have been empty for more than six weeks. reporter: as for this family it s frustrating and it s scary. first we couldn t feed our children because of the infant formula shortage and now we re facing another challenge with being able to take basic care of them. reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. hello. i m kristen fisher. welcome to cnn newsroom. this massive winter storm system is barrelling towards the east coast this hour, and this arctic chill is straining the power grids, closing airports from coast to coast, and causing deadly road conditions on one of the busiest travel days of the year. look at this video that we just got in from hamburg, new york. snowing and flooding on the coast at the same time. deep floodwaters across new england are a huge concern heading into the weekend as temperatures continue to drop, and nearby buffalo, officials have closed the airport and canceled all flights. you can see why. over 70 million americans are experiencing belo
after a monster winter storm clashes many of people in its path. hundreds of people are likely still trapped in their vehicles. one of them is an 85-year-old grandmother stuck with her son. they have been turning the car on and off to have heat and save gas. a life-threatening blizzard banning travel and declaring a state of emergency. sub vero temperatures are covering huge swaths of the country more than 100 people people remain under windchill alerts. nearly 2 million are without power. a power grid operator is now asking residents to reducing their power. people traveling home for christmas have been met with frustration. road travel in some areas is dangerous, if not impossible. today alone, 2,000 flights have been canceled. almost 5,000 have been delayed. carlos suarez is in atlanta. let s begin with cnn s polo sandoval in hard-hit buffalo, new york. in buffalo, they know snee. this is what they do. when they say it s bad, it s clearly bad. as we can see, it s pretty bl
us. what advice do you have for people at home trying to brave this brutal storm. is your advice just to sit tight, stay home? stay home. they have done a great job of just staying home. traffic volume is very light. and that ream helps us out and makes sure we don t get into another accident on the way to help you. just stay were home. be careful with your heating sources. we have had fires due to the windchill and temperatures are just so cold. and you have been on this job for a long time. how does this compare to the others you have seen before? grand rapids, southwest michigan, even though we shut down highways and had a couple foot drifts, this isn t out of the ordinary for us. we go back to 2011, the polar vortex. that is the last time we had
to family. omar, thank you so much. she brought up a great point. in addition to being delayed, you have to deal with the thoughts of your bags being lost, and all those christmas gifts that might be in them. i hope she gets them in time. omar, thank you. thanks, guys. joining me now, brad brown, the acting fire chief and emergency manager in grand rapids, michigan. brad, you ve got a blizzard warning in effect until 7:00 p.m. your time on saturday. what s your biggest concern right now? what are you the most worried about? the icy roads were posing quite a few issues for us. luckily most of our citizens are staying home. we put out a lot of communications. if you don t have to be out, don t be on the roads, and the police, fire, ems are able to get around right now. that coupled with alternative heating sources. unfortunately we did have a structure fire last night caused by alternative heating sources, and we re working very hard to get people into shelters and off the street
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