Any questions . Yeah. Reporter when it comes to the number of people in your people are apparently choosing to stay behind, do you know how many people seem to be trying to ride this out . We dont. That comes up all of the time. You know, that kind of talk is so foolish. Said so many times do you want to pick a fight with Mother Nature and shes when he 100 of the time. And individuals and these say you are in a singlestory home, 12 feet is about that house. If you are in it, basically that is the coffin you are in. It is just of this magnitude, what we can hope for is that the storm goes a bit south. We dont want to wish anything on our neighbors. But if it went a little bit south, that would prevent Storm Surge from coming into Tampa Bay where it has no place to go. Bit is just a Storm Surge. It gets pushed into the bay and it is coming into the neighborhoods. Does it seem like most people are respecting that . Oh, yes, you can look at the traffic and it is incredible. I spoke with my
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Three areas on israels northern border are declared to military zones amid mounting evidence that israel may launch a Ground Offensive against hezbollah in lebanon. The us with the forecast warned that the us Weather Forecasters spent most of last weekend warning that Hurricane Helene would be an immensely destructive force. And notjust for those communities on the coast. Those forecast were remarkably accurate. From florida, through georgia, the South And North carolinas, to virginia. There were some places 500 Miles Inland that received two and half feet of rain. The widespread flooding has caused billions of dollars of damage, that will take months if not years to repair. Heres our North America Correspondent carl nasman. Florida to georgia to tennessee, homes and livelihoods washed away. More than 100 people have died across six states since the hurricane made landfall in florida on thursday. With hundreds still un
miles per hour. those winds caused storm surges. a major hazard for this low-lying region. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida remain without electricity. as of late yesterday, parts of the county, where i am now, where it made landfall, they did not have access to clean drinking water. many people have no running water whatsoever. it is hard to know exactly how many people are displaced right now. officials estimate that it is in the tens of thousands. at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far. 12 of them right here in lee county. after barreling through florida, you can regain strength over the atlantic ocean. it then made a second landfall as a category one hurricane in south carolina yesterday afternoon. the damage there is a fraction of the devastation that ian brought through southwest florida. you can see the aftermath. what you can see in the images are the broken lives. these are people on the margins whose homes, jobs, bodies, and he
Rising. Become miles inland, you can still see the storm. It is disastrous. Please do not let your guard down. This is a very dangerous storm. Neil bracing for impact. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. Florence now barreling down and getting close. Here is what we know right now. The Department Of Defense is about to hold a News Conference on preparation. When they speak it, we are there. The police chief in North Carolina is asking residents refusing to evacuate for next of kin information, saying that he will not, not put his officers in harms way. Home depot and lowes operating in Emergency Response centers. More than 1,000 trucks will be used to supply bottled water,
slow storm, come on with me down to the beach. Maybe you can see it. These waves, if they are crashing onto the berm for a day or two, it is one thing if they are crashing onto the berm for a day or two, that is one thing. A day or two is a very different story. That is an angry atlantic ocean, and beyond, that is Hu
this is peoples live. our boss does not know whether it is going to be we have a family. they have kids. the boat flipped. it crunched another boat. luckily, we re nice. everybody made it. yeah. everybody. teamwork. this is my seventh one. your seven hurricane? andrew, charlie, harvey. now ian. this is by far the worst. why? the wind. the tide. this surge. with harvey, we had a tie to surge. we were seven miles inland. we are half a mile right now. everyone always tells me this. people feel like this was the