this afternoon it came ashore as near category 5 strength, as a high category 4 after bidding for hours as it approached. oh, you got to be kidding me! you got to be kidding me right now! right now it is still a category 3 storm, still a major hurricane with damaging winds spanning out 175 miles from the center. oh, my god. no less troubling than the winds tonight, potentially even worse hurricane ian is still pushing a massive storm surge onshore. forecasts as high as 18 feet in places where buildings living close to the water was why so many people moved there. take a look. this is fort meyers beach, and that is a community outreach center knocked off its foundation and floating down the street. making matters worse, the flood waters affecting residents who are doing the same to rescuers. a fire station here in naples is what first responders are up against along with anyone needing emergency help. and again, these conditions are not expected to improve throughout t
during covid how prepared is it for the next pandemic? good evening a catastrophe is how kentucky officials are describing the deadly situation unfolding there tonight after one in a thousand year floods left residents stranded on roof tops, washed roads away, and triggered mud slides after at least 9 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. by late afternoon the death toll climbing to eight with more feared all of it part of the same storm system that triggered massive flash floods in st. louis. it s the kind of heavy precipitation event experts say are becoming more common as the climate continues to change. the hard hit city of hazard, kentucky tweeting, help your neighbors and pray for a break in the rain. but more is expected the rain a compound disaster in a state still recovering from a deadly hit by an ef-4 tornado in mayfield back in december in a moment i ll speak to the governor for a late update. reporter: in a swath of the south submerged total devastation and a de
We start in libya where floods are reported to have killed 2,800 people, after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. As many as 10,000 people are reported as missing. Much of the country has been declared a Disaster Zone and three days of mourning have begun. The un said theyre deeply concerned about the situation. Many roads have been destroyed. A minister in the eastern government which is not internationally recognised said more than a thousand bodies had now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. The eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit. Anna a n na foster anna foster is here. The scale of this is simply staggering . Yes. Anna foster is here. The scale of this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories that this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories that is is one of those stories that is
The truth behind them. Lets turn straightaway for the breaking news from washington for the last ten minutes or so, the most senior republican a Us Congress Kevin Mccarthy says hes ordered house committees to begin a formal Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. Mr mccarthy said his party uncovered what he called Serious And Credible Corruption Allegations. Republicans who narrowly control the house accused mr biden of profiting while he served as Vice President from 2009 to 2017 from his son Hunter Bidens foreign business ventures. Theyve not presented evidence here is mr mccarthy speaking just in the last half hour. Mccarthy speaking ust in the last half hour. ,. , half hour. Through Our Investigations half hour. Through Our Investigations we half hour. Through Ourj Investigations we have half hour. Through Our Investigations we have found half hour. Through Our Investigations we have found that President Biden did live. To the American People about his own knowledge of his famili
To have killed 2,800 after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. As many as 10,000 people are reported to be missing. Much of the country has been declared a disaster zone and three days of mourning have begun. The un has said, they are deeply concerned by the situation and are mobilizing emergency teams. Widespread flooding and mudslides, caused by torrential rain, have destroyed many roads and homes. A minister in the eastern government which is not internationally recognised said more than a thousand bodies had now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. The eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit. Tamer ramadan of the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies says the death toll from the disaster is likely to increase dramatically. The death toll is huge. It might reach 2,000s really. But we dont have a definite number. We confirm from our independent sources that the number of missing people is 10,000 perso