just ahead, epic snowfall in california, measured in feet. so much snow, some ski resorts closed. cars buried, roads shut down, some people trapped in their homes as another major system barrels towards the state today. millions of americans will wake up this morning without a pandemic era benefit that helped them buy groceries, even as inflation has caused food prices to soar. plus at least three dozen people are dead after two trains collide head-on in greece. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, california under blizzard warning. parts of the gelden state have been buried in up to 7 feet of snow over the past few days as a freezing cold system moves inland over the u.s. on tuesday, 23 million americans were under winter weather alerts with many of those in california. the surprise snowstorms are also bringing high winds streaming across the southwest, and more snow tracking up across the pacific northwes
inflation in the u.s. continues to soar. andrew shane is the managing director of public policy at grace and child poverty california, and he joins me now from san francisco. appreciate you being with us. thank you so much. so the covid supplemental nutrition assistance program known as s.n.a.p. ends today, leaving tens of millions of americans in 32 states without those benefits, meaning less money for food each month at a time when inflation is at record levels. so how much money will the s.n.a.p. households lose? and what impact will this likely have, particularly on children? thanks for the question, and thanks for your attention to this. unfortunately, it s a very serious day. here we are when the emergency allotments for the s.n.a.p. program, often known as food stamps, are ending. they re ending prematurely
just ahead, epic snowfall in california, measured in feet. so much snow, some ski resorts closed. cars buried, roads shut down, some people trapped in their homes as another major system barrels towards the state today. millions of americans will wake up this morning without a pandemic era benefit that helped them buy groceries, even as inflation has caused food prices to soar. plus at least three dozen people are dead after two trains collide head-on in greece. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, california under blizzard warning. parts of the gelden state have been buried in up to 7 feet of snow over the past few days as a freezing cold system moves inland over the u.s.
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medical costs. and so making sure that all of those costs, those receipts are on file can actually help maximize their underlying snap benefit and mitigate this hunger cliff. and of course an effort is under way right now to make sure all americans affected by this change know about it. but inevitably, some of course will be taken by surprise next month when they suddenly realize s.n.a.p. benefits have expired. so what happens to those people, given food banks can t even keep up with demand right now? so what other benefits are available? one of our most serious situations we re concerned about is the fact that if and when folks don t know that this change is happening and they are accustomed to making ends meet by having the emergency allotments, it s very likely that folks will be headed to the grocery store, anticipating that money being in their account. and not being able to afford the groceries to feed themselves and their families. so that s the exact situation