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Missiles have struck the ukrainiain city of zaporizhzhia, killing at least one person and leaving others trapped under rubble, according to the regional governor. multiple explosions damaged residential buildings and infrastructure. zaporizhzhia is the capital of one of the regions illegally annexed by russia, but russia has not commented. our correspondent paul adams reports now from zaporizhia. when things go wrong on the battlefield, is this how russia responds? this was not a military target...

Are still working on the search and rescue mission there. a lot of the residents that were allowed to go back into look at their homes were getting in the way because the rescue teams did not know if an individual walking around, or inside a property needed help, or if it was someone who had returned. so they have now asked everyone to please cooperate and leave that area so that they can focus on rescuing those that need to be taken out. he said it might be people who might be older, people who...

Good morning to you. it is sunday, october 2nd. thank you for waking up with us. boris sanchez will be joining us in just a few moments from ft. myers, florida. we have a lot of news to get to. well begin with cleanup efforts in florida where hurricane ian left a path of destruction across the state. at least 66 people have died. that number is expected to rise as rescue workers gain more access to coastal communities and those cut off from the mainland. many of the deaths have been reported in ...

So it is a fema engineers on the rescue workers that have the knowledge to know which structures are going to be standing for sometime, and are safe. and which ones people should not go around. so that is why they are asking everyone to evacuate that area as they continue with that search and rescue mission overnight. >> thank you so much to you and your team for the incredible reporting and bringing us those people stories as heartbreaking as they are, thank you my friend, stay safe. also comin...

Going outside all the hazards that weve seen in florida can impact those further up the coast. i want to remind everyone that this storm is not over yet just because because the skies are clear does not mean its safe . water can be electrified. there can be other hazards in there. please stay safe and continue to listen to local officials in florida. the death toll from hurricane ivan rose to twenty seven , with thousands of people still trapped in flooded neighborhoods. rescue workers are going...

Clear the hurricane would put emergency help beyond reach... this is a storm surge that we talked about, but werent sure about. ..with conditions too difficult or dangerous for rescue workers. ian fits the pattern of increasingly powerful hurricanes in recent years as a result of warming sea temperatures. scientists monitoring them say man—made climate change is having an effect. whoa! never seen that much turbulence before. todays flight was certainly the roughest that ive been on in my six y...

We drove all around the fort myers area. we see homes with three or four feet of water in them. the water marks are still there. damage everywhere. roofs ripped off. trees down. power lines down. >> we have a boat coming in. people wrapped in blankets. a risk for covid-19. this is catastrophic. watch the great care the orange county rescue workers are doing to keep the seniors as dry as possible. this is a horrible situation. we will be there as it develops. >> look at the water and how deep the...

Of concrete fall off the building around us, crash on to the ground. we have gas stations that have lost the canopies that cover the pumps, of course. weve seen the big signs out in front of the gas stations come crashing down. i wish you could show them to you. the streetlights are rare. we have a city about 80% without power. statewide were looking at millions in the dark tonight. ill tell you another thing on my mind right now, the people we have not heard from, the places that emergency offi...

Understanding of what was happening. now that were in the dark of night, i am so concerned about the people that are needing rescue, that we have not been able to reach, and emergency officials have not been able to hear from, not been able to pinpoint where they are, and still not able to reach them for a majority of tonight. when you have sustained winds as high as we have here around fort myers tonight, you cant get rescue workers out in these conditions. its too dangerous. then you have the ...

After a disaster like this, when you need to have those rescue workers out now, for that to happen in the middle of the night just makes it all that much harder. you have to really feel for everybody trying to get out there tonight. >> yeah. and we do appreciate you bringing the story out of fort myers as every story out of a different part of florida is varying at this time. well, natalie, thank you so much, live from fort myers. in the meantime, lets get a check on what hurricane ian is doing ...