delayed yesterday due to severe snow, ice and freezing rain.

The storms could put a blitz on Bermuda's big International Race Weekend, with a handful of top competitors still unsure last night whether they would make it.

Grounded travel arrangements left Bermudian marathon runner Terrance Armstrong stranded in Washington D.C. last night.

And several other international athletes were believed to be left en route, desperately hoping to be re-ticketed onto new flights to Bermuda in time for the grand event.

Ice at all three major New York City area airports and Boston's Logan International Airport caused the cancellation of flights on Thursday and Friday.

Airline spokesmen said many passengers were expected to be reshuffled onto flights today -- if weather conditions had improved.

Last night US Airways spokesman David Castelveter told The Royal Gazette from his Arlington, Virginia office, that heavy snowfalls had compounded a mixture of ice and rain in New York state and up through Boston.

"Luckily, things are starting to look better and we are hoping to return to normal operations on Saturday, as long as there are no more freak weather problems.'' Snow storm grounds flights He said US Airways would do its best to put passengers on the earliest flights.

Today's flights into Bermuda on all carriers could still be affected if the poor weather has not cleared up enough in time.

Bermuda's International Airport operations duty officer said last night that two US Air flights due in yesterday at 11.30 a.m. from Baltimore and 1.30 p.m.

from Philadelphia were cancelled.

Yesterday's 3.30 p.m. Continental flight from Newark was also cancelled.

The Delta flight due in at noon from Boston was expected to be delayed until at least 6 p.m. while their flight from Alanta arrived an hour late, but was still expected to continue through to Boston.

Air Canada did operate out of Toronto, he said, adding it was hoped an American Airlines flight due in at 10 p.m. last night would make it without delay.