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
liquids. kristen? that s advice that i m sure a lot of people celebrating the holidays don t want to hear, but it s the right advice. there s also this recent study that helps explain why the cold weather gives us colds. i mean, we ve always kind of assumed that that happens, but help us understand the why here and what this study says. right. it s just intuitive, but researchers at harvard did something really interesting, kristen. they looked at the cells that line people s noses at different temperatures. those cells in your nose. they re the first line of defense when germs start to attack. they have very specific roles to play, and they found they don t work great in the cold. their effectiveness really wanes once the temperature goes down. so if you find you re getting a cold in the cold, you re not crazy. there really is some science behind it. good to know. elizabeth cohen, thank you. elon musk claiming that the twitter files revealed the government told him to suppress
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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, you ve got a blizzard warning in effect until 7:00 p.m. your time on saturday. what s your biggest concern right now? what are you the most worried about? the icy roads were posing quite a few issues for us. luckily most of our citizens are staying home. we put out a lot of communications. if you don t have to be out, don t be on the roads, and the police, fire, ems are able to get around right now. that coupled with alternative heating sources. unfortunately we did have a structure fire last night caused by alternative heating sources, and we re working very hard to get people into shelters and off the street