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doctors preferred better science, better results how solomon in new york cnn welcome doggie, you watching us here in the states, canada, and around the world. >> i'm kim brown, who were i had on cnn newsroom, the largest geomagnetic storm in years is bringing a light show that north america this weekend. but experts say this solar weather could have serious impacts worldwide israel approves a new expansion of idf activity in rafah as civilians let's flee. what was the last supposed safe zone in gaza? plus another week of donald trump's legal battle wraps up in the prosecution now says it couldn't rest. it's case by the end of the week what we know about the judge's ruling for a witness who has yet to be called to the stand

well, we begin this hour with the powerful geomagnetic storm happening right now, the storm is classified as extreme level five out of five of phenomenon that last occurred more than 20 years ago. and that's causing northern and southern lights to dazzle many places that rarely, if ever see them and have a look, this was the sky above parts of florida short time ago remarkable site for the balmy state north of the tropics. now on the southern hemisphere or the aurora australis, or spotted over new zealand as well as argentina. >> i'll bring you more images from around the world throughout the hour now it all started when the sun erupted with series of solar flares. >> and what's known as coronal mass ejections, which launched particles directly at the earth lights are expected to reach their peak activity. this hour and into the morning until sunrise. now the storm will likely continue through the weekend and potentially impact

communications, satellites and power grids. cnn's kristin fisher explains how this historic phenomenon can bring about possible disruptions and breathtaking views throughout the weekend. >> it's called a coronal mass ejection. and those highly charged particles have been barreling towards earth at 500 miles per second ever since the first particles began striking earth's magnetic field, friday afternoon just think of gazillions of protons coming toward earth at the same time, there's also electrons in there. there's also magnetic fields and when they hit the earth's magnetic field, or any other planet's magnetic field, they interact with that field and knows changes generate currents which can damage power grids, satellites, anything that happens, the electrical conductor involved the national oceanic and atmospheric administration is describing this storm as an extraordinary and very rare event. one that also has them a little concerned. >> the biggest threat. so to satellites into global power

grids. know it says, it notified critical infrastructure operators and that mitigation efforts have been taken. >> but it's still warning of possible widespread voltage control problems. the last time we had a big power outage due to a geomagnetic storm was in the 80s. have we fix things since then? we're going to find out satellites will also be tested most can go into a safe mode during a solar storm, but just two years ago spacex lost 40 of its starlink internet satellites during a geomagnetic storm that wasn't as strong as this one. >> and then there's the threat to people in space. >> this is jamestown actual 12 astronauts we've got a solar storm coming in and it's a hot one. >> apple tvs for all mankind envisioned astronauts on the moon running for cover to dodge the incoming radiation during a strong solar storm in reality, it's the astronauts currently onboard the international space station that may need to shelter in more protected

portions of the orbiting outpost. >> phrase radiation is a known phenomenon that is dangerous to biology, whether it's during a geomagnetic storm, but just the general tryst into outer space. >> but despite the potential danger, a solar storm also rewards us with some of the most spectacular auroras and this time over a wider area extending as far south as alabama. >> the beauty of dice coronal mass ejection is that we get to have an astronomical event. basically come to hello from space. that's visible to the naked eye. we all just recently experienced this with the total solar eclipse that happened in april. so now see the northern lights that is another extraordinary astronomical event. >> kristin fisher, cnn washington and live now to reading england then matthew owens or professor of space physics at the nursery of reading. >> thank you so much for being here with us, so we're in the midst of some pretty phenomenal

space weather right now, how exciting is what you're witnessing? right now i mean, for space physicist, it's really exciting. >> you've got a lot of bleary-eyed solar physicists morning from stay up watching the spacecraft data and then remembering to look up at the sky as well. yeah, this is what we live for, right? >> all right, so take us to the physics of this. so coronal mass ejections. cme is what are they exactly so these are really big eruptions from the son of material. >> so this is stuff it's really moving. we're talking 1 million miles an hour. but it's a long way from the sun, so they take two or three days to get here. so we actually put a forecast two-and-a-half days before they arrived, we were pretty confident that this was going to be some spacing yeah.

