this hour, we re tracking a deadly winter storm. temperatures plummeting to life-threatening lows on this christmas holiday. more than 55 million people remain under windchill alerts this morning. right now, blizzard conditions across the great lakes. at least 26 people have died from the arctic blast across eight states. in hard-hit erie county, new york, roads remain impassable after two straight days of snowfall. a very dangerous situation, driving bans still in place. this was the first time in buffalo fire history that they were unable to respond to calls. i want to remind everybody, there was a period, hours straight in which we could not send out emergency service crews. we could not send out department of public works crews, because it was too dangerous. bitter cold icing over the christmas celebrations in the midwest, east coast, and southeast this morning. even florida is feeling the chill. much of the state experiencing its coldest christmas since 1983. power o
first we couldn t feed our children because of the formula shortage, and now another challenge. but being able to take basic care of them. reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. not easy to be a parent in this country right now. as athena jones, thank you. let s bring in author of lifelines. dr. wen, merry christmas. thank you for being with us. merry christmas to you as well, paula. so what impact are you seeing from the shortage of medications? well, i think there are a lot of parents who are worried, even if their kid isn t sick right now, they wonder what happens if somebody develops a fever and needs these medications? it s important to remind people that fever reducing medicines are not the only thing you can do. there are other things, including drinking lots of fluids, and know too that store