so we want to bring in now, cnn s lucy kavanaugh, she is live for us in denver, what is the situation, lucy? well, alison, this is what not a lot of fun looks like. denver airport unfortunately leaving the airport a shunt in terms of flight delays and cancellations, more than 500 flights delayed, more than 468 flights canceled, 75% of those coming from southwest. and that is unfortunately not denver alone. those numbers reverberating. those delays reverberating across the nation. impacting travel all across the country. i wasn t anticipating a nightmare, but it became a nightmare, it did. christmas maybe over, but for thousands of passengers, the travel nightmare goes on. they canceled our flight. they said they can t help us. so we don t know what to do. southwest airlines at the top of the list for cancellations. the airlines ticketing counter at baltimore s airport is a zoo. denver s airport lines for the southwest to counter even longer. we have to wait in a l
in places, still potentially deadly. pamela brown here in for anderson tonight. it is hard to imagine that some parts of western new york could see another foot or more of snow on top of the nearly four feet you see in these pictures on your screen. winter storm warnings there and else well, still in effect. buffalo s airport, still closed. the entire eastern part of the country, still in a deep freeze. almost 4000 flights canceled today. nearly 2600 tomorrow. nationwide, at least 49 people have lost their lives in this massive storm. 27 and in the buffalo area alone. we have live reporting from cnn s polo sandoval and lucy kavanaugh and denver international airport. let s start tonight with polo sandoval who has been right there in the worst of it from day one. paula, what is the latest on the ground? today, those rescues also continued. in fact, governor kathy saying that police officers carried out some 550 rescues at least over the weekend. but we also learned about thi
decides with another group of passengers to rent a car drive 20 hours to their destination together. that is exactly what some of our guests tonight did. in a little while, i will introduce you to this group of total travel total strangers, who had a quite an adventure when they decided to drive from tampa to cleveland together and they reported their trip and it went viral. meanwhile, ten billion people across the south are under freeze alerts. and the death toll from the storm is dry saying. at least 49 people have died across the country. 27 of those are in the buffalo area. authorities fear that they will find more bodies in cars as they begin to dig out from what is being called the worst storm in the region s history. you can see some of it there. while police have their hands full with rescues, stores are being looted. i will talk to a supermarket messenger who spent christmas eve washing his store who got broken into. i want to bring in now cnn s miguel marquez, he s
flights canceled, 75% of those coming from southwest. and that is unfortunately not denver alone. those numbers reverberating. those delays reverberating across the nation. impacting travel all across the country. i wasn t anticipating a nightmare, but it became a nightmare, it did. christmas maybe over, but for thousands of passengers, the travel nightmare goes on. they canceled our flight. they said they can t help us. so we don t know what to do. southwest airlines at the top of the list for cancellations. the airlines ticketing counter at baltimore s airport is a zoo. denver s airport lines for the southwest to counter even longer. we have to wait in a line that was four hours, and we are still in line. and nobody is giving us any direction on what to line to get in. it is a total, you know what, show here. for those trying to call to rebook, good luck getting through. calling southwest, calling other airlines, they are nowhere to be found. actually got hung
followening dangerous conditions in new york as night falls and the governor is appealing for federal help. miguel marquez is joining us not far from buffalo. miguel, what is happening on the ground? reporter: just a nightmare. buffalo is a city used to big storms. this is something they have never seen before. 27 people inn erie county new york dead from this storm and authorities are concerned going through homes and cars abandoned and start to clear the snow. massive amounts of snow they will find more people who are dead. the airport is shut down. they re not expected to open until wednesday. it is just an absolute disaster that officials there are only beginning to grapple with. the ability to clear the roads, this is a no drive zone in buffalo in many surrounding communities. thousands of people without power and the governors of new york say it is not over yet. the storm is coming back. we re expecting another six to 12 inches and in the south towns of southern par