the radar again for the orlando area, i just want to point out one feature. that folks unfamiliar with florida may not know. when we look at orlando and then to the right, when we talk about places like titusville, what we call the space coast, when you re nasa back in the 1950s looking at the best place to shoot off a rocket, eventually to the moon, you re going to pick this place that juts out from the coast of florida for safety reasons. and to keep it away from land. if you re living out there on the space coast tonight and in a lot of past hurricanes, you re feeling awfully vulnerable out there as in often that little jut is often the first place weather arrives. that area took it really hard. when we talk back to the gene and the francis, that area hit that area especially hard there on the space coast and just south of there down towards
i want you guys to stay in touch with the producers. e-mail the video. let us know how you re doing. if we can help out. what s the e-mail? the person who got you on the show will contact you. oay? ing. > thank you, isis, taqua and denise, we appreciate you joining us. we know you re dealing with a lot. thank you so much. take care. those are the stories that you re hearing. that s real. that s what s happening. all of them gathered around on their cell phone and face timing us here on cnn and telling their stories. can you imagine the water coming in around you, there s nothing you can do, you have your kids and on and on and on. many stories like that. now i want to bring in drew griffin in beaumont, texas. thank you so much. you heard that one story. i m sure you ve been hearing a lot. you re in an area hit hard by the storm. it is coming back. what s going on? reporter: 10 to 15 inches
afghanistan s president said close cooperation between the pentagon and his government help prevent any civilian casualties. ground operations are still underway to assess the damage caused by the massive ordnance air blast. it is nicknamed the mother of all bombs. the strike targeted the complex tunnels of caves near the pakistan border. a at least four killed were said to be isis leaders. u.s. officials estimate there up to 800 isis fighters in afghanistan. the u.s. general in charge of operations said the group was terrorizing the local populati population, even attacking people in mosques and hospitals. many who live near the area hit near the the airstrikes call for more a attacks. we are very happy and these kind of bombs should be used in the future as well.
this weekend, the area hit by a chemical attack on tuesday have been hit by new air strikes now. we can tell you that russia and syrian regime aircraft are the only ones that have been bombing this area. we re also learning that flight operations have resumed at the syrian military base that was hit by the u.s. air strikes. this syrian government is now calling the united states a partner of isis. in response to the u.s. air strikes, they have sent a ship to a port in western syria in an apparent show of force. why are ties of syria so important to russia? reporter: ana, a fair question to ask why any country would want to get its military involved in something like this? the answer when it comes to russia is because they already are. look, here s syria and all of
kelly, what more can you tell us about what s happening there? desperate situation, louis, search and rescue operations are unde way at this hour, it s early evening and the death toll is still going up. when you look at the pictures, you can understand why. dozens of collapsed buildings in this area, thousands of rescuers are digging through what s left of the wooden brick structures. they have massive pieces of debris to move and don t have the equipment in many cases to move it. you have villagers, soldiers, police officers, all working to research the victims. so far as many as 97 dead, according to the chief of the army in aceh. villagers, soldiers, desperately trying to find the missing. this was the area hit by the earthquake and tsunami in 2004. no tsunami this time. all of the damage is on ground, but it is significant. louis? the fear of the tsunami is