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US ground stop lifted after four hours, FOX Weather reports

Ian Oliver's breaking-news clip captures the departure shutdown as it unfolds, while a later update reports the restriction has ended.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 277,537 views a day, 36 times a normal first day on this channel (7,772).

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What did you think?

Ian Oliver is reviewing a flight-tracking map when the news changes: the has ordered departing flights across the country to stay on the ground. An off-screen colleague adds a crucial distinction: inbound international flights will be handled case by case.

That moment is captured in FOX Weather's "Nationwide Ground Stop Halts Flights Due to 'Extraordinary Circumstances'", which passed 110,000 views in seven hours, far beyond the channel's usual Shorts start.

The clip records the uncertainty at the start of the shutdown, not the situation travelers should assume still applies. In a subsequent upload, FOX Weather reports that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the ground stop had been lifted at 8:15 p.m. ET Friday, after four hours.

In the original report, Oliver reads the advisory holding departures until further notice and urges travelers to stay where they are while the situation develops. The cause and duration are still uncertain at that point in the broadcast.

The aviation coverage arrived alongside an unusually busy stretch for FOX Weather's storm reports. Its atmospheric-river forecast also drew views far faster than its regular videos typically do, covering heavy rain in Washington and Oregon and substantial snow forecast for the northern Sierra. A separate Short showed blowing sand and rough surf at Oregon's Cannon Beach.

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The facts
Subscribers
1,090,000
Channel views, last 7 days
4,609,540
Channel views, pace per day
1,887,022 (on a normal day: 609,180)
Video published
November 13, 2026
Video views so far
111,885 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
277,537

The numbers

The ground-stop clip drew an unusually large early audience for a FOX Weather Short. The channel's atmospheric-river coverage also had a strong start.

the video's first day
usual first day here
7,772
this video
277,537
subscribers
1,090,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
770,511,393
views per day
1,887,022
typical day: 609,180
the video
views
111,885
likes
511
comments
314
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
CNN 10
1,200,000
10 News
1,150,000
TLDR News EU
1,150,000
FOX Weather
1,090,000
WLA
1,050,000
As of November 14, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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