watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kimber and hooper ahead on cnn newsroom united states joins a growing list of countries evacuating its diplomatic personnel from sudan , brother american citizens there. it s a different story for now. all this amid signs a cease fire isn t holding. we ll look at how the white house is preparing for the legal fight to keep them if a person on the market and the mississippi river is the major flood stage ahead, we ll tell you who s in the danger zone. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. france is joining the u. s and other countries in evacuating diplomats from sudan as clashes erupt in the capital khartoum. francis announcement came hours after the us pull out its own embassy staff as well as their families from the country. washington says it intends to return to the embassy as soon as possible with the suspending operations was quote the only really feasible option. us als
in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kimber and uber ahead on cnn newsroom mass evacuations in sudan, us diplomats and their families taken out of khartoum. as violence intensifies. we ll have a live report on the very latest plus school violence. one state is actually seen a sharp decline in reported incidents. look at what s working and whether it could prevent school shootings and cnn sports. coy wire joins me live to break down the latest blockbuster clashes in the nba playoffs. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. france has begun evacuating its diplomatic staff and other european officials from sudan as more fighting has erupted between rival forces in the capital, khartoum. it comes hours after the u. s. also pulled out american diplomats from the country and announced that its embassy in khartoum has been temporarily closed. us president joe biden spoke about the situation in the region, saying quote this tragic violence i
destruction in its wake. governor ron desantis says more than 1,600 rescues have been made so far. after the storm turned roads into rivers, destroyed or damaged thousands of buildings and homes, leaving some coastal communities just unrecognizable. that s right. and right now nearly 600,000 homes and businesses are still this morning without power in florida. some floridians still have no clean water. officials say they are only now beginning to really assess the full scope of the damage. in lee county where more than 42 people died as a result of the hurricane, that is more than half of the deaths from hurricane ian, officials in that county are defending their actions after facing quite a bit of criticism over the evacuation timeline there. critics are asking where mandatory evacuations were not issued in lee county until one day before ian s landfall. while surrounding counties had already been told to evacuate prior. our reporters, correspondents, are all standing by t
have made a difference? plus how is russia going to respond now that ukraine is taking back land that putin wants to say is his. and what kind of roller coaster ride are we in for as the supreme court kicks off its new term today. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. the dem toll from hurricane ian is rising still in florida. as rescuers are now working through some of the hardest hit areas. at least 76 people have died in the state from this monster storm. governor ron desantis said more than 1600 rescues have been conducted in parts of southwest and central florida. more than half of those people killed are in one county. lee county. and now county officials are facing questions about how long they waited to order a mandatory evacuation, despite repeated forecasts of the life-threatening storm projections from the national hurricane center. i m going to speak with a top fo official in just a moment. still over 600,000 are w
it s top of the hour on cnn newsroom. the death toll from hurricane ian has just gone up. it s now 104 lives lost. 100 of those in florida. search teams finding more bodies as they reach some of the hardest hit areas. more than half of those killed were in lee county which includes ft. myers beach. that city is now closed to everyone but search and rescue personnel. the mayor says there is no time line yet for when residents can return. lee county officials coming under some criticism for the timing of their evacuation orders. now dozens of miles inland in western florida in arcadia, river flooding is still causing problems. . this is five days after ian hit. cnn team on the ground says that part of the highway has disappeared under the water. and many people there are trapped. we were on the ground in arcadia, florida. you re hearing from people panicked there. what is the situation? well, allison, we re entering day four now of people not having electricity. so they don t