newsroom. i m jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we ll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we ll show you what i saw on the ground. in the meantime, cnn has learned that a team that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed equipment and personnel to assist medical examiners in boast counties here in southwest florida. officials in lee county where the majority of the deaths have concerned are facing a major concern. why were the first evacuation orders issued less than 24 hours before landfall? the county s ow
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monoxide captures the heat around our planet every second of every day, the oceans absorb as much as extra heat the size of five hiroshima atomic bombs. there s also sea level rise. greenland is melting like a pop sickle on a hot sidewalk these days. that s not great. climate attribution science finds ian is 10% wetter than it would have been preindustrial revolution, which leads to two feet of rain. yeah, it s all lining up as predicted. but it s not too late for humanity to figure this out. and keep it from getting more horrible. yeah. these hurricanes are ringing
New Music Reviews (2/22) KEXP
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what s coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from
The Hold Steady,
This Brooklyn-via-Minneapolis band’s excellent eighth studio album is their strongest since 2008’s
Stay Positive, featuring an expansive, dynamic and revitalized sound on richly detailed songs with soaring guitars, bright keyboards, punchy horns and more accompanying some of Craig Finn’s more captivating narratives of characters surviving on society’s margins, with the album’s main themes revolving around power, wealth and mental health. DY
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Portland indie duo, Corvair has released a new video for “Green (Mean Time).” The track, is from their self-titled, debut LP, drops February 19th via Paper Walls in the US and WIAIWYA in the UK. The clip was directed, shot and edited Corvair member Brian Naubert. Filmed in the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon over New Year’s weekend 2021.
About the song Corvair’s Heather Larimer says, “The song was written deep in the eerie spring of 2020 when COVID was first hitting hard.” She adds, “Things were sprouting to life but the world was shutting down. The title alludes to that tension, and also to Greenwich Mean Time, the standard time zone for the globe, as the singer declares that no matter where she runs, she will be setting her clocks to one specific place and person forever.” “Green (Mean Time)” follows a series of track releases from Corvair’s forthcoming release. Singles “Sailor Down” and “Sunday Runner” are available to stream now at Band