have been empty for more than six weeks. reporter: as for this family it s frustrating and it s scary. first we couldn t feed our children because of the infant formula shortage and now we re facing another challenge with being able to take basic care of them. reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. hello. i m kristen fisher. welcome to cnn newsroom. this massive winter storm system is barrelling towards the east coast this hour, and this arctic chill is straining the power grids, closing airports from coast to coast, and causing deadly road conditions on one of the busiest travel days of the year. look at this video that we just got in from hamburg, new york. snowing and flooding on the coast at the same time. deep floodwaters across new england are a huge concern heading into the weekend as temperatures continue to drop, and nearby buffalo, officials have closed the airport and canceled all flights. you can see why. over 70 million americans are experiencing belo
parts of the state on a slow, this is really an issue, it s churning on the destructive crawl north. orlando now in the crosshairs of this historic storm that s produced record rainfall and storm surge. power outages are a major problem with more than 2 million customers in the dark across florida. water is just everywhere in many communities. in port charlotte, the storm blew the roof off of a hospital and it flooded the intensive care unit. ahead, we re going to speak to a doctor there, how they managed to protect patients and what the conditions now. fort myers has experienced some of the worst flooding in the storm. torrents of water just rushing into the streets trapping people in their homes. same for naples where officials say half of the streets aren t even passable because high water has inundated them. although it s weakened, there is concern about ian regaining strength and threatening the southeast, georgia, the carolinas, and all declaring emergencies in advance.
united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, an oil depot hit and nearly a dozen russian recruits killed in the region near the border with ukraine. we re live in kyiv with a look at what s behind the latest setback in putin s war. plus xi jinping has a message for taiwan as he prepares to secure a historic third term as party leader. we re live in beijing and taipei with details. and the cdc is reporting an early wave of flu cases sweeping parts of the u.s. we ll look at where they re surging and why some americans won t get the flu shot. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re getting word of new strikes in ukraine, reportedly affecting people on both sides of the front line. a short time ago, ukrainian officials reported that russian missiles destroyed two schools in the zaporizhzhia region. at the same time, a pro russian official says the occupied donetsk city also came under fire, wh
Considering buying a bladed weapon with the longer term risks posed by theft of precious Cutting Edge Research from one of our universities . They both matter to our national security. But trying to find the best available way of responding to these competing risks is one of the most challenging parts of our role. And so after this brief appearance for the public, the five eyes will go back to watching. Gordon corera, bbc news, california. Defence secretary grant shapps is holding talks with his american counterpart. In the last half hour he has been asked if the uk government knows about the explosion at the gaza hospital. At the gaza hospital. Absolutely trauic loss at the gaza hospital. Absolutely tragic loss of at the gaza hospital. Absolutely tragic loss of life. At the gaza hospital. Absolutely tragic loss of life. My at the gaza hospital. Absolutely tragic loss of life. My thoughts. At the gaza hospital. Absolutely i tragic loss of life. My thoughts are with the victims, the fam
you always give us great information. thank you so much. another hour of cnn news central starts right now on unprecedented security deal for ukraine in a new plan to fund ukraine with russian money. we are standing by for an announcement vandals target the homes of jewish board members of a big museum. the mayor calls it overt unacceptable anti-semitism. and then a statement emergency and rain and rain and more rain. the floodwaters over south florida. i m john berman with kate bolduan and sarah sidner in this is cnn new central happening right now president biden meeting with other world leaders at the g7 summit in italy, while back at home, donald trump is about to meet with republicans on capitol hill. trump will be meeting with probably gins that our friend and even some foe in the house and senate for the first time since he told supporters to fight like hell on january 6, just before the insurrection the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who is no fan