More than 4,300 U.S. flights were canceled on Friday as Winter Storm Elliott, which could bring record-breaking temperatures into the weekend, caused more than 4,300 U.S. flight cancellations.

Another 5,200 flights in the country were delayed.

This is reported by Forbes.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe frost warning for North Louisiana, Central Mississippi, Central Alabama, North Florida and Southwest Georgia.

As of 1:30 p.m. (local time) Friday, more than 1.5 million people were without power in the U.S. and Canada, according to Poweroutage.

North Carolina had the most outages (176,569), followed by Virginia (149,524), Tennessee (124,153), Maine (119,412) and New York (100,346).

Heavy snow is expected in parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio and is forecast to move northeast this weekend, the weather service said.

Heavy freezing rain is expected in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

Flight cancellations and delays have forced millions of Americans to change their Christmas plans.

Passengers have difficulty rebooking tickets and arriving at the venue on time.

Flights were busier this year than in the past, even before the storm disrupted travel schedules.

"We're hearing that travel is still down, five or ten percent, but a lot of people may not have realized that the number of flights is actually down about 15 or 20 percent," the company's Scott Keyes told CNN , which deals with booking tickets.

We will remind, earlier in the east of Canada, 70 centimeters of snow fell at once, which became a record for almost 80 years. 

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