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top of the hour, this busy thursday morning, i m jim sciutto. i m poppy harlow. welcome to our viewers. the breaking news we are following this morning, hurricane ian leaving just stunning devastating destruction in florida as a hurricane then a tropical storm. still pummeling the state though. 14 million people in florida are currently under flood alerts. 2.5 million businesses without power along with homes. they re rescuing people trapped inside flooded homes. governor ron desantis spoke about the devastation so many are waking up to this morning. there s 1.5 million outages in 7 southwest florida counties. lee and charlotte are basically off the grid at this point. the amount of water that s been rising and will likely continue to rise today even as the storm is passing is basically a 500-year flood event. the impacts of this storm are historic. and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. well, the risk of storm surge and
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expressions of sadness and anger under the hashtag, india with pakistan. kurdish forces backed by u.s. power fighter launched a major offensive against isis. they re trying to retake a down in northwestern iraq. this video from the regional government shows the military hardware being used. you may recall u.s. air strikes hit isis positions ehrlichier this year. and germany is lending its support to iraq, spending 100 troops to train iraqi soldiers who will eventually battle those isis militants. the fight against isising a heavy toll on civilians. they re asking member states to help those displaced by violence in syria. the u.n. will launch new appeals to those funding meetings in berlin. and the united nations says the