>> at least forecasts are important because it allows us to prepare, as you say, this is happening 93 million miles away, the impact here, however, it could feel it here on the earth. we saw in the report there in 2003, there were some effects and of course 35 years ago we were hit by a cme in steno's about the size of 36 earths. it caused lots of chaos, particularly in quebec, which saw plenty of power. i just design was actually there at the time. so how vulnerable are we to something like that happening again, do you think is quite difficult to really know we haven't had any major outages from this event but i'm hearing a few anecdotal reports from localized power issues particularly in scandinavia we'll find out more as time goes on but it's very difficult to assess just how vulnerable you are because

there's a whole whole range of factors that conflate together. demand on the grid. what time of day these things hit things like that? >> not just the power grid, but satellites as well that are vulnerable. and these days compared to, let's say 2003, we there are more satellites out there. we rely on them more in terms of our gps and communications and so on. but we are also better prepared because of what we've experienced is that, is that fair? >> i think that's right and even take an example of styling. they they lost 48 satellites two years ago. but that was because that was a very small cme, but it happened during launch? and so they now do that launch in a different way. so they're not quite as vulnerable yeah. >> now, this solar flares and so on. i mean, it happens fairly regularly, but this one obviously, really big. what are

we hoping to learn from this one right now? >> well, actually these individuals cmes were no actually that big by i started standards, but there were just a lot of them and they all pile together in space in space is a mess. yesterday and then start piling together and not just that continual pumping out more and more events that the discourse this to reach superstorm level so this is quite different it's a previous storms in a way so there's gonna be a lot for solar physicists to come pick over the next few months. i think. >> yeah, it's a good distinction to draw, not like the big, huge one we saw that affected quebec, but rather lots of the ones that could have an aggregate effect. now, you're using special equipment scientists like you, special equipment to see this. but those of us can also see what's going on now with the

sun. is that right? if you, if you still have your solar eclipse glasses kicking around from last month that's right. i mean, like the sunspot, it's been throwing these cmes are, is huge. it's about 15:15 earths across. so if you've got your eclipse goggles and you've still got some clear skies you can see this with the naked eye quite easily well, listen, it's just fascinating to see what's happening now and to discuss all the ramifications. really appreciate your expertise, professor matthew owens with the university of reading. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me now, as i mentioned, canada is no stranger to the stunning views from geomagnetic. >> geomagnetic storms with this one is intense. cnn's paula newton is jetson, the capital of iowa well, as you might have guessed, the northern lights are more of a common occurrence in canada and the storms, the solar storms do not even have

to be as severe as the one we are seeing now the issue though is here normally the kinds of colors that you're seeing in the sky or greenish or a milky green being kind of colors. >> some people report seeing some blue. this time with these spectacular colors, many people across canada who do not have cloud cover, we'll be looking towards the sky and continue look through the sky because of those spectacular colors that we are not used to seeing. >> the other thing people are keeping an eye on. >> of course is whether or not there will be any disruptions through anything technical, whether it's the electrical grid or anything else in 1989 in the province of quebec, there was quite a widespread power outage that scientists still study today. but back then, they did not have the satellite technology that they have now, they have reinforced those infrastructure grids, but also they have more sensors, more satellite technology. they know a little bit more about

what is going to be happening with the solar storms and have a bit more of a prediction in terms of what will happen so far, no disruptions throughout canada, except people will be he disrupted in their sleep as they continue to look skyward, looking for those spectacular colors. >> paula newton cnn done robin, ontario american and canadian electrical companies and telecom providers are preparing for any potential impacts from the extreme solar storm. >> experts say it could lead to voltage problems. some grid systems may experience outages just like in 1989, as i mentioned, when a solar storm knocked out power for millions of people in quebec, and it could damage transformers. now, so far there are no reports of any major issues from the storm israel's war cabinet gets the green light to expand the idf offensive in rafah, where there are more than 1 million palestinian civilians. latest just ahead plus our special coverage of the massive solar storm hitting earth continues

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southern states like north carolina here in georgia, and florida as well new developments in gaza right now, the israeli military's ordering the immediate evacuation of several more neighborhoods in eastern rafah. >> the idf posted on social media that evacuees should quote immediately head to the expanded humanitarian area in al-mawasi now this comes as israel security cabinet has approved an expansion of the area of operation in rafah. the un says, what's already happening in rafah has displaced more than 100,000 palestinians they say conditions at those humanitarian areas are not adequate some locations have no running water. there's no sewage system or electricity, and people are being forced to live in tents and makeshift shelters on the sign of the road un secretary general says things will be much worse if israel conducts an all-out offensive in rafah at all when

