We are slowly making our way
out of our deep freeze slowly.
Still pretty darn cold outside.
By next week, though,
it will feel like shorts weather.
Kathy will have a check on our
forecast in just a few minutes.
Mayor Michael Hancock says that
they've been talking to the stair to
state and federal governments about
getting more help supporting migrants
who are coming here to Denver.
He says he'd like to see more
action come from Washington.
This is a really difficult situation
for all cities around the country.
I'm in conversation with mayors almost
on a daily basis across this country,
and it's a challenge.
Cities are bearing the brunt,
and I've said this all week long,
or really the inactivity,
the lack of leadership coming
out of Washington on this issue.
We've had opportunities to address it.
We have it as a nation and it's
because of the unfortunate part of
partisan politics in Washington
that has put us in this situation.
The mayor says the city has spent in
excess of $2,000,000 of its general fund.
Just in the month of December,
more than 1500 migrants have arrived
in Denver since December 9th.
According to the city,
hundreds are staying at city emergency
shelters or centers set up by other groups.
Now some asylum seekers are temporarily
heading up north to Larimer County.
9 news reporter Courtney Yoon joins us now.
And Courtney Larimer County agreed to
help find shelter for dozens of migrants.
Yeah, that's right, Steve.
This Larimer County Office of Emergency
Management says they're providing
temporary mutual aid to the city
and County of Denver as migrants.
Continue to arrive in Colorado.
A total of 57 migrants from Venezuela
are in Larimer County right now,
but will only be staying
there for seven to 10 days.
Flamur County Office of Emergency
Management says they're working
with the with community partners,
including two churches and the Red Cross,
to shelter the migrants.
One of the churches helping out is
peak Community Church in Fort Collins.
Pastor Eddie Hopkins tells us
they've been flooded with donations,
food, money and warm clothing.
He says he's heard harrowing
stories of violence and abuse
from the migrants who have fled.
From Venezuela,
we're here. Because of the kindness and
generosity of our creator. And and so.
Why wouldn't we help other people?
That's more. I think that's really
the question. That's why wouldn't we?
The group will be only be staying in
Larimer County for a little over a week.
After that, some of them will be
traveling to family or friends
already here in the States and
others will return to Denver.
If you'd like to donate to this effort,
we're working to get information
on how to do so on 9news.com.
Alright, Courtney in reporting. Thank you.
Now we know it's been a messy time at DIA.
Check this out a man.
Who had a layover at DIA shot this video
of all these people waiting at their gates,
trying to rebook their flights,
or finally boarding after hours of waiting.
As you can imagine,
these passengers and many more really
got to know DIA unintentionally.
Of course,
9 news reporter Louis de Leon
explains why some airlines say
the flight delays and the baggage
problems were truly a perfect storm.
Ah, the not so Holly jolly
sight of holiday travel.
Many expected delay or two every year,
but for a passenger like Graceling
kept getting delayed, probably
like 8 times until 2:36 AM.
She was not expecting to
spend all night at DIA.
She was trying to get home to San Jose,
CA after a trip to Fort Lauderdale,
FL. The connection?
A snowy and extremely chilly Denver,
probably around
12:00 AM. I fell asleep for about
an hour. And I woke up my knob.
I looked out the window
and I saw snow outside.
I I thought I was like
waking up from nightmares.
I thought we were landed.
We're actually still Colorado.
In the process of it all,
she heard what many claim was
a problem the last few days.
I woke up to announcement saying
that they had to deboard everyone off
the plane because they didn't have
enough staff to get all the all the
passengers baggages on the plane.
Aside from flight delays,
there were a lot of problems with
passengers getting their luggage.
DIA says it's the airlines.
To employ the ramp workers at the airport,
a spokesperson for United said the
delays for flights and baggage were
the result of a variety of factors.
1st and most obviously, the weather.
They're at the mercy of the impacts
that severe weather causes on
other airports across the country.
Spokesperson added that ramp
workers have to take warming
breaks when it's dangerously cold,
and sometimes ramp equipment can
face issues in such temperatures.
I like to just kind of see the
bright side of every situation.
Could have had the arrival time she
wanted, but still has her optimism.
But I guess my message is it will be
over soon. It's not there forever.
For 9 news, I'm Louis deleone.
Airport officials say they've had
teams handing out blankets to stranded
passengers and some of the restaurants
in the stores have stayed open past
their operating hours to help.
As of now, they are expecting things
to get a bit better this weekend
as Christmas Day usually sees
fewer passengers. It also, yeah,
the weather's going to be a lot nicer,
which certainly is going to help a lot
of people flying for the holidays.
People are driving.
As well, here's a live look out
of our studio here off Spear Blvd.
Roads are looking a lot better today too.
Driving around, I can tell you they
feel a lot better today as well.
See, that's gonna suspend construction
work this weekend and next weekend to
make holiday travel a little smoother.
See dot says that their crews have
been working nonstop to clear and
treat the roads, but they say icy
conditions until Christmas Eve.
