january. killing dozens of people. one local official where the storm made land fall says she s worried about accessing clean water. as the utility companies switch off supplies ahead of the storm. he says the problem is there is no drinking water. we make due with what we have. but it scares us. because of the diseases. the world food program says it s already on the ground providing relief to those affected by the tropical storm anna. and they say they prepared to do the same after this. and the united nations has rescue aircraft on standby. help that is badly needed after a devastating one, two punch. of powerful storms. turns out recycling isn t as easy as some might think. after the break i ll sort through the problems of the recycling industry. with an expert who says most americans could be doing more harm than good. in their recycling bin. we ll discuss.
welcome back to cnn s continuing coverage of hurricane irma. i m michael holmes here in tampa where we are kwelting pretty hammered by irma at moment. high winds and horizontal rain at times pouring into this city, which is susceptible to storm surge, that s their big fear here. even as hurricane irma weakens. bill weir was out in key largo. the storm made land fall there. he was in key largo last week. went to a bar called snapper. hung out with the people there. got to know them. he went back today and found what happened to that place as irma went through.
from it a rare may snowfall to dangerous flooding in the midwest. and the first named tropical storm of the season washes ashore on the east coast. jonathan siri is live for us in myrtle beach south carolina. good morning to you a far cry from 23 hours ago when the center of tropical storm anna made land fall right here in this general area. take a look at this video from yesterday morning. this is the scene in north myrtle beach as an intense band of showers crossed over the area. localized flooding slowed traffic in some areas. although there was little structural damage and the power stayed on. many businesses remained open through out the storm but it is unusual to have a tropical storm so early in the year. the atlantic hurricane season doesn t officially begin until june 1st. there goes the school. there goes the school.
ago when the center of the storm made land fall. take a look at this video from north myrtle beach adds intense band of showers light flooding and slow traffic. there was little structural damaged the power went on in the storm. it is unusual to have a tropical storm so early in the year. weeks before the official start of the at atlantic hurricane season. watch this. there goes the school. there goes the school. and this was the scene in lake city iowa sunday evening a tornado tore through south central calhoun high school while hundreds were attending an awards ceremony inside. they had received advanced warning about the twister and were able to get shelter in the basement and locker room. it caused heavy damage to the building but no one was seriously injured. texas also experienced torn
to india, seven people are confirmed dead in that monster cyclone that tore off roofs and flipped cars and drove people from their homes. authorities are working to relocate those who evacuated ahead of phailin. this storm is packing winds of 70 miles per hour. mudslides and flooding is still possible. karen is in the severe weather center. the storm made land fall. it s not gone yet as we said. where is it headed? it is moving towards the northwest. but a lot of that moisture is going to make its way towards nepal. now in advance of land fall which is about 17 hours ago in this northeastern state of india, they had to evacuate just about one million people which is the equivalent of the population of dallas, texas. so if you can imagine the daunting task that it would take to do that. so quite the undertaking there. they re evaluating what the property has done and the