hundred thousand palestinians are moving north from rafah yet humanitarian partners have no tents or food starts left in sauce gaza the massive ground attack in rafah would lead to an epic humanitarian disaster and pull the plug on our efforts to support people as famine looms international humanitarian law is an equivocal civilians must be protected meanwhile, hamas says, israel's rejection of the latest ceasefire plan has sent hostage release talks back to square one scott mclean is live in istanbul with more on the situation. >> so scott on the expansion of the rafah operation and the evacuations, what more are we learning? >> hey good morning, kim. yeah. the us has made clear it's not going to go along, not going to provide weapons for this

operation in rafah, but the israeli say that they're going to go ahead anyways, the fight tooth and nail at they have two and they say that they already have the weaponry needed to carry out this operation. so the israeli security cabinet has now approved an expansion of the physical operating area for that invasion. that doesn't necessarily mean that anything is imminent, but it allows the smaller war cabinet. remember that's just three members to make decisions on the fly about what they want to do rather than having to go back to the larger security cabinet for approval. the white house has said that it hasn't seen any evidence that there's a large scale major offensive coming anytime soon, but that's before that we got this news that the idf has ordered five areas of rafah to evacuate to this quote, humanitarian area, north along the coastline called al-muwasi. whereas you pointed out, this is not exactly a gleaming humanitarian area. this is an area where people are setting up tents on the side of the road and where

there is very little infrastructure to handle this volume of people. the un says that there i've been some 30,000 people moving on average every single day over the past few days. and now these new evacuations may well swell those numbers though there are people in rafah who are finding it difficult to actually move north and some who are simply unwilling to move as well, in terms of the aid situation in southern gaza there's this sort of back-and-forth between the two sides. the israelis continued to insist that there has been some aid, at least getting in through one of those crossings into southern gaza. the us says that as well. but the palestinian side says that that's not the case. and so does the world food program that says that there has been no aid getting in for the last three days. that's wednesday, thursday, or friday. and obviously, the situation there is extremely dire. there's only one functioning bakery left and people on the ground have told cnn that in their words, the

situation is beyond bad. >> kim now in the meantime scott, in terms of the ceasefire and hostage deal, talks, are we back to square one as hamas says yeah that's how hamas describes it. >> perhaps not square one, but not it seems we're not in a position that a, any kind of an imminent deal is going to take place. you have hamas whose left cairo, the cia director bill burns, that was trying to bring the sides too. it's closer together. he is also left. you have discussions still taking place between the qatar is the egyptians and the americans. but of course the two sides that need to agree are hamas and the israelis. and it appears according to sources with knowledge of the discussions that one of the big sticking points is the length of time that this ceasefire would take place. >> a reminder, hamas is insisting that it will not agree to anything short of a permanent ceasefire. >> the israelis are insisting

on quite the opposite that they need to be able to go in and take out those last hamas battalions that are hiding out. they say in rafah hamas is demanding that the israelis agreed to a 12 week ceasefire. the israelis are only willing to agree to six because the israelis think that if you have a ceasefire that is three months long it will be very difficult to then afterwards send troops back into gaza and resume the military operation. it would effectively mark the end of the military operation. and so that's where we're at right now. and also it's important to remember that there's a lot of pressure on the israeli prime minister who has elements of his own far-right government, saying that, look, they'll take down his government if he doesn't get the job done in rafah. so it is very difficult for the israeli prime minister came to agree to a ceasefire at this point without potentially costing himself his own job i appreciate the updates. >> scott mclean, in assemble. thanks so much.

>> the united nations general assembly, his overwhelmingly approved a measure calling on the security council to reconsider palestinian membership. >> the vote was 143 to nine with 25 countries abstaining measure also grants the palestinian authority new rights and privileges at the un. now, they won't have a vote, but they will be able to submit and introduce proposals and amendments. meanwhile, israel's un ambassador said the resolution is in an attempt to advance the establishment of a palestinian terror state you can see exactly what you are inflicting upon the un charter with this destructive vote this is you are shredding the un charter with your own hands now before the vote, the us found again to veto any bid for palestinian statehood. >> that's brought to the security counsel you state

department report says it's reasonable to assess that israeli forces have used us weapons in gaza in ways inconsistent with international humanitarian law or report stopped short of saying that israel violated international law. but it is sharply critical of the toll in gaza us law prevents washington from providing weapons to security forces credibly accused of gross human rights violations admit backdrop of pro-palestinian protests. sweden is gearing up for the eurovision grand finale later today, the host city is preparing to welcome around 15,000 visitors to its arena for the glitter filled spectacle, while millions more in europe and around the world tune-in four for the broadcast. now, much of the focus is expected to be on israel's eden golan. she's considered among the top ten to win the competition. despite protesters calling for israel to be excluded over its war in gaza. among the other front runners

