fort myers beach, florida, one of the cities that was hardest hit by hurricane ian, hurricane ian made landfall on wednesday afternoon in florida as a category four hurricane. it was just a few miles shy, two miles per hour shy of being a category five storm, the likes of which have only been experienced four times in u.s. history. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida are still without power, and as of late yesterday parts of the county where i am now, where ian did make landfall, did not have access to clean drinking water. in fact, much of where i am now has no access to power either. hard to know exactly how many people are displaced this time, officials are estimating it is in the thousands, possibly tens of thousands, at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far, 12 of them here in lee county. after hitting florida eons rain grain strength over the atlantic ocean. what across florida, went out in the atlantic, and made a second landfall as a ca
transiting in the red sea at the end of last year following launch of operation prosperity guardian, a big mission led by the u.s. navy to protect commercial shipping. but just days later, an attack on one of their ships by new any militants have led them to pause that roots once again. on sunday the maersk karen ship was on its way from singapore to suez in egypt. and as it passed at the southern entrance of the red sea, it was hit by an unknown object and then came under fire from four houthi boats. a u.s. naval helicopter came to the ship s defense sinking three of those boating killing those on board and the fourth boat escaped according to u.s. military. maersk suspended the route because of concerns of the shipping community. many other companies have also
it then came under fire from four votes. a u.s. helicopter can to its defense, thinking three of those boats, killing those on board. the fourth escaped, according to u.s. military. mask extended suspension of this from an actual 48 hour pause on sunday to reflect the concerns of the shipping community. many at the companies, including and msc mediterranean shipping company have all stopped using the root. and it is a critical one for the global economy, accounting for about ten to 15% of world trade. the disruption as ready cause freight rates to increase significantly, and the longer the red sea is deemed unsafe by commercial ships, the greater the risk it will feed into global inflation. anna stewart, cnn, london. 14 months after elon musk purchased twitter, the company now known as x has launched 71% of its value, that s according
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thinking about? one of the things the department of transportation is doing immediately to facilitate rescue and recovery? right, i mean, first of all we are partnering with fema, as you know, you are on the ground and there is still a lot of urgent rescue work happening, but we will also be starting the process of florida d.o.t. and state and local officials to do the assessment of those roadways. obviously to first focus on the critical arteries where we need to get supplies, medical care through, and, as i mentioned focusing on getting airports open and functional again so we can get rescue personnel, supplies, fuel, we are also working with the trucking community and the shipping community to make sure they have all of the legal authority they need to be on the ground as needed. what is your sense, obviously, during hurricanes there are requests to help private organizations or do what people want to do in terms of sending funds. they always tell you, do not send stuff because