Oct 01 Rising rivers threaten inland Florida towns with flooding after Hurricane Ian By Adriana Gomez Licon, Curt Anderson, Associated Press Since Ian's passage, water levels have gone up significantly, turning roads into canals, reaching mailboxes, flooding SUVs and trucks, blocking the main access to a an interstate highway and leaving families trapped in their waterlogged homes. Continue reading
Oct 01 WATCH: DeSantis gives updates on recovery efforts after Ian By News Desk and Associated Press, Meg Kinnard, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Rescuers continue to search for survivors in flooded homes in Florida after Hurricane Ian's passage earlier this week. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press conference Saturday that restoring water and electrical utilities are also a top priority. Continue reading
Oct 01 Cubans protest over delays in restoring power to island after Hurricane Ian By Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press Groups of Cubans protested Friday night in the streets of Havana for a second night, decrying delays in fully restoring electricity three days after Hurricane Ian knocked out power across the island. Continue reading
Oct 01 Death toll rises to 47 in Florida, 4 in North Carolina in wake of Hurricane Ian By Rebecca Santana, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Dozens of Florida residents left their flooded and splintered homes by boat and by air on Saturday as rescuers continued to search for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while authorities in South Carolina and North Carolina began taking stock… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 9:26 Crews work to help those hit by Hurricane Ian in Florida as storm moves into Carolinas By John Yang, Cai Pigliucci, Mike Fritz Hurricane Ian is back on shore after its second landfall on the U.S. mainland. The storm struck near Georgetown, South Carolina Friday afternoon with winds of 85 mph, heavy rain and surging waves. In its wake, officials in Florida confirmed… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 4:00 Journalist describes Hurricane Ian’s destruction in her home city of Naples, Florida The flooding from Hurricane Ian is so bad in some Florida communities that relief agencies and others are having trouble getting to where they need to be. Journalists are also unable to reach these areas. Wendy Powell, the editor of… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: European Union inflation hits 10 percent, Cubans protest lingering power outage In our news wrap Friday, the war in Ukraine sent natural gas prices and overall inflation soaring across the European Union, rare public protests have broken out in Cuba over lingering power outages from Hurricane Ian and Congress gave final… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 12:00 Brooks and Capehart on response to Hurricane Ian and right-wing election wins in Europe New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the state and federal response to Hurricane Ian and recent election victories by right-wing political parties across… Continue watching
Sep 30 Ian makes landfall in South Carolina as Category 1 hurricane By Meg Kinnard, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Hurricane Ian made another landfall Friday, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week. Continue reading
Sep 30 WATCH: White House decries Russia’s ‘fraudulent’ annexation attempt By Associated Press U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan condemned Russia's "fraudulent attempt to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory," calling it a "a flagrant violation of international law" and insisting it has no legitimacy. Continue reading