alongside the queen and prince and princess of wales. the uk s national health service marks its 75th anniversary today we look at how that s being celebrated and the huge challenges it s facing. and the latest from wimbledon asjust stop oil protesters briefly disrupted a match by covering a corner of the court in orange confetti. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. thousands have joined funeral processions injenin in the west bank in the middle east for 12 palestinians killed during an intense 48 hour operation by the israeli military. massive crowds marched towards the cemetery these pictures giving you a sense of the scale of the turnout. huge numbers, huge anger after israeli forces launched a two day raid against what they described as terrorists launching attacks from jenin. eight of the dead were members of militant groups. as the bodies were carried through the debris str
is barreling through the carolina with high winds, heavy rain and the threat of floods. the storm has been downgraded from a hurricane but it still poses a threat as it makes its way inland. it has already caused considerable damage in south carolina where it made landfall on friday. in this video, you can see the storm ripping through a pier in north myrtle beach, causing part of it to collapse. it also submerged this neighborhood with a storm surge that was several feet high. so far there have been no reported deaths in south carolina. but in florida, at least 45 people have lost their lives, and we re getting a clearer picture of the damage the storm has left behind. entire neighborhoods that once were brimming with life are now flattened fields littered with debris. this is footage from fort myers beach where one woman s struggle to survive was captured in a phone call. i am up to my neck in water. okay. all right. i am so cold. i m losing you. i can t hear you.
landfall as a hurricane. ian is moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone. even though it s been downgraded, officials warn it could cause heavy rain, wind, and floods. in south carolina the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shoreline. you can see in this video high winds pushed the storm surge even higher, and two piers, one in pawleys island and one in myrtle beach both partially collapsed. officials are warning residents to avoid leaving their homes, to steer clear of floodwaters that could pose hidden dangers. the obvious one of the water itself can isolate people, drown people. but it can also hide downed power lines, obstacles in the water, even contaminants in the water. so the waters themselves are the most dangerous. ian slammed into southwest florida as a severe category 4 hurricane on wednesday. it almost became a category 5, packing sustained winds at 150 miles an hour. the storm is now being blamed for at least 45 deaths, though, officials believe t
southwest florida as a category 4 hurricane, making it the most powerful storm to ever hit that area of the state. the death toll now standing at 45, but that number could rise as crews reach areas cut off by flooding. people who chose to ride out the storm describe their harrowing experiences. the water was up to my balcony here. it was just you could dive off the balcony. just water everywhere, stuff floating on it. i never stay again. they say evacuate, go. right now the remnants of ian are moving along the country s northeast after the storm hit georgetown county, south carolina, as a category 1 hurricane. let s send it down to boris sanchez anchoring our coverage from fort myers, florida. boris. fred, as the sun rises on another day here in fort myers and southwest florida, the scope of the damage from hurricane ian is becoming more clear. communities are reeling as many folks are getting back to their properties and seeing what was left behind by this near categor
we re going to take you to one of the hardest-hit areas where almost an entire island was decimated. and her rescue during the hurricane made headlines. a nurse desperately trying to get to work was caught in the rising floodwaters. thankfully a nearby reporter was there, saved her and saw her. and that is my guest tonight. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, ian s fury still remains an extremely dangerous storm making its way through the carolinas tonight. let me show you this powerful video showing a pier in north myrtle beach torn into pieces as the hurricane came ashore. the storm surge ripping through neighborhoods like the ones i m showing you here, leaving even more destruction of homes in its wake. even these homes built up on sticks. so many of them deeply damaged. and parts of charleston s historic downtown also underwater. and tonight there is still concern for life-threatening floods as the storm could dump up to 12 inches of rain as it moves no