counties. that s along the gulf of mexico, southwest corner we pointed out a moment ago. you have 40,000 linemen on the ground. they will need them in order to restore power. dana: they have restored power to a significant portion already. it is impressive the work they ve done. there is a long way to go. 14,000 people in shelters. also a call for everybody to make sure they are being very smart in using their generators in order to protect people from any problems there and from electrocution and also from carbon monoxide. follow those instructions very, very carefully. bill: we are tracking ian and get back to that in a moment. we listened to governor desantis. pine island, sanibel, those are going to be rebuild efforts. the sanibel bridge had breaks in multiple parts of it. it was not where the water and pylons were. those held up well. it is where you had it on the sandbar and it got washed out. dana: the scale of the wreckage is southwest florida is staggering. m
The level of the Ural river in the Russian city of Orenburg has reached 11.83 metres, or around 39 feet, local authorities said on Saturday, after major rivers burst their banks due to a historic deluge of melting snow. Authorities in the city called on thousands of residents to evacuate immediately on Friday due to rapidly rising floodwaters. Water was also rising sharply in another Russian region, Kurgan.
Police in Maine are continuing to search for two missing people who were swept away by rising floodwaters on Monday as a powerful storm drenched the region with relentless downpours.
homes surrounded by rising floodwaters. in nearby clay county, deputies rescued a man who fell off a boat in the st. john s river. authorities say conditions on the river were tumultuous but unclear whether that or a medical condition caused the man to fall overboard listed in critical condition at a local hospital. the storm s impacts were not just felt on the coast. well inland ian dumped heavy amounts of rain causing rivers, streams and ponder to overflow. the home video shows several inches of water flowing into an apartment unit in orlando. in another part of that city residents used a kayak to navigate a street that floodwaters had transformed into a river. even on roads that are still passable like this street in downtown st. augustine authorities are urging people to avoid driving through floods so they don t create wakes that push more water into people s homes and businesses.
the administration can t call it a coup, can t speak the truth, really conceals the fact in virtually all of our foreign assistance legislation there is a presidential waiver power. reporter: african union has rejected in what they are calling a military coup but saudi arabia, qatar have welcomed the changes. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordered his minister to remain mum until the dust settles the egypt. jamie: rescuers were fast to save a man in roo rising floodwaters. we go around the world in 80 seconds. china, firefighters saved a guy that was 300 feet from the shore. they waved a rope system to reach him. they sent a life jacket and small float across the line.