a third time. 1900, 192k, and now 202a. a century on, things have certainly changed and we re notjust talking about the outfits. every time there s an olympic games, it s a chance for notjust sport, but sport tech to take to the world stage. and we re always learning about new ways to monitor how exercise and sport affects the human body. and what s trialled here at elite level will almost certainly trickle down to the rest of us ordinaries at some point. so first, let s hit the pool where alasdair keene is checking out something very snug indeed. i knew it from a very young age that s where i want to be. the olympics is just amazing to go to as a whole, but obviously, it s taken me about four years to do so, so i m so happy to finally have made that progression. alasdair: getting to this point takes determination, lots of training, and the best technology. there s a piece of equipment that all swimmers have that s tightly regulated, and designers are constantly trying
traffic. crews going into overdrive to get the temporary roadway in place less than two weeks after a tanker truck burst into flames collapsing that key part of i-95, and it has been an all hands on deck effort to get traffic moving again. crews even brought in this nascar jetdryer to help them work through wet conditions. this has been major news in philly with the local bars even live streaming the construction. nbc s emilie ikeda has more on the repair and how it happened so fast. reporter: a very different picture compared to last week when i was here. a total transformation, and crews have been working around the clock to make it happen. overnight, we saw the final paving of the roadway. we also saw the lines, the markings being laid out on the road, and we ve seen this time line continuously remain fluid for a number of reasons when you consider the variables that go into a reconstruction process like this, including the weather, on and off showers
storm in almost 90 years with the death toll now over 130. as emergency crews are scouring through devastated neighborhoods, broken bridges hindering the ability of delivering supplies. recovery is like going through the storm all over again. i tell people i m in my second hurricane now. just trying to get through all the debris. it s hard. trying to figure out thousand rebuild. the big question is how to rewild. take a look at some of the images of the devastation in southwest florida. it is structure after structure after structure, completely blown out as if a bomb hit it. we re talking about more than 130 people that have lost their lives. most of them lost their lives due to the water. but the reconstruction process is going to be so slow because
the arduous reconstruction process is under way on the spanish island of la palma. excavators are digging their way through the solidified lava flows while engineers are working to ensure conditions are safe. the eruption of the cumbre vieja volcano was declared over on christmas day, after three long months of spewing ash and molten rock over the island. more than 3,000 buildings were destroyed along with hundreds of acres of farmland, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. here in the uk, there are still problems with accessing covid i9 tests. the government has promised that millions more will be made available on new year s eve, as infections break new record highs by the day. eight special hubs are being set up at hospitals across england in preparation for a surge in 0micron admissions. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. the start of building work on the next wave of nightingale hubs. this one is at st george s hospital in south west london. the govern