destroy the incoming cruise missiles. sometimes they re successful, you ll see these huge explosions in the sky. the glow lighting up the black sky. sometimes like here the missiles land. certainly a terrifying experience. last night we saw families running into the shelters. this was the middle of the night around 2:00 a.m. it s not brief. it lasts for a long time. at the end of these at the end of these nights, at the end of these attacks, there is an all clear that is given by the ukrainian authorities. thankfully there are some very good detection, early detection warning systems put in place, so we do have some sense of what is coming and people do have to some extent some time to get into shelters, but obviously it is not a perfect system, and obviously russia is using incredibly sophisticated weaponry to target odesa and other cities. nearly 600 days into the war, it s still completely jarring to see the destruction behind you, alex marquardt live in odesa,
knocking out pow eastern causing chaos for hundreds at laguardia. the eerie scene had everyone wondering what happened. here s erielle reshef. reporter: this supernatural looking glow lighting up the night sky over new york. it s not supposed to look like that. reporter: that mysterious blue-green haze sparking chaos and confusion across the city. you looked in the sky and it was bright blue. reporter: all of it triggered by this explosion at a power plant in queens. that s the electrical power plant. you felt it in your chest, these explosions. reporter: the fire knocking out power, and temporarily shutting down part of laguardia airport at the height of the holiday rush. the lights went out and they were, like, everyone run. reporter: air traffic control running on emergency backup, runway lights blown. be advised, the approach lights are out of service at this time. reporter: more than a dozen flights diverted, another 100 delayed. tom, no one was hurt in the