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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...

of the florida coast of that this is sanibel island, an island decimated by hurricane ian. right now theres no way to get help in to sanibel. the only bridge that connected the island to the mainland, its a long causeway, its caved in. so theres no way to get on or off the island unless you travel by boat. and thats been incredibly difficult for anyone to do. and that loss right now spans the florida coast. ill show you cape coral. our bill weir was here today. this is a picture he too...

>> wow. you got the video? >> i got it. >> here it is. >> oh, man. >> thats our pool. thats our deck. that was my house. my house is gone. >> jesse: a fox news alert, one of the largest search and rescue missions in american history is underway after hurricane ian decimated moving up the east coast. governor ron desantis says the situation is really bad. >> the amount of water thats been rising, will likely continue to rise today, even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year f...

i was on the police department for almost 25 years. saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. >> i promise you im never going to stay for another storm ever again here. however, i am one of the lucky ones. >> recovery efforts begin after utter devastation in parts of florida. while millions more people are now at risk as ian moves north. also tonight, he isnt tossing paper towels but governor ron desantis is handling this hurricane in a weirdly tru...

As this monster storm moves across the country, blizzard and icy conditions are leading to widespread accidents, rose closures, and travel bans. emergency services are currently responding to crashes along the ohio turnpike near sandusky, involving multiple, heavily damaged semi trucks and other vehicles, and take a look at the icy conditions that motorists in memphis, tennessee are having to deal with today. the roads just turned into sheets of ice, and the road situation is so bad that memphis...

Storm system, its setting this up to enjoy a fourth year of consecutive drought. thats really what this system is doing. packing reservoirs, filling the snow pack area to protect us from another year of drought. even a steady rain in the next 24 or 48 hours isnt going to do to impact the drought. >> kind of an investment down the road for the down the road situation. developing now the cia strikes back. in just a couple hours, the agencys current director john brennan will publicly address the...

Getting warmer as daylight approaches, were seeing things get colder. so that seems to be our predicament for the next few hours as the storm passes by. and these blizzard-like conditions continue. >> that cold which is dropping by the hour is dangerously cold. and it can get in the way of dealing with the situation on the ground, on the roads. salt doesnt work the way its supposed to. give me a sense of the road situation out on the cape. a lot of people may know, theres really only one major a...

last sunday. dozens of families have lost their homes to wildfires. in oklahoma city alone, fires destroyed 25 homes just this week. and in texas, crews are still battling 14 separate wildfires. they have been making some progress, but a weather system is expected to bring high winds to texas to tomorrow. and that could turn the embers back into flames. politics and sarah palins latest appearance in the critical early voting state of iowa. the former alaska governor and former vp c...

this is prattsville in the cat skill mountains. officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than whats flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. li...

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