Houston flooding cancels flights from Sea-Tac, across country

Two-year-old Devon Roeder has a thousand-yard stare as he waits in a long check-in line in his booster seat while his mother, Sandy, feeds his baby brother, Nathaniel, at Sea-Tac Airport on Thursday. Two-year-old Devon Roeder has a thousand-yard stare as he waits in a long check-in line in his booster seat while his mother, Sandy, feeds his baby brother, Nathaniel, at Sea-Tac Airport on Thursday. Photo: Andy Rogers/Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photo: Andy Rogers/Seattle Post-Intelligencer Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Houston flooding cancels flights from Sea-Tac, across country 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

The flooding in Houston is causing problems all across the country - including the Seattle area - as hundreds of flights are canceled.

So far on Monday, nine flights from Sea-Tac Airport to Houston's George Bush International Airport have been canceled. Four other flights later in the afternoon are likely to be canceled as well, stranding hundreds of passengers here in the Northwest.

Flooding has also closed Houston's William P. Hobby Airport, which is a hub for Southwest Airlines.

So far, 1,4oo flights have been canceled Monday across the country. Another 450 are already canceled for Tuesday.

A big problem is that the roads leading to Houston's two main airports were flooded, stranding about 500 airport employees and passengers.

The floodwaters receded enough Sunday night for Southwest to get five emergency flights out to Dallas. That's where many passengers are Monday morning - they're being put up in hotels or getting on other flights where space is already limited.

The cancellations are affecting multiple carriers - flights from Sea-Tac are on United, Alaska and Spirit airlines.

Even some flights without connections in Houston are impacted, so travelers are urged to check with their airline to see if their flight is affected.