hello. i m pamela brown. welcome to cnn newsroom. the historic storm the new york governor called the blizzard of the century has now killed 25 people in the buffalo area. and a top erie county official says that number is likely to rise. he said the conditions have been so severe, their own rescuers needed rescuing. intense winds created whiteout conditions as 43 inches of snow dropped in just 24 hours. listen to what one family with four young kids faced, after they lost power and went in search of a heated hotel room. it was very intense. we tried to keep it together for as long as possible. because we didn t want to fight. it was like looking at a white piece of construction paper. you couldn t see anything at all. like absolutely nothing until you were probably about a foot away from even cars. with their bright lights on. you just couldn t see anything. not yellow traffic signs, not traffic. you couldn t see anything. you couldn t see a traffic light. you have t
high winds and brutal cold. buffalo getting a stunning 40 inches of snow and could see more today. at least 12 people dead in the area. new york governor kathy hochul is a buffalo native. used to rough winters but not like this. this will go down in history as the most devastating storm in buffalo s long storied history of having battled many battles, many major storms. buffalo s airport is set to remain closed until tuesday. 3100 flights were canceled christmas day nationwide and more than 1,000 have already been can elide today. charles watson is live at atlanta international airport. hi, charles. good morning. today is looking to be just as busy here in atlanta and at airports across the country. it is 9:00 and check out the long lines that have accumulated at the delta check-in counters. this is the scene, large crowds we re seeing all over the airport leaving the real possibility that today could be a miserable one for folks who are trying to make it onto flights a
and cancellations at airports across the country just as folks are trying to get home from the holidays. charles watson is live at the airport in atlanta. charles, you know, i don t know, was it one hour or two hours ago you were giving an offering the workers there a round of applause. did you go and shake their hands? i hope so. i haven t gotten around to that just yet. i will in just a short time. it is absolutely packed here at the atlanta airport. this is a taste of what we re seeing, long lines like this. folks have been lined up at these delta counters trying to check in and drop their bags off so they can make it onto their flights. with the massive crowds and the weather delays not only are these folks in for a busy day but they could be in for a miserable day. that is possibly the outlook at airports across the country. thousands are still facing flight delays and cancellations as airline disruptions continue to build in large part due to the deadly arctic blas
from buffalo and she says she has never seen anything like this. we still have scores and scores of vehicles that were abandoned when people left during the storm, or in a ditch, they cannot possibly get out. we have had snowplows, major snowplows and rescue vehicles. i saw them myself in ditches buried in snow. anita: the brutal weather causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations. flight aware, charles watson is at the airport in atlanta with all of the latest there, and charles, you ve been chatting with us there from the airport over the last couple of days. how are things looking today? well, look, it s busy. the travel troubles continue here in atlanta, and at airports across the country. this is a taste of what it looks like here in atlanta, what we are experiencing. a lot of folks in the airport today. large crowds, large lines full of people who are just hoping that the day goes smoothly for them. unfortunately, that likely won t be the case for many as
anita vogel. remember title 42, the supreme court weighs what comes next. those numbers are expected to surge if the policy is lifted. art del cueto says drugs and criminal cartels will explode as well. correspondent jeff paul. hi, jeff. anita, with title 42 set to expire last week, many went to the border hoping for a better chance to get in. but the supreme court announcing a hold until it hears the case, it s leaving thousands in the cold not knowing what to do next. we turned ourselves into immigration authorities, immigration expelled us because what they told us is that everything from central america is closed off. we are waiting for title 42 to be nullified. even with the frigid weather, the number is not slowing down. from friday to sunday, 16,476 encounters over the span of those three days. roughly 2100 were expelled under title 42, the remaining 14,000 were released. busiest sector was del rio, more than 4,000, followed by el paso, more than 3,000, and yuma,