major protests happening right now in france and a final decision on french president macron s pension reform plan is expected tomorrow live in paris, with the latest breaking overnight an appeals court rules an abortion pill will remain available, but adds new restrictions on who can get them and how it is being described as a one in 1000 year event. catastrophic flash flooding drenching parts of florida some areas recording an estimated 20 plus inches of rain. it s closed and international airport, the broward county mayor says it s the most severe flooding he s ever seen. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. happening right now. in france. what you see right here. protesters setting fire to dumpsters in the city of ren, and we want to show you what s also been happening in paris demonstrators storming the headquarters of louisville thanh all leading up to one critical moment. a final decision on whethe
here. broward county schools canceled classes for today because of all of this flooding and were expected to get more rain later today, guys all right, carlos, thank you very much. please stay safe. stay dry , even though i think it s too late for that all right with me now and understand sort of the historical reference point here . cnn meteorologist derek van dam. we re calling it a one in 1000 years or officials are great event. i do understand. florida saw a day like this back in 1980, which feels like 1000 years ago, but this has to do with the probability it could happen in any given day. yeah that means that a one in 1000 likelihood of this happening at any time during the given any given year, so that s basically 10000.1% probability. think of it as an analogy of well, let s say you re a lottery ticket owner. right do you win the lottery? yes it could happen very rare. would it happen again tomorrow? even more rare, right ? so to put this all into context 20 to 25 inches of rai
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