are cautious. baby lasagna with a coming of age song, as well as switzerland's nemo with a song about self-discovery as a non-binary person and joining us now from the swedish hosts, swedish host city of malmo is deemed invalid. chick village, which author of post-war europe and the eurovision song contest thanks so much for joining us before we get to the controversy is i just want to set the table here because for many of us in north america we may not be that familiar with the eurovision contest that's so for europe and much of the world, just how big is this well, this is one of the biggest cultural events, if not the biggest cultural event uniting europeans. >> 37 countries have participating this year. it's been going on since 1956 held annually and it's always been a showcase of european cultures, but israel and australia also participate in your revision

yeah. now, if speaking of israel this year, there's a chance that the controversy might overshadow the actual competition all to do with israel's entry. so take us through what you've been seeing about that well, israel's participation has been controversial since the october 7 attack and the war in gaza, the preparations for this year, this is your revision. >> have run parallel to the events in gaza which means that your revision has been the target of protests regarding israel's participation in the context israel has been participating since 1973. a lot of the songs that it has sent have been about peace in its region. this year, the song that has been sent is extensively about a personal crisis. it's called hurricane the initial version of the song actually referred directly to the toba seven attacks. so the organises of eurovision asked israel to change some of the

lyrics in the song. but still most of the lyrics remain the same and most people still dissociate the the song with that original version. >> now i understand she's something like the fifth favorite to win, but what will the response be if she wins? >> well, she's definitely gone up in the bookies predictions. she's just behind the favorite baby lasagna from croatia. i think commentators really expected israel not to do well in this year's your revision because of the war in gaza but it was a surprise. the second semifinal in that it seems that voters really did rally behind israel and israel made it through to the grand final tonight. so we're all going to be watching how many votes israel gets tonight to see whether this can be a measure of european public opinion support for israel yeah,

that's interesting development and it wasn't the only controversial entry. the dutch singer also under investigation what was going on there? >> yes, he's been under investigation since yesterday. he didn't appear in their rehearsals yesterday. the rehearsals for the grand final the european broadcasting union has issued a statement saying that he is under investigation, but it has not provided any further details. so it remains to be seen whether yoast klein will indeed be forming in the grand final tonight. >> in time generally, if we're looking at themes overriding themes, politics and social issues do seem to be playing an important role this year, right they, they do. >> and they generally do. i would argue they're the ones that attract the attention of viewers of fans most songs still tend to be about romantic relationships, personal growth, the typical pop music fair, but

really people watch your revision because they want to see songs that are engaged with the issues of the time and we certainly do see that this year the favorite entries, the ones from croatia, which deals with the issue of immigration. >> the one from switzerland which deals with the singer's non-binary identity and of course, the israeli song and then finally, i think this will definitely resonate with many of our viewers here and around the world in this word, we're expecting to see a celebration of aba 50 years since they're eurovision when and the world of karaoke has never been the same sense, right exactly eurovision launched alba's global success i, but when your revision in 1974, so 50 years ago, we're celebrating that this year is celebrating it in sweden because sweden won eurovision for the seventh it's time, last year. >> and aba also launched the

huge global success of sweden's popular music industry. >> so we really are also celebrating swedish popular music tonight. >> and that shouldn't be forgotten amidst all the political controversy. >> so many interesting stories and interesting music to listen for as well. we'll look forward to that. dean voltage in malmo, sweden. thank you so much. >> thank you all right. >> still to come closer, look at the potential impact of a massive solar storm that's underway, right? now. and what it could mean for your cell phones and electronic devices, that's coming up, please stay with us qizan. >> life with dr. sanjay gupta. listen wherever you get your podcast, i was so excited to buy my first home, but i needed a lot of work done on it. i went on to angie, jamie with the first person to call. >> i explained her some of the things i could do and showed her some pictures. >> he's resurface my fluorine. he's done plumbing work, he's

