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have been empty for more than six weeks. >> reporter: as for this family -- >> its frustrating and its scary. first we couldnt feed our children because of the infant formula shortage and now were facing another challenge with being able to take basic care of them. >> reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. hello. im 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 g...

after a monster winter storm clashes many of people in its path. hundreds of people are likely still trapped in their vehicles. one of them is an 85-year-old grandmother stuck with her son. they have been turning the car on and off to have heat and save gas. a life-threatening blizzard banning travel and declaring a state of emergency. sub vero temperatures are covering huge swaths of the country more than 100 people people remain under windchill alerts. nearly 2 million are without po...

Us. >> what advice do you have for people at home trying to brave this brutal storm. is your advice just to sit tight, stay home? >> stay home. they have done a great job of just staying home. traffic volume is very light. and that ream helps us out and makes sure we dont get into another accident on the way to help you. just stay were home. be careful with your heating sources. we have had fires due to the windchill and temperatures are just so cold. >> and you have been on this job for a long ...

To family. >> omar, thank you so much. she brought up a great point. in addition to being delayed, you have to deal with the thoughts of your bags being lost, and all those christmas gifts that might be in them. i hope she gets them in time. omar, thank you. >> thanks, guys. joining me now, brad brown, the acting fire chief and emergency manager in grand rapids, michigan. brad, youve got a blizzard warning in effect until 7:00 p.m. your time on saturday. whats your biggest concern right now? w...

That you went in there at some point and wanted to build your place to stay there. how would that work? youd have to pay rent but build your own place within this large shell? >> yes. thats correct. thats how a lot of these different warehouse buildings work. artists come in and they kind of build up the place themselves, kind of the beauty of the places. the big thing besides here is this place was definitely unusual just in terms of its construction and the fact it wasnt really safe. ive lived...

Least. authorities beginning to investigate what started the fire. and you heard the conversation that we were having there with russell about what sort of heating sources they have. jim kavanagh, retired atf special agent in charge. we talk a lot about catastrophes. this one is tough for similar reasons to tore incidents. in this case we have someone trying to do something good and this happens. looking for affordable housingihousing, staying in these collectives. you heard when i was talking w...