cuba saw significant flooding and, is just now getting power back in some areas after nearly the entire island was plunged into darkness. now this morning, is ethan s world toward tampa, residents woke up to this eerie sight. nearly all the water had receded out of tampa bay. the storm pulled all the water from the shore as it s winds whipped around, counterclockwise, before shoving it back towards land hours later. around the same time, the natural hurricane center increased their predictions for how much storm surge ian will bring. the revised estimates stand 12 to 18 feet along the coast, from inglewood to benin a beach. you can see here in the purple section on this map. you have seen waters rise to record-breaking levels throughout the day. that s naples. naples, florida, the water road six feet above the normal high tide, nearly submerging cars. in fort myers beach the storm surge has driven the water 8 to 20 feet, flooding homes, leaving some residents trapped. one fam
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, we ll bring you latest on the israel hamas war and the new york time s nick kristoff is just back from the region and will give us a sense of what he calls the myths and the reality. then, is egypt part of the problem or part of the solution? it shares a border with israel and gaza. could had help during or after this brutal war? and the leaders of the two most powerful countries in the world met face-to-face on wednesday. president xi jinping and joe biden shook hands and met for four hours. what was accomplished? i ll talk to australia s former prime minister kevin rudd and the spectator cindy yu. but first here is my take. of between the tragic ongoing war in gaza and the biden-xi summit, one global crisis is in danger of being forgotten. the war in ukraine. and this is a terrible time f
orlando, daytona beach, titusville area, daytona beach could be upwards of 50 to 70 miles per hour. that means additional power outages. and here s the cruel part with this. we are not done. the storm will not die off quickly. it heads off the coast tomorrow night and then possibly a strong tropical storm or category one hurricane mates landfall friday evening from savannah to hilda head. sounds like a big deal when you got back to a three or four about when you see all the trees in these areas, that s a lot of power outages and the possibility of storm surge on top of it. so yes, this storm has lived up, and some people wanted to call it hyped, it was not hyped for a lot of people. unfortunately, it was reality. yes, bill, it does seem like a bunch of things did come together to make this, towards the end of the spectrum of worst-case in storm terms of storm, surge wind shear, and also right now, how slowly it is moving. i remember with harvey, of
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