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god welcome back. to all you want you. guys here in the states, canada, and around the world, i'm kimberly hoover. this is cnn newsroom, a powerful geomagnetic storm happening, right now around the world. now one, this strong hasn't happened in more than 20 years. that's causing beautiful light shows in the sky. it all started when the sun interrupted with a series of solar flares. and what's known as coronal mass ejections. and when those particles reach the earth's magnetic field and atmospheric creates the spectacular light show that we're witnessing right now. now let's giving many places a chance to see the auroras that rarely, if ever, get to witness them. the storm will likely continue through the weekend and could cause communication and power disruptions. >> so what exactly is a coronal mass ejection? >> those solar phenomenon

that's causing this storm while in chad myers explains what is it? well, it's just a ball of plasma that's being shot at the earth. these things happen all the time, but rarely do we have them that goes straight at the earth. think about how big 3-dimension today you couldn't go that way, could go to the back, could go depends on where the sunspot is. well we know this is coming toward the earth because of what we call the halo effect. when you see the cloud mass kind of come out of this. this is the sun right here. this is the sun being blocked by a disk. but when you see the coronal mass ejection come this way, it's like looking at somebody blowing smoke ring at you, you know, it's coming and you know, it's on its way. that's the same idea, same kind of smoke ring that we're seeing. so yes, we have more than one still coming so overnight a big ones still landing on the earth's atmosphere. and we are still seeing that really bright, colorful cloud all the way around the globe epically, the only place you're not seeing it is where it's sunny,

where the sun is already come up and you can't see it, but it was very, very spectacular somewhere around, i would say maybe one z, one zulu time, greenwich mean time somewhere around 9:00, not quite 9:00 on the east coast of the us but it was still light. we couldn't see it in north america. but another one and then another one and another one. this is still going to be going for quite some time. this is what the solar wind looks like. i don't want you to think of it like a the seismograph in when you're looking in california and you see the earth shake. well, the sun wasn't shaking at all. the solar wind was doing just fine, being nice and flat. but then all of a sudden around two, 30 or two 40, this afternoon, the earth began to shake, literally and so did the solar wind. and it came in very, very quickly, get this number around your brain. 1.6 million miles per hour. that's how fast this solar wind is coming. auroras seen farther south with a g5 big number. this is five out of five. this is as big as we get. >> there are still levels of

five but g5 we're already up their power outages are likely and also satellite disruptions are also likely. >> yes it's certainly possible. >> so where the red coronas and then the most common are the green. >> this is what we see all the time across parts of canada, but the less common are the purples and the reds. we are seeing a lot of them tonight white house says it's keeping an eye on any possible impacts from this rare solar storm, including disruptions to communication and gps systems. >> cnn's brian fung explains what could happen the good news is if you're an average cell phone user, this solar activity may not affect your devices very much. the exact reasons for that are really interesting. and it gives you a fascinating glimpse into how our everyday technology really works. not to mention the science behind this storm as you've been hearing all day, the sun has been sending radiation toward earth that interacts with our magnetic sphere. that's what's causing these auroras everywhere. and a byproduct of all that can be

fluctuations in the upper atmosphere that's scatter or even blocked radio transmissions in certain specific frequencies. now this shouldn't interfere with cellular signals because those run on different frequencies than the ones we're talking about here. your calls and mobile data should still go through. but what can these storms effect while the list includes satellites in orbit as well as any signal trying to reach them through the ionosphere. that's the upper layer of the atmosphere. we were just talking about. >> so that could mean glitchy or less accurate gps readings on ships or airplanes. >> but again, cell phone gps might be less affected because phones usually rely on cell towers in addition to satellites to get a location fix now, shortwave radios will likely have issues that's because in order to increase their range, people typically try to bounce them off the underside of the ionosphere with these storms that obviously gets a lot harder, lots of commercial businesses and government agencies use this type of communication. and so do amateur ham radio operators. all of these users could be affected now there is

one way in which the storm could indirectly affect your electronic devices. that's if the disruptions caused widespread power grid issues, utility companies say they're monitoring the situation and are prepared, but storm watchers have upgraded this to the most intense level that exists in the government's classification system. that could mean overload but a transformers and grid disruption. if that happens, it could cut power to cell towers, datacenters, and other critical infrastructure. but then it just becomes more of a garden variety power outage problem. not really a direct issues stemming from the solar storm. and all of these providers have backup generators. so any interruptions and self-service should be limited if it happens at all, the bigger problem for most of us and that scenario, it'll probably be how to keep our devices charged brian fung, cnn, washington all right, so again, the space weather prediction center says this geomagnetic storm is extreme, peaking at a level five out of five. now, that means we could see widespread voltage

