While air travel is resuming from the southeastern United States, passengers are still dealing with major delays and canceled flights.
But things are starting to return to normal and those who had been down south during the storm said they are relieved to be home.
Joanna Duclos and her husband arrived at Bradley International Airport after staying in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina during the storm.
“Rainy and windy a little bit, but nothing like we expected. We were riding the storm out. Fortunately, we lucked out,” said Duclos.
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The Ducloses jumped on the first non-stop flight from Myrtle Beach to Hartford as Spirit Airlines resumed operations on Sunday.
That airline, along with others, had shut down in Myrtle Beach for three days due to Florence.
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“We were supposed to fly back (Saturday). Our flight got cancelled, so we rescheduled for (Sunday) and there were just a handful on our plane,” said Duclos.
Also headed to Connecticut were a lot of weary travelers from Charlotte, North Carolina who dealt with long flight delays on Sunday.
“Charlotte is just some power outages and a lot of rain, little bit of wind. Mostly rain and flooding,” said Mark Kury of Charlotte.
Kury has family living in hard-hit Wilmington.
“They actually can’t get back, so Wilmington is without power and flooding pretty bad. So my brother, my brother’s girlfriend and girlfriend’s mother are staying with me since Wednesday night right before the storm hit,” said Kury.
Many are realizing that the effects of Florence won’t be over anytime soon.
“It’s going to be a lot of flooding in low-lying areas. So it’s a lot of flash flood warnings,” said Kury.
