Hello and welcome. Severe Weather And Flash flooding in the Northeastern United States has now killed at least 45 people. In New York, most of the dead drowned while trapped in their basement apartments. Most of the two dozen killed in newjersey were in vehicles overwhelmed by floodwaters. President biden has blamed Climate Change, and says the country needs to be better prepared. Our North America Correspondent Peter Bowes reports. A disaster that unfolded in minutes and claimed lives in several northeast states. The catastrophic flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida came Out Of The Blue and court New Yorkers offguard. Streets are turned into rivers and subway services forced to close down as Water Cascaded onto trains. Many of those who died perished in their basements, unable to escape. This is New Yorks central park, submerged after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. I after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. , after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. ,. , lifetime. I
We begin in afghanistan, where the us embassy In Kabul is asking american citizens in the country not to travel to Kabul Airport. The warning came just moments after similar advice issued by the british foreign office, which included warned of a high threat of a terrorist attack. The pentagon says about 10,000 people are currently at the airport, as the scramble to leave the country is gathering pace. Secunder kermani sent this report from kabul. Shame on them theyve been through so much already. Now wading through sewage in the hope of somehow being able to leave this country. Huge crowds are still flocking to Kabul Airport, under the watch of american and british soldiers. Despite the dirt, the dust, the gunshots and the chaos, people are still coming here, and theyre coming here in their thousands. Here, a makeshift camp has sprung up. Most of the people gathered dont have permission to board an evacuation flight. The few that do are struggling to make their way inside. Translation
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are lucy Beresford And Alsojoe twyman. Welcome to both of you. Lets take a look at the Front Pages. The metro leads on the un climate report, which it calls the starkest alert yet over the threat of human led Climate Change and a Code Red for humanity. The financial times also leads on the report, which warns the world is likely to be 1. 5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels injust 20 years if drastic action is not taken. The i quotes the climate Change Expert Lord stern, who tells the prime Minister And Chancellor to Ramp Up British efforts and be more active in affecting change. The guardian quotes some of the scientists involved in the report, who say the global Climate Crisis is inevitable, unprecedented and irreversible. The Daily Mail also features the story and uses the same picture featured on a number of Front Pages of a victim of the greek wildfires. It also covers another story
Middle of a global pandemic. Hello and welcome. Torrential rain has caused severe flooding in parts of central china. More than 10,000 people in Henan Province have been evacuated to shelters, where its reported a dam could collapse at any time. At least 12 people have died in the city Of Zhengzhou after its Subway System was inundated with rushing water. Mark lobel reports. Shouting. Floodwater spreading fear. The partly submerged city Of Zhengzhou, its Subway System now an underground river. Commuters are standing for air. Rescuers bravely reacting to unprecedented scenes. Though not everyone made it. Large parts of the Train System shutdown. Rip currents seemingly running along roads. The amount of rain over the last three days in this provincial capital usually falls in an entire year. Bringing traffic to a standstill. Many homes were no place for refuge. Over 10,000 residents in the region relocated. More than a dozen cities in this central part of china affected with the populati
And as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a Special Report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The sheer scale of the Flooding Disaster thats hit Western Germany and parts of belgium and The Netherlands is only now becoming clear. At least 70 people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. The german chancellor Angela Merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events in the region to Climate Change. Our Europe Correspondentjenny Hill reports from one of the worst Hit Areas in Western Germany. There was, many here told us, no warning. Homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes. The water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. We met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. She and herfamily fled last night. At the very last minute, she says, a fireman Got us out. The family are safe, though her son was injured. Hes in