY THE END OF THE DAY. AND JUST OVER MY SHOULDER TO THE LEFT, HERE ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, SECURITY LINES ARE NOT TERRIBLE. THE WAIT TIME IS BETWEEN 12 AND 16 MINUTES. YOU SEE THERE AND GUESS WHY? ALMOST EVERY PASSENGER HERE, THEY DON’T NEED TO RUSH. AT LAST CHECK, FLIGHTAWARE RECORDED ABOUT 452 FLIGHTS BEING DELAYED, AND WHEN WE GOT HERE ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO, WE HEARD A WORKER AT AN AIRLINE COUNTER ANNOUNCED THAT EVERY AIRLINE IS IMPACTED BY THE WEATHER. AND THEY ALSO MENTIONED HOW LIGHTNING IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN. IT IS RAINY SEASON IN FLORIDA, AFTER ALL, AND TODAY IS THE START OF THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY TRAVEL WEEK. MCO EXPECTS TO SEE A RECORD NUMBER OF PASSENGERS, ABOUT 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE, BETWEEN TODAY AND NEXT MONDAY. AND THE DELAYS RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ARE CAUSING SOME HEADACHES. ONE PASSENGER TOLD US HE IS GOING TO MISS HIS CONNECTING FLIGHT TO HOME. THE NEXT FLIGHT TO WHERE WE’RE GOING, WE’RE TRYING TO GET HOME IS NOT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. SO WE’RE EITHER GOING TO BE STUCK HERE OR GOING TO BE STUCK IN DENVER BECAUSE WE’RE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO CALIFORNIA. IT’S KIND OF ANNOYING BECAUSE WE’RE ALREADY HERE SO EARLY FOR THE FLIGHT. SO IT GETTING DELAYED. WE’RE HAVING WE’RE HAVING TO STAY HERE EVEN LONGER. BUT IT’S OKAY BECAUSE THERE’S SO MANY OF US. SO WE CAN ALL JUST TALK AND LIKE HAVE FUN. THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY IS EXPECTED TO BE NEXT SUNDAY, WITH AN ESTIMATED 175,000 PASSENGERS COMING THROUGH THE TERMINALS. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE FLYING TO OR FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA, JUST BE AWARE THESE HICCUPS, THEY CAN HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS RAINY SEASON. AND MAKE SURE YOU GET HERE. YOU ARE ADVISED TO GET HERE AT LEAST 2 OR 3 HOURS BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT’S DEPARTURE TIME. COVERING ORANGE COUNTY LIVE AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT, THE RAINY SEASON CAN CAUSE A HEADACHE. HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GETS OUT SOON. FIRST WARNING WEATHER TEAM. OF COURSE. WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TRACKING STORMS. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FREE WESH TWO APP AND TURN ON ALERTS. YOU CAN GET THE MOST