problems. some grids could collapse or experienced blackouts and satellite navigation may be degraded. high-frequency radio waves, maybe impossible while low frequency radio waves could be out for hours meanwhile, starlink internet service premise says it's experiencing degraded service now, they didn't elaborate, but they say they're investigating starlink is operated by elon musk's spacex. musk said earlier, starlink satellites were holding up despite the solar storm the monuments russian says, it's closely packing a tracking the possible impacts of the solar storm as it could disrupt communication satellites and power stations, electrode who utilities in the and canada are making preparations just in case scientists, bill nye, the ceo of planetary society, says, he's worried about scenarios just like this. >> i did a tv show. the end is nigh, where we did six world ending scenarios, or the one that really worries me is this

very one. this one show episode number three where we get these coronal mass ejection cmes back-to-back. so if you have really big ones, these things, if they happen 12 hours apart hypothetically, you could turn off the electricity in the whole world, which would be catastrophic we could none of us really in the developed world could go very long without electricity or you can, their survival is and so on. but just objectively if nothing else, the refrigeration goes bad and we spoil it enormous amounts of food earlier we spoke with one this space scientists about this massive solar storm and why it can be so disruptive this is the largest geomagnetic storm and about 20 years since the famous halloween storms then occurred around october, late october, early november in 2003.

>> and what happens is when one of these cmes or coronal mass ejections travels from the sun to the earth. it compresses and it disrupts the earth's magnetic field. the magnetosphere, and that surrounds our planet. >> and when that happens, it can, it can cause problems for power grids for satellites it anyway, whenever you wiggle a magnetic field, it induces current and send any kind of electrical conductor and we as humans have put a lot of electrical conductors in the end, the ground from power grids to oil pipelines to two railroad tracks and so anything that's electronic or conducting can be affected when one of these cmes hit. russia, opens a new front line in northern ukraine and brings ground combat closer to the country's second largest city will have that story ahead. please state with us he was

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earth prosecutors in donald trump's hush money trial are closing in on wrapping up. there case, but not before some bombshell testimony from there star witness against the former president. they've set the stage for michael cohen to take the stand. trump's former fixer is expected to begin testifying on monday, but presiding judge wants cone to keep quiet before testifying, but the judge says he can't issue a gag order for a witness in this case. of course, donald trump lamented his own gag order on friday saying everyone was free to speak except for him. meanwhile, the prosecution says it's entirely possible they could rest by the end of next week ukraine's president says, russian advances have been stopped for now after moscow launched a new ground offensive in the kharkiv region, that's northern ukraine, as opposed to the east and the south where most of the recent fighting has been happening. ukrainian sources say russian troops swept across the border on friday, advancing up to five kilometers in one area the

sources also say russia wants to set up a ten kilometer buffer zone along the border which president vladimir putin has recently suggested a residence of some border villages were later evacuated and at least to civilians were reportedly killed. ukrainian says it's second largest city, kharkiv, isn't in danger of falling. rosen's once-key says, fierce battles are underway and the situation is serious, serious hello the man got it, gives she the main focus is the kharkiv region. russian forces today attempted to expand operations against ukraine. we understand the extent of the occupiers forces see their intentions our soldiers, our artillery, our drones respond to the occupied most of the military and the us has been giving to ukraine recently is headed to kharkiv. that's according to the us defense secretary who spoke on friday. curious may have to be redistributed to the point of need and that point of need is

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reorganize even when it's raining this is a neighborhood we are two kilometers from the river, and this is how it looks everything is under the water. but there are still people remaining in these houses taking care of what is left, and some people, they don't want to live anywhere rescue rescuers has even found dead bodies here in this place. >> here in this boat. we are with razr alaska. he has been here for many days delivering aid to these people what have you seen here so far in these places this is very terrible, is very sad. >> believe me we have seen bodies recovering bodies, people that has been affected people that are rescuing cows

horses, those and you can see that this has been devastated by limit. this is very sad we have been delivering food, hygiene supplies for the people as global empowering mission and i have seen that the people is cracked they are suffering a lot because they lost everything. i think this place is not going to recover never so this is the situation here i need doesn't look is going to end soon. >> people is hoping that the water can go down and they can start dry in their homes and getting back to their lives that you claim from reorient. >> cnn now for more information about how you can help flood victims in brazil, you can go to cnn.com/impact prince

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