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Thousands of flights canceled by new winter blast

Another blast of winter weather in the U.S. Southeast and Midwest has forced the cancellation of thousands of flights Tuesday.

As of noon EST, more than 3,000 flights had been canceled and 4,500 had been delayed, according to flightaware.com.

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A passenger looks at a departure screen of canceled flights at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport after a snowstorm on Jan. 10.Getty Images

Most of the disruptions were at Atlanta Hartsfield from snow, Houston Intercontinental from freezing rain and Chicago O'Hare from extremely cold temperatures.

(Read more: Once-in-a-generation storm descends on Deep South)

The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport tweeted that all Southwest and JetBlue flights were canceled there.

The weather, of course, has ripple effects even to sunny locations. Fort Lauderdale, for example, said 27 flights had been canceled.

In addition to the airlines, Amtrak said it would be operating its trains Tuesday on modified schedules for its Chicago Hub Services.

MegaBus also said it had a number of cancellations through Wednesday, affecting routes in Alabama, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.

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