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Before one final howling blow. blizzard conditions in western new york shutting major highways. >> its been horrible. ive seen, like, how many plows in the ditches. >> reporter: in hamburg just south of buffalo, theyre digging out drifts up to 5 feet. >> its supposed to be 50 degrees by the weekend, what does that mean? >> that means now weve got to watch out for flooding. once the snow starts to melt, especially with a frozen ground. the water just starts running. >> reporter: that wind and col...

Hey, good news update. last night we told you about the icebreaker food chain succession of stuck ships in the antarctic. it started with a russian research ship getting stuck in icy antarctic waters on christmas morning. 52 freezing tourists and scientists stuck onboard. they got rescued by two ice breakers, one giant chinese one called the "snow dragon" and an australia icebreaker. after saving the little russian ships passengers and putting them on one boat, getting out of their way, the "sno...

To all these things that its causing, but if you look at the numbers, its not causing more tornadoes, its not causing more hurricanes. weve always had floods and hurricanes. >> think of the weather channel. >> thats not science. we have numbers. thats what science is. >> let me ask you a question, though, because that does strike me -- and i know this doesnt fit in the politically correct mantra. when you look at the patterns, the fact is that, for example, on the arctic ice, its come back in a ...

All. they have plenty of supplies. in fact, the people who were on the russian ship, the scientists and journalists who were evacuated, theyre now on their way back to australia. theyre feeling very relieved theyve been rescued but a little sorry that the people who went to rescue them are now trapped themselves. in fact, they have written hand-written letters to thank them for all the work theyve done, and theyve been scanned and faxed to the chinese crew on board. >> yeah, i dont know about yo...

This is cnn breaking news. >> this just in to cnn. the u.s. may soon be involved in the rescue of those ships stuck in the ice near antarctic ka. australia has called on the u.s. coast guard to send one of its large ice breakers to help two stranded ships that are stuck in ice. the australian maritime safety authority says that the u.s. has agreed to allow one of the coast guards ice breakers to go to that area. right now two stuck ships off the coast of antarctica. now, all of the researchers a...

You, k.g.? >> you saw my foot. >> yes. i have a two part story. part one, a ship on the way to antarctica to study global ice got trapped in the ice. part two, ha-ha. according to the huffington post, it needed three ice breakers to rescue it and they all failed so it sat there like al gore wedged in a man hole. thankful all were rescued but they negligented to say the scientists were there to study global warming. >> before their ship got stuck in the ice in the middle of a blizzard, they were ...

Longer white christmas, suzanne, than they bargained for. >> social media has played a role huge role in the story. people were making video journals and blogging about the whole thing. we had a sense how they felt about all this. what about the rescuers? are there any stories emerging from where they are? >> i think for the rescuers its been much less fun, put it this way. the passengers, the scientists, tourists on the expedition to the and and t -- antartic and celebrated the holiday spirit, ...

>> reporter: it sure does. that chinese rescue ship is going to wait for more favorable conditions to see if it cant get itself free. if it cant get out it is going to call on that ice breaker to take those people back to land. it is on stand by waiting to see if the chinese ice breaker that needs help. their trip home may be delayed and both the chinese and australian ice breakers were involved in missions. those aboard the russian ship were relieved and grateful when they were rescued yesterda...

Theyre planning ahead. jennifer grey in boston. thanks for being with us. appreciate it. the long awaited rescue mission for 52 passengers on the ship in antarctica, that rescue mission is happening right now. the research vessel has been stuck in the deep ice since christmas eve. since then, three ice breakers have failed to reach the ship but now it is all systems go for a helicopter rescue. cnns poppy harlow with the latest. theyre on their way out. >> good for them. we got a tweet from pro...

Risk. certainly the complex operation was fraught was worry. it did a test run without the passengers to make sure it would be safe enough for them. it had to make test runs on an ice flow to begin the long trip to tasmania. they were not able to make it to the stranded ship and that is why the helicopter had to come in and bring the gap. both ice breakers were diverted from other work they were doing. it will be several weeks before the australian ice breaker makes it to ice breaker. they were ...