the devastation. it s just we re looking at the video. now. it s incredible. it is striking jim to see this devastation of close and in person, you know, it s not really an exaggeration to say that there is very little of this town that has remained untouched from the tornado that ripped through here on. uh, the buildings that we re seeing here throughout the area have been reduced to rubble. there are individuals that we smoke into that don t understand how they got out alive, considering so many around them perished. as you mentioned at least 25 people have been killed as a result of the storms that we re continuing the machinery being brought through these areas clear out the records, and it was earlier that i spoke to one of the tornado survivors. ernest hall, who says that he was asleep when the initial storm came through. woken up by a phone call of a family member asking for help to erased across town to a trailer park where we re standing in front of that is among the
decision very, very shortly in that discussion to authorize the strikes against these particular targets. is there anything you can tell us about the u. s contractor killed. i m afraid not. i mean, we re trying to give the family some time and in space here to grieve. they just got devastating news yesterday. we do know that he was an american citizen and a contractor working for us at that particular base. but again , poppy, i think you can understand where we re going to give them a little bit of privacy right now, just to follow to poppy s question there. what are the things that us can the us do anything to help keep the personnel and u s contractsafe tre? well, the actions that we took yesterday are part and parcel that effort, don, i mean we re going to work to protect our people and our facilities as best we can. it s a dangerous environment. you said it at the top were there to defeat isis to ensure the enduring defeat of isis. they are still a threat in syria. they a
Of water until the water ran out. And after spending their day like this in 90degree temperatures, many were turned away from the Distribution Event at hawkins airfield. The director of the state Emergency Management says seven Distribution Sites will be set up by thursday. In the meantime, people turned to stores where the shelves are nearly bare. Its very frustrating. Its very frustrating to have to fight for some water, you know what im saying. You got to mess around and buy five cases of water just to stay hyd hydrated. Reporter its just kind of scary. We dont know when anythings going to get done. You come in the store and its empty. Water were talking about. Lets back up and talk about how we got here. Moderate flooding in jackson, mississippi, crippled the citys largest Water Facility. National guard troops trained for the devastation of hurricanes, theyve been deployed, but this is not a disaster, some once in a lifetime storm. American citizens in 2022 struggling for the most
Supplies. And today Governor Desantis activated 2500 members of the National Guard and cnn correspondents are every angle. Lets get started with tom sater. This looks like a very powerful storm that could unleash a lot of fury on the gulf coast, something we havent seen so far during this hurricane season. And it sounds like people need to wake up and Pay Attention. Everywhere from pensacola to ft. Myers. We didnt haven would named storm for the entire month of august and now we have four of them. If it wasnt for ian, wed be talking about fiona, massive damage up in canada. Notice how wide it is, the sun is out here and getting the reflection, but you can see the circulation. There is the yucatan. But the infrared Satellite Imagery is a mess. It doesnt look impressive at all. At 8 00 a. M. This morning, Hurricane Hunters had a hard time finding the center. They did find it. It can jump around a little bit. And if that center jumps around, it will change the track. And that is important
Hurricane making a likely turn to florida. Governor desantis urged residents to prepare for possible evacuation saying nows the time to stock up on sandbags, water, medication. Cnn is covering the storm. Carlos suarez is in tampa but i want to start with tom sater in the cnn weather center. I guess there will be states of emergency along the gulf coast. We are not there yet why this looks like a big and potentially very scary storm. It will be the first hurricane to make landfall in mainland u. S. This year but a major hurricane and it is going to carry all the characteristics on land. I know everyone from pensacola to cape coral wants to know. We just dont know yet. Satellite imagery, the visual imagery, looks good. Circulation. A center. Yucatan in mexico. Hurricane huntered this morns had a hard time finding the center. Again even if the center moves about 15, 20 miles in either direction that changes the end goal and the track. This is where it is concerning. Warmest waters in the