Travelers are dropped off at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 19. Forecasters are warning of treacherous holiday travel and life-threatening cold for big parts of the nation. Associated Press

Jae C. Hong

As we roll into the holiday weekend, travel is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels, but busy roads might not be the only thing Americans will need to worry about, with ice storms expected to hit the northeast.

According to AAA, 112.7 million people will journey 50 miles or more away from home from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2, which is an increase of 3.6 million people over last year.

“We expect 2022 to be the third busiest year for holiday travel since we started tracking in 2000,” AAA spokesperson Jim Garrity said. “Just shy of pre-pandemic numbers and an increase from last year.”