Rain Extends News Today

back for another hour. here are the big stories were watching. another tidal wave of plight cancellations for southwest customers today, thousands left stranded and baggage grave yards across the airports and exhausted customers fighting for answers. >> ive spent about nine and a half hours trying to get through to southwest, just on hold with them. probably about 17 calls. and every time, i get about two and a half hours in, it just drops. the line just drops. in buffalo, snow is st...

Intermountain west? the central plains. we have millions impacted. where you see the white, that is the winter weather advisery. winter storm watch and warning and we are expecting feet of snow, upwards of five feet in some spots. a lot of rain, too. and we had a lot of rain the other day, so this is on top of saturated soils, on top of burn scars, thats why were expecting or concerned about burn areas, and flooding in those areas. 16 million people at risk. these alerts extend through saturday ...

From this flooded area in gwinnette county. >> eva pilgrim joins us tonight from st. charles parrish. the meteorologists warning this could be life threatening flooding tonight. and the barrier is nearly a mile long, eva? >> reporter: thats right, david. they will be working through the night to make sure this is ready. its been raining here all month. the ground is already saturated so some real concern where the rain is going to go. david? >> we are thinking about the people in new orleans ton...