The Northeastern part of the country shut down Tuesday as millions of people brace for a massive blizzard heading their way, and it is having an impact here in Florida.

Inside Orlando International Airport, flashing boards showed the fate for many travelers Tuesday. 

“Traveling is stressful in itself," said Claire Marotte, picking up travelers. "Yesterday and today have been a challenge to say the least.”

“Coming from Houston, headed to Dublin and the New York storm just canceled out flight," said Jeff Johnson, traveler. 

There were major impacts at U.S. airports including right here in Central Florida. Tampa International Airport tweeted Tuesday that it had 138 cancellations and 41 delays shortly before noon.

At the Orlando International Airport, 247 flights were canceled because of the storm conditions up north.  About 82 flights have been delayed.

According to Flightaware.com, more than 6,500 U.S. flights have been cancelled throughout the country. 

“It annoys me a lot, there were a lot of things I wanted to do," said Dylan Abin, traveler. 

But there were some trying to look on the bright side of all the issues.

"I am also excited because I get to spend time here in Florida," Avy Abin, traveler.  

The nightmare of travel stories were certainly in full supply. 

“One family I just greeted, the poor things had to get re-routed, they had one lay over, and got re-routed, and another one, and another one. They have been at this since four a.m. thing morning," said Marotte.

It has been advised that people should check with their airline if they are planning on flying out of town because their fights might be impacted by the delays and cancellations, even if they are not flying to the Northeast.

Right now, areas from Philadelphia to Boston are experiencing blizzard warnings and some places may even see more than a foot of snow. Governors of New York, New Jersey and Maryland have declared a state of emergency for their states.

"This should be a very serious blizzard, one that everyone should take seriously," New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

And President Donald Trump tweeted that he was in meetings about winter storm preparations.

Fortunately the storm is expected to pass after Tuesday night, but remember with all these cancellations, it may take a while for flights to be back on schedule.