You can expect those when it finally
starts to warm up on Christmas Eve.
Kathy. It's been fun navigating
through some of those roadways
as it though. Depends
on your your yeah, your definition of fun.
Yeah, it's just been stressful.
Anyway, you're traveling if
you're walking on the ice,
if you're driving a car on the ice and snow,
or you're trying to get in
and out of the airport.
It's just a stressful time of year.
And this is a storm, you guys,
that we're going to remember as the
Christmas 2022 storm because millions
of people affected by the Arctic blast,
which is still going tonight,
that cold air is headed all the way
to the Gulf Coast region while we're
seeing a bit of a drier flow aloft,
but upstream is a little more moisture.
For those of you looking for the
ski forecast and the snow report,
a little more light snow coming in for
Steamboat, Aspen and Vail, not for Denver.
Beautiful evening out there,
but you can almost see the cold.
And really,
even with abundant sunshine today,
it did not warm very much at all.
And even though temperatures got above 0,
it didn't really feel like it.
Decent travel on I-70 tonight.
These were the low temperatures
we started with this morning,
so an improvement over yesterday.
DIA was minus 24 -, 12 today at 22 below.
Euro in Greeley though and about
17 below in Fort Collins,
so a cold start, still pretty chilly,
but it's beautiful out there this afternoon.
Now our current readings,
it's two above 0 in Denver,
5 in Greeley, seven and four Collins.
It's just crazy cold,
but you factor in the wind and
these are your wind chill values,
which we're starting to see
some improvement in that.
But nonetheless the values could go
to 25 below in northeastern Colorado.
So National Weather Service putting
out a wind chill advisory through 8.
PM tomorrow. Denver's not included yet.
We'll see if that changes,
but at this point, we're not included.
We're going to see skies clear here,
a few clouds drifting in and a
little bit of light snow for you
skiers in the high country tomorrow,
but not enough to really be
a problem for travelers.
So we'll watch the numbers drop tonight.
And in Maine weather,
we have another cold night coming
up with a wind chill advisory east.
But you're going to love the
Christmas weekend forecast.
The weather word now will be warmer.
Warmer.
That's a great word. I love it after
what we've been through. Warmer sounds
wonderful. We only have one way
to go, I think. Yeah. Alright,
Kathy. Thank you.
OK. South Metro Fire had a really
busy morning putting out fires.
In another day of frigid temperatures,
crews responded to what
they called a stubborn fire.
An apartment building near Dry Creek and I25.
The cold weather froze one of the hose lines.
15 units had to be evacuated.
Good news, nobody got hurt and they're
still looking into how that fire started.
Then in Littleton,
24 units were evacuated at an apartment.
Fire there.
It happened on South Windermere St.
two people were rescued.
Again, nobody got hurt.
Firefighters are also still working
to figure out what caused that fire.
The City
of Aurora down to four finalists to
become the city's next Fire Chief.
Now they're asking the community for
questions and for feedback before they
start the final candidate interviews.
The finalists are Richard Davis,
the assistant Fire Chief in
the department in Austin, TX.
Alec Otten, Fire Chief in Henrico County,
Virginia. Alan Robnett,
the interim chief with with
Aurora and Froilan Pepper Valdez
Fire Chief in Billings, Mt.
The city says that they are working
with the firm to make sure they
recruit a diverse pool of candidates
and the finalists will now go through
an in person selection process.
On January 5th there will be a meet
and greet where the public can meet
these finalists then the city is
expected to make their decision at
the end of January or early February.
Today a 14 year old from Denver who was shot.
On his way from home from
school earlier this year,
got a very special holiday surprise.
A gunman shot and hit Cameron in the arm
while he was driving home with his mom
in the first day of his freshman year.
Earlier this year,
officers at the scene treated
Cameron until paramedics arrived,
likely saving his life.
Well, his mom says that all Cameron really
wanted for Christmas was two things,
a Nintendo Switch and get to ride along
with the officer who saved his life,
and Denver police were able
to help with both.
In the car and. We did tickets and
warnings and then we got to catch the guy.
I was feeling really excited
like this give me my first
suspect that I'm going to catch.
And so when I did that.
It was just, it was really exciting.
This ride along was a planned event,
a safer way for Cameron to get to experience,
and a little bit of a taste of what
it's like to be a police officer.
Today, around 500 people
in need in our area got a free holiday
meal from the Denver rescue mission.
The group held its yearly Christmas
banquet today at the Lawrence St.
Community Center. 40 volunteers
joined in to help serve that meal.
On days like this,
when it's cold and and snowy,
just bringing someone a hot
meal with hot cider and hot
chocolate is everything.
Full and businesses across the city.
They partner with people and
businesses across the city
to provide this holiday meal.
You can see your area around the world
and see what Santa is showing up.
You better not pout. We all know
why the jolly old man is coming to
town in just two days, and
you could track his journey. And
if you missed it in theaters,
there's a new movie out glass
onion a knives out mystery.
It's on Netflix and the
director is a Colorado native.