Snowstorm puts hitch in exchange students' travel plans

A group of exchange students from Guatemala had to wait out a six-hour flight delay at Raleigh-Durham International Airport because of Sunday's snowstorm.
Posted 12/10/2018, 5:42:00 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:53:26 PM

>>> A LOT OF TRAVELERS WERE

STUCK TODAY.

>> YES.

>> LOTS OF RED CANCELLATION ON

SUNDAY AT RDU.

FLYING OUT OF THE TRIANGLE, NOT

AN EASY TASK.

JUST ASK THESE STUDENTS FROM

GUATEMALA STUDYING IN NORTH

CAROLINA FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BEGIN THE

JOURNEY AT HOME AT 6:00 A.M.

THE FLIGHT WAS DELAYED UNTIL

NOON.

THE COLD WEATHER IS NOT

SOMETHING THEY EXPERIENCED VERY

OFTEN.

>> I REALLY DO MISS THE

GUATEMALA WEATHER.

IT CAN GET COLD BUT NOT AS MUCH

HERE.

CHILLY DURING THE NIGHT BUT A

NICE WEATHER.

IT WILL FEEL REALLY GOOD BEING

ABLE TO NOT WEAR A HUGE JACKET.

>> IN CHAPEL HILL, FEELING THE

EFFECTS OF THE WEATHER IN AN

UNEXPECTED WAY.

A BIG TREE CRASHED DOWN THROUGH

THE ROOF.

IT FELT LIKE A QUAKE AND IT

SOUNDED A LOT LIKE THUNDER.

>> HE THOUGHT SOMETHING LIKE

THIS MIGHT OF HAPPENED DURING

ANOTHER STORM.

>> WHEN THE HURRICANE CAME

THROUGH, WE THOUGHT FOR SURE

THAT A BUNCH OF THESE TREES

MIGHT COME DOWN AND WE WERE

FINE.

SO, THE FACT THAT IT IS SNOW IT

IS SURPRISING.

>> HIS FAMILY IS SAFE AND HE

WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE

PEOPLE THAT HELPED HIM DURING A

DIFFICULT DAY.

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