we cover the devastation caused by hurricane ian. here is the newest information coming in this saturday evening. the storm s death toll in florida now stands at 66. this is the scene in north port, which is in sarasota county. state officials say the latest known death is that of a 62-year-old woman also from that county. she apparently drowned after getting trapped in her vehicle. take a look at the massive amount of water people risked traveling through today east of sarasota. they re in their car. this is a car, not a boat, makes its way down a very flooded state highway. sheriff s deputies and firefighters went door to door in the community of hidden river warning people about a potentially levee beach. on cape coral, they are checking on victims who may need urgent help. fire rescue say they have been collecting people and pets and taking them to a fire station where helicopters are ferrying people to safety. this afternoon, governor ron desantis said while more than ha
in fort myers beach, it is even hard to bike through the destruction. the messages from residents there, if you can send help, we need it. sanibel and cap teva islands cut off from the main land, only accessible by boat or air after, as you know, ian destroyed this major bridge that connects them to the main land. many of the homes there are in pieces or completely washed away. the coast guard is now going door to door, still trying to rescue people. make sure you have a bag for your clothes, with i.d., cell phones, wallets. emergency officials will run barges to sanibel island to help with cleanup and recovery efforts there. but let s begin in south carolina, cnn s nick valencia is in myrtle beach. tell us what is happening around you right now. reporter: it is a little hard to hear because the wind is such a major factor, just in the last few minutes these gusts of wind have crept up to about 40 to 50 miles per hour. and, you know, the sustained wind is almost as bad. f
and save the children came as the un and other agencies, held a meeting in the capital, kabul. you are watching bbc news now the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you would have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamen s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. well, it is such a breathtaking location that we thought we would stick around for a while and bring you this our best bits of 2022. from the baking sun of here in egypt, let s switch to the snow of switzerland where, back in march, carmen got to experience a horse race like no other. where the jockeys don t need saddles, they use skis. this is st moritz, in the swiss alps. it s the place, so they say, where the concept of the winter holiday was born. it also occupies a unique place in sporting history it s where the bobsleigh was created. but skij
new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state, while he was absent. that s led to anger among protesters, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is an intense here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are guarding this office, a
today and the concert series brought to us by our friends. welcome to the center square today. good morning to both of you. i m pumped up and ready to go! and you are heading to west point after this. i am headed to west point. you haven t had any free food on friday, have you? there s never food on your set! this the first time. on a our summer concert series,we ves boisterous son, out on the veranda. what are you making for the crowd today? we are making you guys some skirt steak street corn tacos, and john has salsa going on there. if you re from the south, we call it chimchurra, but it s really chimichurri. this is mixed in with corn bread and eggs, we will dial it up from barbecue sauce with our buddies at leas. a bacon wrap because we no you live everything bacon wrapped. and that s what you call a fatty, it s a big burrito where the tortilla is baked. you can roll it out and stuff it, roll it up, bacon-weave it, cut it up and eat it. and we ve g