A new day has come and lets celebrate it together. Another wednesday has also arrived; today, april 10, today is a special holiday, which is dedicated to family ties and the unique friendship between brothers and sisters. This day is called the day of brothers and sisters. By the way, i have both a twin sister and brother. And one brother, the second brother, so big, big congratulations to all my beloved relatives. Do you have . Well, youre lucky. I have. The most important words, but todays holiday is informal, it does not require adherence to any special traditions, but why not get together with the whole family for dinner in the evening, look at family photos or videos, laugh and just have a good time time, so i wanted to say, and there will be these gifts, that this can always be done, you dont even have to wait for the holiday, and friends, if possible, be sure to meet your brothers and sisters in person today, you can organize, well, as an option, a video call, no matter where yo
Railways. Businesses are especially interested in opening this message, the organization noted further interaction, so the parties will discuss the issue at the russianbelarusian tourism congress. Soon it will be held in minsk. And finally, the demand of russians for flights to belarus for the may holidays has increased significantly. Profile services record higher rates. Interest for the long weekend four times compared to last year. In general, russian citizens are booking 1530 more air tickets for the may holidays compared to last year; the most popular destinations are turkey, the uae and armenia. And thats all for me, have a good day and be productive in your business. See you. The morning broadcast on tv channels belarus 1 and belarus 24 continues with the program zone x. Im karina pashkova, hello. In the capital , couriers of telephone scammers, two eighteenyearold friends who decided to earn extra money now the person involved. I will have to explain myself to Law Enforcement o
Downed power liens started this fire. The big problem for the firefighters, a lack of water appreciate your. 50 homes have burned to the ground. Two dozen more are in the process of burning. We are following the story for you as the day continues. Well have more information on that. More to tell you about, including floods and Power Outages. New york city brought to its knees in a large way. Superstorm sandy was an epic weather event, many people are calling it. Millions of lives have been disrupted now. A transformer explosion happened at a con ed plant about 15 blocks from where im standing right now. What that has done is put basically this neighborhood in Lower Manhattan completely in the dark. They were concerned about this transformer so theyve shut it off as well. That has plunged tens of thousands, people here but more than 600,000 people across new york and into Westchester County are without power today. Backup generator failed at nyu langone Medical Center, probably about 35
Bergen county, new jersey, after a levee break there. Right now an enormous fire is burning in the queens section of new york. 50 homes have destroyed. A transformer explosion to tell you about. Ripped through the night as people described a powerful explosion, very loud. Look at those pictures. Update you on what happened at that con ed plant. 260 patients including babies from the nicu evacuated from a Major Hospital in new york city. Historic recordbreaking flooding consuming manhattan and parts of the northeast, as well. Homes are under water and more than 6 Million People are in the dark this morning. Transportation is at a standstill. Could be days before things get back to normal. Cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm, and Superstorm Sandys next path, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th, and special coverage begins right here on starting point. Lots to get to this morning. Lets start with breaking news. Rescue efforts are now under way in three new jersey
And good morning to all our viewers in the west. Were coming to you live right now. And lure yooking at the scene overnight in parts of new york city. The fires rage. Entire neighborhoods burned up. Over 50 homes destroyed. Weve got new information pouring in every minute. This storm has been deadly. Taken at least 17 lives so far. And there are so many scenes of devastation at this hour. From sandy, as we come on the air on the west coast, the damage is still unfolding. Heres what we know right now, more than 7. 5 Million People are out of power. The center of the storm is over central pennsylvania. A berm in new jersey gave away overnight. And now an entire town is under water right now. People climbing on the roofs of their mobile homes waiting to be rescued. And also a huge story in new york city this morning. Much of the city is under water. Look at these pictures from one of the major highways. All but one of the tunnels in the city are closed right now. Officials also say this i