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Unaccounted for in new zealand. a week ago a cyclone slammed the country's north island, inflicting widespread devastation. the country's prime minister calls it new zealand's biggest natural disaster this century. 11 people are known dead. today ohio senator sherrod brown said residents of the town of east palestine are right to be skeptical after that toxic train derailment forced people to evacuate. it happened earlier this month when a 150-car-long southern norfolk train derailed, catching fire, spilling chemicals near their homes. >> they're right to be skeptical. we think the water is ...

The expectation was. we actually got a glimpse of a water testing lab connecting some very important research that's going to impact a lot of people in this community. >> this collection of jars and vials in akron, ohio, it may hold the answer to what is safe to drink for hundreds of thousands in the coming days and weeks. >> we have been working nonstop. >> and our mental engineer -- and his team -- >> have been testing water from near the norfolk southern train development and east palestine. >> what are your findings? >> the results are kind of still confidential between us and the client. ...

Reese's property. in the back of your property here, they found -- >> yeah. >> reporter: reese says she has been drinking bottled water instead of well water ever since she started spotting dead fish in the creek following the derailment. she says she's still waiting for the state to come and test her well water. >> airwise, i feel okay. water-wise, no. i'm -- no. there's just too many chemicals and stuff that was spilled that they still don't want to identify completely. >> reporter: an ohio department of natural resources official estimates some 3,500 fish in the state have died following th...

Victor, thank you. the east coast now bracing for dorian heading into the weekend. millions possibly caught off guard. first planning for a tropical storm now battening down for a possible cat 3. gio benitez is in miami. good evening. >> reporter: tom, good evening to you. dorian may be days away but floridians are already racing to get ready, not sure where that storm may hit. we've already seen store shelves all across the state once full of water now just emptied out. we have cruise liners that are already diverting their ships around dorian. air travel is being impacted too. authorities ...

>> reporter: the aa aa aal -- t occurs in salt water. >> while they love nitrogen and phosphorous, which are fertilizers. >> that's burning sugar? >> processing sugar. >> reporter: generations of sugarcane farming has altered the chemistry of lake okeechobee and the health of the overglades. a massive amount of water is dumped into the most delicate of ecosystems. in dry season that water is diverted to farms and cities. great for the economy. horrible for the environment. >> you have a natural phenomenon called red tide, as mike said. but you have the nitrogen coming in and giving it a booste...