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260+ flights canceled at Denver International Airport, dozens more delayed

Hundreds flights canceled at Denver International Airport due to Winter Storm
Hundreds flights canceled at Denver International Airport due to Winter Storm 01:54

More than 260 flights were canceled at Denver International Airport on Wednesday and dozens more were delayed during the Winter Storm that hit Colorado on Tuesday night.

DIA tweeted that the snow continued to fly at the airport on Wednesday morning. They urged passengers to check their flight status before heading to the airport. 

Most areas had at least 3 to 6 inches of wet snow at daybreak on Wednesday. This is the biggest snowstorm in the month of January in Denver in 31 years (In 1992 on Jan. 7 and 8 Denver got 14.8 inches).

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The First Alert Weather Team expects another 1-4 inches of snow to fall in the Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins areas mostly before 12 p.m. on Wednesday. The following are the snow totals as of 6 a.m., including 7.7 inches in Denver.

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