Nearly 1,000 flights were cancelled on July 28, 2026 at JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark airports due to severe thunderstorms and flooding in New York City. Flood watches covered large parts of the Northeast amid heavy rainfall warnings.
The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop on all American Airlines flights on July 28, 2026 due to an IT outage. The restriction was lifted shortly after 8:10 p.m. EDT, allowing flights to resume.
South Western Railway and other operators in England are reducing train speeds and changing timetables from early August due to heatwave-related soil shrinkage. Journey times between London Waterloo and Exeter will increase by up to 27 minutes.