[00:17.171]About 100 people are now known to have died in what have been described [00:21.992]As the worst storms ever to hit the eastern US this century. [00:25.941]The hurricane-force winds first struck the Gulf of Mexico, [00:29.836]And have now spread across the Canadian border, [00:32.600]Continuing to bring record snowfalls,severe flooding and causing millions of dollars of damage. [00:39.546]All major airports have now opened [00:42.466]And airlines are beginning to cope with the backlog of thousands of stranded passengers. [00:48.708]The storms also paralyzed areas of Cuba where several people were ki