AAA expects Wednesday will be the busiest day on the roads ahead of Thanksgiving, as more than 73 million people are expected to drive to their destination this year. Meanwhile, at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta, delays lingered Tuesday after a fast-moving thunderstorm forced the brief evacuation of the air traffic control tower.

Atlanta

As the Thanksgiving holiday nears, millions of Americans are experiencing travel disruptions due to severe weather and increased demand. Major airports from Washington, DC, to New York, as well as in Minneapolis and Chicago, have reported weather-related delays, while a tanker truck accident in Virginia caused significant road closures. 

Traffic congestion is heavy in cities like Los Angeles, with over 73 million people expected to drive for the holiday. Airports in Atlanta and Nashville faced evacuations due to weather and security concerns, and Amtrak ridership has increased as some travelers opt for trains. Authorities expect the busiest travel periods to be the evening before Thanksgiving and the following Sunday.

Severe weather, travel troubles impact millions ahead of Thanksgiving

By all accounts, this is going to be a busy travel season. So naturally we stuck Chris Van Cleve in a car heading somewhere fast or no slow. Yeah, where you at and where you going Chris what's up. Well good morning. We are between Charlotte and Raleigh right now in interstate 85 we can show you the view right now this is what you want to see if you are driving somewhere for Thanksgiving, we've got pretty open road here we're going and freeway speeds but we expect that to change as the day goes on and traffic builds and of course we are watching the impacts at the airports from the weather Rob was just talking about basically major airports from DC up through the New York area as well as Minneapolis and Chicago major hubs all as people are making that final push to get home for Thanksgiving. This fiery wreck delayed the Thanksgiving holiday rush for drivers along interstate 95 in Virginia for hours Tuesday state police say the tanker truck was carrying line when it flipped over and caught fire. The driver suffered non life threatening injuries and in Los Angeles, a long line of brake lights stretched across the interstates triple expects today will be the busiest day on the roads ahead of Thanksgiving is more than 73 million people are expected to drive this year among them the camp family driving from Atlanta to Nashville. It would take longer to fly with like you know taking an uber to the airport or like driving parking, taking that the train the plane train and all that and getting through TSA so it's just faster to drive. At the world's busiest airport in Atlanta delays lingered Tuesday after a fast moving thunderstorm forced a brief evacuation of the air traffic control tower. In Nashville, it was a security concern that forced the evacuation of a packed terminal at the airport last night after a quick sweep the terminal reopened at the Charlotte airport signs warning drivers, it could take 30 to 45 minutes just to get to the terminal for travelers like Julie McAdams those alerts proved true. It took us over an hour to get here. How long does it normally take. 25 minutes 30 minutes. If I take the express lane. Amtrak ridership is up 5% this year Steve sesh opted for the rails instead of the skies to get to family in Ryan Cliff, New York things can happen in a small airport, there's no backup in the trains just seem more relaxing and I just like the idea of riding on the trains whenever we can. You may find less traffic if you can drive tomorrow morning as opposed to this evening and when we talk about the drive home Sunday expected to be the busiest day on the roads and of course at the airports, the airlines expect their peak of this holiday season to be Saturday Sunday Monday. Sunday is going to be very busy guys were feeling pretty good about our choice to go to start South and drive North and starting up in the Northeast today, I'll tell you that Tony Chris we're curious do you even know anyone down in Virginia North Carolina, you just driving at random until the show's over. You know Tony people like me and I have friends everywhere. That is true that is true Chris. We appreciate you thank you very much be safe on the road.

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Washington

Two National Guard members shot in targeted D.C. attack

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Tai Po District

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Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed coup, after he exhausted all appeals.

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Brasília

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Khartoum

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Kyiv

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Moscow

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Nha Trang

Vietnam flooding kills at least 90

The Trump Administration is ramping up pressure on Venezuela as the Air Force conducted a simulated nighttime attack along the country's coast. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.

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Beirut

Middle East Conflict

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Madrid

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Al Fashir

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Peshawar

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London

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Niger

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Belém

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