james clayton, bbc news, santa cruz. in the united states there s been chaos for air travellers after a systems failure brought delays to hundreds of domestic flights right across the country. the federal aviation administration says there was a problem with the system are letting pilots to potential hazards on flight routes. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is here what s going on? earlier there was an outage of a system called notice to air admission system in the us which is important because it notifies pilots of any hazards on the route. things outside of the ordinary even an airport been closed or obstruction on the runway so something you really need to be able to operate a safe flight. a failure like this is unusual in the us aviation authorities say a lot of work has been going on to restore the system
ou. here in the uk, two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man on the dance floor ofa birmingham nightclub on boxing day. 23 year old cody fisher was stabbed at the nightclub. west midlands police say a 22 year old man was detained in birmingham, while another man, aged 21, was arrested in london. the huge storm that killed dozens in north america over the christmas weekend, continues to inflict misery on new york state and air travellers across the continent. stories have been emerging, of families trapped for days, during what s being called the blizzard of the century. many airports are still facing chaos with thousands of flight cancellations. the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions with a death toll of at least 28. joining me from there is dan russell, meteorologist for spectrum news buffalo. thank you so much for being here with us on the programme. what is it like now? irate
and that is all your sport for now. matthew, it s back to you. the huge storm that killed dozens in north america over the christmas weekend continues to inflict misery on new york state and air travellers across the continent. stories have been emerging of families trapped for days, during what s being called the blizzard of the century. meteorologist for spectrum news buffalo, dan russell, joined me earlier as conditions continue to ease. we re finally seeing conditions improved today. the sunshine is out, and we are going to begin a prolonged period of warmer weather. a lot of the snow we have seen is going to be melting in the coming days. at its worst, what is it like? you look at the weather, that is all you effectively do as a job. what has this one been like? i ve been covering the lake effect snow for two decades, i ve grown up by the lakes, and i ve never seen conditions this harsh. in buffalo, we pride ourselves on how much snow we deal with. we had two and a half metres o
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