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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 bu...

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 power. a power grid operator is now asking residents to reducing their power. people traveling home fo...

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 don't 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 time. how does this compare to the others you have seen before? >> grand rapids, southwest michigan...

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. luckil...

That you went in there at some point and wanted to build your place to stay there. how would that work? you'd have to pay rent but build your own place within this large shell? >> yes. that's correct. that's 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 wasn't really safe. i've lived in these warehouses in the last five years and this was the first line after a month or olivin...