they re going to get a lot of wind, john, and they re going to get a lot of rain. i m concerned about some of the areas of georgia and south carolina that have already gotten a lot of rain. i spoke with both governors and heard what their concerns are and we know that there s a lot of local areas that can have catastrophic inland flooding. so people need to be really cognizant of those areas that they know can flood, with this increase in the amount of rain, making sure that they are not walking through it, they are not driving through it and that they re waiting until the storm passes and the water recedes. i m going to give you one more opportunity to send that message for anyone listening, anyone lucky enough to still have power and access to a television signal along the gulf coast where the storm surge is happening all the way to georgia right now, what s your message to people who are in this? the biggest thing people can do right now is listen to their local officials. the
feet. we have multiple active structure fires going on. we ll see about six feet of water on the coastline. we still have our mandatory evacuations in place. we still have shelters open. what we re asking the citizens please heed the warning for the evacuations. if you are able to get out of your residence now, please seek shelter whether at a friend s house or actual shelter. once this water comes back in we re once again going to have to cease rescue operations. julie: state of emergencies are issued for florida, the carolinas and georgia. the water recedes at the onset of the storm after it goes inland, right? then the storm surge follows it. a lot of people get the false hope it is time to go to your home and see what the damage is and check it out. the main advice we want to tell people don t go home until the evacuation orders have been lifted, correct? correct.
inundated by flooding are trying to clean up with a hilikelihoodf more stormy weather. i m joined by the co-owner of pitchfork farm, which was devastated. so good to see you. it s miserable across the country. you ve got extreme heat or extreme floodwaters, which has done a lot of damage. tell me what you re seeing today. it s hot, muggy, we ve got more precipitation on the way, which is not helpful. we re a vegetable farm and we re trying to get back to work, but we can t right now until the water recedes. how have your crops done? they re done, yeah, yeah, we farm next to one of the larger rivers in the state and much of the rain that fell in the
in the kherson region as a result of the catastrophic breach of the kakhovka dam has almost halved as the water recedes. the authorities in the city have introduced restrictions on the use of waterfrom the dnipro river, saying flooding of households and sewage facilities means the water is now highly polluted. my colleague yalda hakim is in kyiv and joins me now. yalda, just talk me through what this counter offensive involves. thank you nancy. after a week of much speculation about this counteroffensive, whether it has started or not, and what it will look like. we are starting to get more information, as we were reporting yesterday, president zelensky has confirmed that counter offensive has begun. to get more information on the developments, joining me now is the adviser to the ministry of defence. thank you joining us again. just bring us up to date, because we are hearing some developments in the east of the country. the 68th brigade has spoken about an area just north of bakhmut,