Claire Holt reveals travel chaos to Cannes Film Festival

Claire Holt has detailed her travel chaos trying to get to Cannes Film Festival as she got caught up in the devastating Texas thunderstorms.

The Vampire Diaries star, 35, was due to be flying to France to join A-list Hollywood stars at the annual 12-day-long film extravaganza, but was left unable to fly.

She took to her Instagram Stories on Friday to reveal that her flight from Austin was grounded after two hours waiting on board the plane amid the shocking storms.

Devastating storms descended upon nearby Houston on Thursday, with winds as high as 78 miles per hour causing apocalyptic scenes across southeastern Texas.

The storms also made their way through central Texas, including Austin, with a thunderstorm warning issued as flooding hit the state.

Claire has been caught up in the storms while trying to fly to Cannes Film Festival as she remains stuck in Austin without any of her luggage.

But she reassured fans she was safely back at her hotel and said there were ‘worse things’ than being stuck in the city as she criticised people’s bad behaviour at the airport.

She wrote in a snippet of her newsletter on Instagram: ‘I’m supposed to be en route to Cannes right now, but after sitting on the tarmac for two hours thanks to an absolutely deranged thunderstorm, we were booted off the plane and I’m back in my Austin hotel room.

‘I’m bag-less, but thankfully I’m not stuck in line with 200 other people trying to get out of here tonight.

‘Speaking of deranged, people really show you who they are when s**t goes wrong at the airport. Even the gate agent was feeling spicy this evening.

‘I’ll admit that my lip did quiver *slightly* as I unbuckled my seatbelt and dragged my ass back up the jet bridge, but then I reminded myself that there are worse things in life than being stuck in a cool city with a good book, a bath and a crispy glass of Pinot Grigio.’

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The thunderstorms have caused power outrages which could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned after the hurricane-force winds tore through the city. 

The raging storms knocked out electricity for almost a million homes and businesses in the region and caused chaos by knocking out windows and flipping vehicles. 

Crews are still trying to determine the extent of the damage from the storms and the number of casualties, with at least four believed to have been killed.