Hurricanes ever hit the u. S. Mainland officials say at least two people were killed. Search and rescue operations are still underway in communities along the gulf i became unsure with everything that was advertised. All of our levee systems, particularly our levee system performed magnificently. Having said that, the damage is still catastrophic. Catastrophic. The storm devastated more than 1 million customers in louisiana the city s mayor issued a warning today for residents who fled during the storm, don t come back to further notice. We ll have much more on the other major story just ahead. But first now our reporter is live now in new orleans with the very latest. L. A. You re virtually in the dark. A city that s in the dark. In the number one question for residents is, when will power be restored? first of all rain front of me, this is from a neighboring restaurant, this is the french quarter right now. There s nothing you can see. The lights are off all the way through, in the f
White house. In less than four hours, the president will speak on the day america s longest war has finally ended. The last flight with the final group of u. S. Service members onboard took off, including this man, the last service member to leave the country. 20 years after combat operations began this morning, we will talk about what it all meant and if it was worth it. All of that, as we see a very different kabul airport this morning. Taliban fighters walking around the airport there. We have courtney kube, and secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and she s private a network of private citizens as well working with afghans that directly or indirectly supported our path to safe refuge out of afghanistan. The first full day this war is now over in afghanistan, we have all seen the iconic photo i just showed, army major photo, the last service member to leave afghanistan. There s still some hundreds of americans there, 1 to 200, not to mention thousands of afghan allies. The presi
miles over 4 of those states. homes have been completely leveled. cars have been strewn about in this shocking new drone video from bowling green, kentucky. the state s governor, andy beshear, saying it was the most devastating tornado event in the state s history and most likely the deadliest as well. the city of mayfield, kentucky, seemed to take one of the hardest hits. this harrowing video is of what was a candle factory in the city. but the roof collapsed from the storm, resulting in mass casualties there. the number, still unknown. beshear got emotional talking about what he had seen there earlier today. i just came from there. we re going to lose a lot of lives in that facility. and i pray that there will be another rescue. i pray there will be another one or two, but it s a very dire situation at this point. in illinois, multiple injuries and at least two deaths have been reported after a 100-foot wall partially collapsed in an amazon facility in edwardsville. aut
state of kentucky. the state may be the worst hit by the series of storms with at least 70 people feared dead. that number, though, could rise. here s how the governor of kentucky put it earlier today. this has been the most devastating tornado event in our state s history. and for those that have seen it, what it s done here in grace county and elsewhere, it is indescribable. the level of devastation is unlike anything i have ever seen. and then in illinois, because it s not just kentucky, we re awaiting an update from governor j.b. pritzker on the amazon facility in edwardsville after a tornado there collapsed a 100-foot section of wall, killing at least two people and injuring others. damage and devastation being seen across arkansas, missouri, tennessee, with multiple deaths being reported there and we aren t in the clear just yet, by the way. the severe weather risk is now significantly lower but for 12 million americans in the southeast region, there is still risk f
fort myers beach, florida, one of the cities that was hardest hit by hurricane ian, hurricane ian made landfall on wednesday afternoon in florida as a category four hurricane. it was just a few miles shy, two miles per hour shy of being a category five storm, the likes of which have only been experienced four times in u.s. history. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida are still without power, and as of late yesterday parts of the county where i am now, where ian did make landfall, did not have access to clean drinking water. in fact, much of where i am now has no access to power either. hard to know exactly how many people are displaced this time, officials are estimating it is in the thousands, possibly tens of thousands, at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far, 12 of them here in lee county. after hitting florida eons rain grain strength over the atlantic ocean. what across florida, went out in the atlantic, and made a second landfall as a ca