and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards and also so far we made almost 50 sandbags. we have some that we made last year, but we re making more to prepare for that rain. an
us as a community can t do nothing about it. rescuers are working around the clock in kentucky to locate any more survivors of the deadly flooding. this as families learn the worst about their loved ones. and president biden tested positive for the coronavirus again. he s back to isolating at the white house. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin in ukraine, whose forces have, in the worlds of a pro-russian official, rained on russia s navy day parade. moscow says a ukrainian drone hit the hit quarters of russia s black sea fleet in sebastopol this morning, five injured. the attack happened while russian forces were celebrating their navy day holiday. after the strike the official said the rest of the celebrations in sebastopol were canceled. meanwhile, ukraine is ordering civilians in the donetsk area to get out. president zelenskyy said hundreds of thousands of people are still in the region, which is in the cross hairs of th
is cnn newsroom, with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with breaking news out of moscow. russia is confirming for first time that it did strike the ukrainian port of odesa. the russian foreign ministry now says it hit military targets in the port with precision missiles, but these strikes came one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul, which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports through its ports. now, turkey said moscow initially denied it had anything to do with the strikes, and turkey said the attack hit port facilities, but didn t damage any infrastructure that would be used in grain exports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia s word can t be taken at face value. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwarranted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to urgently work with our international partners
russian forces, and this war feels like it isn t really changing much despite the ongoing impact it is having on civilians and soldiers alike. kim? all right, thanks so much, david mckenzie, appreciate it. a deadly siege in a luxury hotel in somalia is now over. and we re learning the death toll has risen. at least 30 people were killed after gunmen stormed the hayat hotel in mogadishu friday evening. dozens of others were injured. cnn is following this story from nairobi, kenya. what more are we learning about this attack and those behind it? reporter: kim, we re learning that 106 people were rescued from that hotel in the 30-hour plus siege that took place there. the death toll climbed to 30 and it is feared it could be much higher when the full account of what happened here is told.
and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards