At Raleigh-Durham International Airport, between 250 and 300people were grounded because their flights were delayed orcanceled.
Passengers on a flight from Haiti to New York City spent the night at
RDU International
after the flight was diverted. Those who could not afford a hotel room or who chose not to leave the airport slept on their luggage or the floor.
The airport offered blankets; however food was not available at the airport Thurday night.
A number of flights are expected to be delayed or canceled Friday morning. Many passengers left stranded will need to rebook flights Friday. Anyone with a scheduled flight is urged to call the airline before heading to the airport.
Both Greyhound and Amtrak also reported that some northboundpassengers might be delayed by the power outage.
Officials at Progress Energy and Duke Energy -- North Carolina'stwo largest utilities -- reported no outages in the state relatedto the Northeast blackouts.
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