Knowledger with us. Many of them did not have to die. More people have died from coronavirus than the flu, suicide and strokes combined in a year and as hard as it is to believe 250,000 died from 1 virus in a matter of months there are indicators are darker days are in front of us. 44 states are showing an increase in trend of new infections. Yesterday the u. S. Reported over 1,800 deaths and 170,000 new cases, second highest single day total. Wednesday like every day this week hospitalizations broke records. There are now nearly 80,000 people who are in the hospital fighting covid. But while the weeks ahead look grim officials predict that this will be the last big surge of the pandemic as theres 70 million doses of vaccines by the end of the year. Both filing tomorrow for emergency authorization from the fda. The nations Testing Coordinator saying that we cannot let the guard down. The end of the pandemic is in sight with the vaccines. We have two apparently highly effective vaccines
Harbor. And the reality is the vaccine approval today will not have an impact. Now more than 700,000 people hospitalized, according to hhs, at least 200 hospitals are reporting they are at full capacity. Just think about this, in more than a third of hospitals, the icus are at near full capacity. One of the challenges that lies ahead with this Pfizer Vaccine is it has to be stored at subzero degree temperatures. Today the federal Aviation Administration is issuing a new warning to air carriers just about the risks of transporting these large amounts of dry ice, just to keep the covid vaccines cold. To michigan we go, to pete montean, all right, if were talking about dry ice on the plane, what is the faa saying . Reporter a mission like this would not be without some risk. The faa is warnings air Cargo Companies they need to be specially careful as they handle these packages tens of thousands of pounds. We know the Pfizer Vaccine is specially temperaturesensitive. The faa says, as all o
More than a Million People left in the dark as Hurricane Ian has north after making landfall in southwest florida as a category four storm wednesday in toppling trees, power lines and causing serious structural damage and several coastal cities, according to the governor of flooding is now the biggest issue, especially in communities hit hard by the storm surge in some areas. We think its hit 12 ft. Now it is our meteorologist view that the storm surge has likely peaked and will likely, you know, bb less in the in the coming hours, mobile home was spotted floating down a flooded street. In naples, firefighters waded through chest high water to salvage gear and to perform at least one water rescue numerous calls for help from people trapped inside their homes were also reported. In other cities. The governor says help is on the way more than 7000. National guard troops are ready to jump into action. Once the weather clears, were going to go and do whatever we can to help those folks, an
Quintanilla. Good evening. The historic wildfire season in california has taken another turn for the worse. This one is called the valley firl north of sacramento, and in just 224 hours its grown to some 60 square mete miles. Thats more than double the size of manhattan. Its destroyed hundreds of homes, gutted cars on the highway, and forced thousands to evacuate. Its one of a dozen major fires now raging across the state, and nbcs Gotti Schwartz is there starting us off. Good evening. Good evening, carl. The devastation out here is absolutely staggering. This right here used to be a row of ten houses. You can see they have been completely incinerated. I also want to show you this right there. You see that. That is natural gas still burning, still flaming. Last night we saw and we heard natural gas and propane blowing up all around us. Reporter the roads are surrounded. Its a town set ablaze. Now, this is main street middletown. You can see theres all kinds of torching going on. Theres