earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. i will take a knee. oops. i ll have to take a knee there. okay. you guys got it i m going back out. the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some areas. let s go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. michelle, hurricane ian has been downgraded to a category one storm. what should residents in its path expect over the next 24 to 48 hours? i, they re great to see you. they can expect flood and rain we. need to prepare for that flash flooding. when it comes to water and hurricanes, that s the number one reason for deaths in hurricanes, it s the salt water, the storm surge that we talked about, and also fre
these are the scenes playing out in airports across the united states, as massive disruptions out southwest airlines made holiday travels stranded. plus, frigid temperatures, and power lines and snowfall have parts of the u.s. this holiday weekend, you will speak to one new york official about the difficulties that remain as temperatures finally take a turn for the better. and, no relief for soldiers fighting in ukraine s hardest frontline, towns as president zelenskyy warns the russian troops will stop at nothing to gain just a little ground. and get to have you with, us it is the nightmare after christmas, thousands of flights are being canceled across the u.s.. after the monster arctic storm that pummeled much of the country over the holiday. and for southwest airlines in particular, it is and other catastrophe. right now, the flight tracking website flightaware shows more than 2700 total cancellations in the u.s. on tuesday. and of those, more than 90% of southwest flig
and i m rosemary church. just ahead. unfortunately our next available seats for rebooking are on the 31st and beyond. once again, our next available seats for rebooking customers at this time is at the 31st and beyond. these are the scenes playing out in airports across the u.s. as massive disruptions at southwest airlines leave holiday travelers stranded. plus frigid temperatures and paralyzing snowfall hammered parts of the u.s. this holiday weekend. we will speak to one new york official about the difficulties that remain as temperatures finally take a turn for the better. no relief for soldiers fighting in ukraine s hardest hit front line towns as president zelenskyy warns russian troops will stop at nothing to gain just a little ground. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. it is the travel nightmare after christmas. thousands of flights are being canceled across the u.s. after the monster arctic storm that
digby is right. they are doing that thing ofjust passing it on. they take it on and pass it on and make whopping great profit at the same time as you have people who are forced to stay at home, and that is the problem, forced to stay at home, and perhaps they are on kidney dialysis or, like tammy, they are doing chemo, they have had to give up doing chemo, they have had to give up theirjob, stay at home. her husband goes out and works 60 hours as a chef. all those people doing their best, trying to make ends meet, when you ve got companies that are raking it in, hand overfist, and not giving anything to help at all, i do not even know if there is any proper hand wringing going on. let me move on, because time is pressing. we ll talk more about this story in our next review at 11:30 p:m.. fairwarning, iwould like p:m.. fair warning, i would like to quicken your thoughts, and your former life, about the impact on businesses. we have heard the talk about politicians helping us,