Henri is bearing down on the northeast. There are dangerous Storm Surges and widespread Power Outages that are feared. Yeah, and right now The Storm has downgraded to a tropical storm from a hurricane. It is about 65 miles south of Long Island, New York. Severe weather conditions being felt across southern New England. And it is bringing some Heavy Rains and strong winds already to the region, which officials say people need to be prepared for. Here is what one new York Emergency Management Official told us earlier. We have been in conversation with the power company. They are staging crews. They have crews out in the area ready to respond. I know they brought in a lot of assets from out of the area. We are hopeful we dont see a lot of outages, but people have already noticed they should expect that power could be out for seven to ten days, maybe even two weeks if we start to see significant, you know, devastation in the way of, you know, trees coming down on Power Lines and a large am
Some areas expecting up to a foot of rain. Tonights Full Moon could increase the flood threat, as well, for areas along the coast. Well explain that. New day starts right now. Good Morning And Welcome to your new day. Its sunday, august 22nd. Thank you for waking up with us. Good morning to you. Good morning, boris. Were all watching henri. This category one hurricane is closing in on the northeast. The first hurricane to directly hit New England in 30 years, which is part of what is so significant here. This is an area that typically gets these kind of storms and several states have issued states of emergency ahead of the storm, which is expected to make landfall soon in southern New England. About 50 Million people are under hurricane or tropical Storm Warnings and mandatory evacuations are already under way in some coastal areas and officials say the time to leave before conditions get worse is right now. You know, a lot of people dont like to leave, especially when the sun is still
How the operation played out. When asked today, the president said hes considering operations as well to get the americans and afghan allies who might be stuck behind taliban check points. He continued to portray the countrys sudden collapse as unforeseeable, down playing the internal State Department Memo we reported on last night which warned of such a fate as American Forces withdrew. Were going to have more on all that coming up. First we want to get to the reality, the reality on the ground for so many people. Clarissa ward and her team were among the evacuees today, taking their place aboard crowded Air Force C17 transport. Our producer took these photos, an estimated 400 people on board, most of them afghan nationals. Their destination tonight, doha, qatar. We spoke to clarissa a few hours before she departed on that plane. Clarissa, youre at the kabul airport. What are you seeing there . I mean, anderson, its just chaos. Right now were actually on the airfield, which is the pri
So im going to have to pay attention but if i can do the job, i will on sunday when the storm is there. Stay safe and keep your family safe. Everyone is thinking of everyone out there that needs to do the same. Were all in it together, l coats, were all in it together. Thats what they say and im waiting for humanity to act on it. You have to say it. Thank you, chris. Talk to you soon. Be safe. This is Don Lemon tonight. Im Laura Coats in for Don Lemon and in the past week, weve seen the collapse of the afghan government. The taliban takeover. The chaos at the airport as thousands and thousands of desperate people try to get on planes. Their only hope of escape, that as President Biden is holding Firm Today in his view that getting out of afghanistan was not only the right decision but the only decision. Committing to do everything he can to evacuate afghan allies and promising that any american who wants to come home will get ho home. Were going to do everything to provide safe evacuat
In for d. Lemon right now. It hasnt let up. A hurricane. Were all watching this. I hope people heed your warning better safe than sorry. Scary time. Ill tell you. In a weird way, the act of nature, the tropical storm is more predictable and more understandable than what is going on afghanistan. And how were making ourselves sick with this pandemic. Im torn. I got to see what this storm is going to do because i have to be there for my family. Long island is vulnerable. You lose power very quickly. Its hard to restore it. It gets wet. It floods very easily out there. So im going to have to pay attention but if i can do the job, i will on sunday when the storm is there. Stay safe and keep your family safe. Everyone is thinking of everyone out there that needs to do the same. Were all in it together, l coats, were all in it together. Thats what they say and im waiting for humanity to act on it. You have to say it. You got to say it to make it true. Thank you, chris. Talk to you soon. Be sa