the weather outside is still frightful and in places still potentially deadly. pamela brown here in for anderson. it s 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 elsewhere still in effect. buffalo s airport still closed. the entire eastern part of the country still in a deep freeze. almost 4,000 flights canceled today and nearly 2600 tomorrow. nationwide, at least 49 people have lost their lives in this massive storm. 27 and the buffalo area alone. we have wide reporting tonight from buffalo and denver international airport. let s start tonight with paula who has been right there in the works of it from day one. what is the latest on the ground? today those rescues also continue. in fact, new york governor saying that state police officers carried out some 550 rescues at least over the weekend. but we also learned about wha
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
be my next question about the vaccines being a mask for what s circulating. right now it s post-holiday weekend. people have been gathering. are you concerned about another post-holiday surge? it could certainly happen because when people gather and there are lots of viruses circulating and it s not just covid. it s also the flu, rsv, many other viruses. when people gather and come from all over the country or the world, we re going to see virus transmission. i think at this point we need to focus on what s next, as in if you did gather over the holidays or are gathering over new year s, make sure that before you see vulnerable individuals after the holidays that you take a rapid covid test. and of course if you re symptomatic, do not go into public indoor settings. yeah. and as you point out, protect the elderly because they are still so very vulnerable. dr. leana wen, thank you. we ll be right back.
look, it is a proposed holiday weekend, people up and gathering, are you concerned about another post-holiday search? it could certainly happen. because when people gab theater and there are a lot of viruses circulating, not just covid but also the flu, rsv, many other viruses, when people gather and come from all over the country in the world, of course we re going to see virus transmission. so i think at this point we need to focus on what is next. as an, if you did gather over the holidays or a gathering over new years, make sure that before you see vulnerable individuals after the holidays, that you take a rapid covid test. and of course if you are symptomatic, to not go into public indoor settings. yeah. as you point out, protect the elderly. because there are still very vulnerable. doctor lena wen, thank you. we will be right back.