Cork students stuck in New York amid flight chaos due to snow storms

Students from Coláiste Éamann Rís in Cork city, who are visiting New York as part of a planned school tour.

A group of 25 students from Cork, who are on a school tour in the US, have become stranded due to a major snow storm.

As a result of the weather event, which is sweeping across North America, millions of people have been impacted by grounded flights, disrupted public transport, power outages, and below freezing temperatures.