rescue crews on both sides of the border continue the frantic search for survivors. also, tensions rising between the united states and china after the biden administration shot down that chinese spy balloon saturday afternoon and criticism from top republicans for the president s decision not to shoot it down sooner. all this as the president puts the final touches on his state of the union address when he s expected to tout his accomplishments including a better than predicted campaign and a preview of his election campaign. good day. as a tragedy of epic proportions is unfolding in turkey and syria, a massive 7.2 earthquake taking nearly 2,000 lives already and devastating commercial and residential areas of both countries. there are also nearly 10,000 people injured and possibly hundreds more still trapped under the rubble from decimated buildings as the aftershocks rip through the region and hinder rescue efforts. those are live pictures in southern turkey of a rescue
Breaking records this year. in july one buoy that was off the coast recorded 101 degrees. that is equivalent to the temperature of a hot tub. we ll dig into all this and how it s changing what we re seeing happening in florida tonight. bill weir is cnn s chief climate correspondent. he has in steinhatchee along florida s big bend where hurricane idalia is expected to hit the hardest. bill, thanks for joining us. how are these record-breaking warm waters amplifying the effects of what we re watching tonight? just how quickly this storm is intensifying. reporter: yeah, it s all connected, kaitlan. one of the scariest units of measurement i ve learned covering the climate beat is hiroshimas per second. that is, the amount of extra energy absorbed by our oceans. a few years ago it was five hiroshima-sized explosions per second, every second of every day being absorbed. now it s around ten due to the heat-trapping pollution that comes from burning fossil fuels.
Hundreds more still trapped under the rubble from decimated buildings as the aftershocks rip through the region and hinder rescue efforts. those are live pictures in southern turkey of a rescue effort now underway trying to find survivors in that rubble. experts say the destruction of this was equivalent to 32 hiroshimas. president biden tweeting this morning, i am deeply saddened by the loss of life and devastation caused by the earthquake in turkey and syria. i have directed my team to continue closely monitoring the situation in coordination with turkey and provide any and all needed assistance. megan fitzgerald joins me now and the regional senior manager for the international rescue committee. we ve been watching these incredible pictures. the heroics of rescue crews working through the night, digging through the rubble for more than 15 hours.
World in efforts toward nuclear disarmament in order to chief a world without nuclear weapons. nagasaki must be the last. we cannot allow any future use of nuclear weapons. there are humanitarian consequences are too great. i wholeheartedly join you in sounding a global rallying cry, no more nagasakis, no more hiroshimas. the nagasaki bombing, together with the hiroshima bombing three days earlier led to the end of world war ii in the pacific after japan s surrender. more than 150,000 people died in the nagasaki attack and from subsequent radiation sickness. reporter: it was a clear sunny day and all of a sudden a blinding flash. my first thought was it should be lightning but i soon realized it s bizarre to have lightning