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sit back, relax, and enjoy today's episode. Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is

Tuesday, November 18, 2025. And we begin with Back to Normal in the the skies, or hopefully close to it.

The Federal Aviation Administration has now undone all the mandatory cancellations put in place during the country's record-setting 43-day government shutdown.

Most airlines resume their typical schedules at 6 a.m. yesterday morning, which wasn't a moment too soon for holiday travelers. According to AAA, 6 million Americans are expected to fly somewhere for Thanksgiving, up 2% over last year, with the busiest getaway day shaping up to be this Friday. However, many people have nixed plans that involved a

plane, so that figure could end up being a bit lower. As always, road warriors will have a lot of

company. At least 73 million people plan to turkey trot their way to Grandma's house using

the nation's highways and byways, a million more than last year.

Southern California is recovering from a record-setting atmospheric river. More than four inches

of rain drenched L.A. County over the weekend. The good news, despite a second round that

started yesterday, the worst seems to be over.

Evacuation warnings and orders have been lifted, though the saturated ground remains a concern

for potential mudslides and flooding. Santa Barbara Airport saw the wettest three-day stretch ever

recorded in November with more than six inches of rain,

while 3.2 inches was reported in Oxnard on Saturday,

breaking the previous high of 1.8 set way back in 1934.

A measure of 1.65 inches of rain in downtown Los Angeles

just barely surpassed the previous record of 1.64 inches in 1952.

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