Been more than 2200 buildings have been destroyed and others have been been destroyed and others have been damaged at a cost of 6 billion been damaged at a cost of 6 billion. But far more devastating than any material loss is devastating than any material loss is the loss of precious lives, loss is the loss of precious lives, of loss is the loss of precious lives, of mothers, fathers, grandparents, sons and daughters, wives that can never be replaced. Now, we are engaged in the difficult work of searching for survivors, reuniting of searching for survivors, reuniting separated families and identifying the remains of those and identifying the remains of those we and identifying the remains of those we have lost. There are now those we have lost. There are now 470 those we have lost. There are now 470 Search And Rescue workers now 470 Search And Rescue workers and 40 search dogs combing workers and 40 search dogs combing through the hundreds of burned combing through the hundreds of burn
Was located roughly 400 miles thats 615 kilometres south of mexicos southern edge. President joe biden spoke about the preparations under way. I also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. Fema has repositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. Repositioned. I urge everyone, everyone in the path of the store and to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials. Were tracking multiple wildfires in canada as the country faces what is being called its worst fire season on record. Fires in the kelowna region of british columbia, and 1,200 miles or 2,000 kilometres north in the countrys Northwest Territory capital of yellowknife are some of the more than 1,000 active wildfires across canada. 186,000 residents in both kelowna and west kelowna are under a State Of Emergency Afterfast Burning and unpredictable
we re going to get to anything near what we ve seen in the past, whether it s with the delta variant or the bai omicron variant. having said that, even though on a population level, it should not have as great an impact as an individual, it s really important that you have your own situational awareness to know your level of previous immunisations and boosters, so that if you ve not been boosted for several months or over a year, as many americans and presumably those in the uk have not been boosted, then you are at risk potentially for hospitalisation and severe illness. so, this is a reminder or a wake up call that, as the xbb variants and their shoot offs and spin offs start to go up, it s really important that you be mindful of the immunisation status of you, your loved ones, your kids, and take those steps to get boosted appropriately.
having said that, even though on a population level, it should not have as great an impact as an individual, it s really important that you have your own situational awareness to know your level of previous immunisations and boosters, so that if you ve not been boosted for several months or over a year, as many americans and presumably those in the uk have not been boosted, then you are at risk potentially for hospitalisation and severe illness. so this is a reminder or a wake up call that, as the xbb variants and their shoot offs and spin offs start to go up, it s really important that you be mindful of the immunisation status of you, your loved ones, your kids, and take those steps to get boosted appropriately beyond boosters, which won t be available now, as you mentioned, for another few weeks or months, what should people be doing to protect themselves? or are we back in a situation now where you would recommend