FAA lifts ground stop at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after severe storms disrupt holiday travel

A line of severe thunderstorms prompted the FAA to issue a ground stop Tuesday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, halting all flights headed into the world's busiest airport and triggering rapidly growing delays across the Southeast. The ground stop was lifted just after 9 a.m.The FAA initially grounded flights bound for Atlanta from 7:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. EST as storms moved directly over the metro area. According to the agency, the probability that the ground stop wou