32K views · 565 reactions | Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is now closed until noon on Thursday, August 31. Please continue to visit united.com for flight status and rebooking. Travel waiver: uafly.co/DaCMhZ. | United | Facebook

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Officials at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston are telling passengers that TSA checkpoint lines could stretch three hours due to staffing shortages from the ongoing government shutdown. CNN's Pete Muntean reports. Read more about the staffing: https://cnn.it/4nDLXhA | CNN

36K views · 250 reactions | FLASH MOBS STILL EXIST? A group performed a Zumba line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on what is estimated to be the busiest day of the Thanksgiving travel period with almost 130,000 people traveling through there on Friday alone. https://t.co/3u7Bv6KVhV | FOX 26 Houston | Facebook

Some fliers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport could hardly believe their eyes when a SkyWay shuttle at the Houston hub gave them a bird’s-eye view of the long, snaking check-in lines amid TSA staff shortages caused by the government shutdown. Carissa Wages told Storyful she felt lucky to “only” have to wait two or three hours as she traveled on Sunday, November 2. She described the situation as “crazy” and said she would have missed her flight had it not been delayed. Local media reported