Im kim blrunhuber. Were following Breaking News out of afghanistan where taliban fighters have claimed two of their biggest prizes yet, the countrys second largest City Kandahar and the capital of Helmand Province Lashkar gah. Cnn cant confirm this and you had then discity, but taliban fighters claim that they seized hundreds of weapons, vehicles and ammunition. Afghan forces appear to either surrender or flee. So the taliban now control 14 provincial capitals, harat, the third largest city fell on thursday. Meanwhile the u. S. Is deploying 3,000 additional troops to kabul to help evacuate american citizens. Lets bring in Nick Paton Walsh who is live in london. Nick, it is stunning since you and i spoke yesterday by my calculation four more provincial capitals have fallen, but the latest two Lashkar Gah, two huge prizes for the taliban. Speak to the significance of the lot of these cities. Reporter yeah, Kandahar Birth Place of the taliban under intense pressure over a matter of weeks
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almost the entire state of florida, think about that, is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian., a monster storm is expected, several hundred miles across, and getting stronger by the minute. that is after causing a nationwide blackout in cuba. ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained wind of just shy of a category for. now, along with life- threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful wind. conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected level in the coming hours, more than 2 1/2 million people are under some form of evacuation at this hour. the window to leave is running out. even before the hurricane makes landfall, authorities are warning residents to be on alert for tornadoes overnight. these images show the impact earlier after a tornado hit the airport in south florida, causing significant damage to several aircraft hangers. our meteorologist attracting the system for us.