And unsurvivable about Helene Making Landfall Last Night in florida. Cat 4 hurricane. Big storm and really moving like a clipper, too. Im bill hemmer, welcome to our program. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Another fast week. It was good that it moved fast but still means there is a lot of damage. Ron desantis was right on time yesterday and we expect to see him any moment. Lets get to Steve Harrigan outside of tampa. This is the scene a lot of people in florida and even georgia are waking up to today. Two feet of water on the ground. Gets deeper the closer you get to the water. Many houses under water. The challenge now for people is getting out of their homes. Getting to their cars trying to make sure theyre safe. Weve seen a number of Air Boats and water rescues, 80 in this county just overnight. We see people really just stumbling around. More than A Million people in florida without Electric Power right now. More than 800,000 in georgia. So it will be a tough day a
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A lot in store for you on todays program so lets take a quick look at whats lined up today. In senegal we visit some students who are doing great with the new solar car. In germany we hear about a push to make textiles on locally sourced move. On can you know we learn once again how crucial it is to protect our Water Resources. First we had to the south of the continent south africas energy comes almost exclusively from coal fired power plants which is a major factor behind rising air pollution in the name is the government has announced plans to significantly increase the use of renewable sources within 10 years being so long wind or hydropower they mishas of his being sped by green cape a Nonprofit Organization that provides assistance to innovative young green startups. One year ago the protests cutting the school and kept town when solo without paying for the installation the system was financed by quote funding platform their idea small investors buy ponies and earn an income from
Well good morning to you, thank you for joining us and welcome to mornings on 2, im dave clark. Pam cook is off today, on this friday, september 4th. Steve paulson, though, is still working hard. Even though, he is downplaying it, i know youre working hard. You have got our forecast for the day and weekend, steve. Dave, i work harder when its raining, hows that . Thats true, you do. Then i honestly, thats when i worked the hardest, is when there is rain coming in. When theres heat coming in, it is, you know, it is just how hot, that is basically it. But, its owing to get ready hot, not today, though. Now, again, the excessive heat warning kicks in, or heat adviser, all starts saturday. Today is not the day, but well begin the process of starting to warm up, and yes 98 to one awaits would not surprise me, so there you go. 11 00 a. M. To 9 p. M. For that heat warning. Temperatures will come down, but wind might be a factor for next week. The fog came back, but its not going to last much