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June 17, 2024
Growing more violent. Protesters tossing bricks and firebombs. Police in hong kong firing back with tear gas, then storming the subway, attacking them underground. Hotel poison scare. The hazmat incident that sickened nine people and left one person dead. Was it a suicide . Also tonight, actor kevin hart and his vintage car careening off a treacherous road. The car destroyed. How did he survive . And, sharing the spotlight. Naomi osaka defeating 15yearold phenom coco gauff. The emotional moment ...
June 17, 2024
World with loved ones on the island are reading every news clip and watching every account for some sign of the people they havent heard from. Many people havent been heard from. Its a horrible reality in times like these phone lines are down. Roads are impassable and governments are overwhelmed. With that our first report, we have spent the day in high rock on the Southern Side of the island. One of the hardest hit. Before today we have not seen. Reaching the hardest hit areas. Means driving th...
June 17, 2024
President trump points to an altered weather map to make his claim that dorian threatened alabama. Did he personal use a sharpie marker to redraw the cone of uncertainty . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. The new forecast is just in as Hurricane Dorian hammers the carolinas with powerful winds and torrential downpours. Up to 15 inches could fall, while sturges driveorm surges d of water ashore. Along with that lifethreatening combination, the storm has spawned tornado...
June 17, 2024
We have a lot of people helping, and we have most importantly the United States coast guard, which has done so incredibly well in texas and florida. And in puerto rico in the last hurricane, the last big one. Admiral, if you could say a few words . Thank you. Applebees handcrafted burgers we are ready, domestically, now starting at 7. 99. From florida up to the carolinas now thats eatin good in the neighborhood for the coast guard part of the dhs fema team. We are ready to roll there. In the bah...
June 17, 2024
And ripped the roofs off buildings in the abaco islands. Years, for most part as strong flooding is also a major concern as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it. With the storm surge up to 23 so its a big problem. Feet or 7 meters. Its a mental problem. Its a big problem. The northwest bahamas could see as much as eight months worth of rain in just a few days. And then take a look at this. Thnatasha lindstaedt is a you get a sense of how big and vast this thing ...
June 17, 2024
Has already devastated one country, and its not over yet. For days Hurricane Dorian slowly tore through the bahamas. And we are getting a look at that destruction right now. Whole islands look like theyve been smashed with a wrecking ball. At least seven people were killed. Homes torn to shreds. Communities gutted. The Prime Minister says his country is facing a national crisis. The National Airport in abaco is underwater. The runway is completely flooded. And in fact, the area around the airpor...
June 17, 2024
Konc coverage of Hurricane Dorian. We just received the 11 00 a. M. Update from the National Hurricane center. Chad myers will have that for you in just a moment. Lets go to dc for an update on the breaking news. This boat fire off the coast of southern california. Ryan. Reporter victor, thats right, we are watching for that breaking news out of los angeles. Keeping an eye on an unfolding rescue operation off the coast of southern california. A number of people dead after a dive boat catches fir...
June 17, 2024
More than 34,000 people on the coast of South Carolina are without power right now. There is flooding in downtown charleston. A county official who we just spoke to feels the worst is yet to come. Were seeing some flooding downtown in the city itself. And then in some of the outlying areas that normally flood. We, again, were surrounded by several bodies of water down here, so its not unusual to have flooding. Were hoping that this thing will hurry up and get out of here, but the next high tide ...
June 17, 2024
Morgues set up to handle the bodies when theyre eventually found. So far 43 people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to go up, way up as the search for victims continues hundreds of people who stayed in the path of Hurricane Dorian are still missing. Now this is what the coastal town of marsh harbor looks like right now, but its this level of complete destruction across much of the bahamas. Thousands of homes are just flattened, entire neighborhoods wiped away and now people on the ...
June 17, 2024
Pummelled by this is the intercoastal way. Im trying to show you as you look out here in the distance, one of the Barrier Islands. In this case, that Barrier Island is hutchison island. This storm surge, these waves are coming across the sea wall. Weve been showing people today this storm surge. Its four to seven feet. Its coming across because of dorian. Its 115 or so mile, maybe less now, but not much. In the outer bands have been coming all morning long. Theyre going to continue most of the a...