>> i want to welcome our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world i am live from the cnn headquarters. just ahead on cnn newsroom. >> there's going to be damages throughout the whole state and people in other parts of the state, be prepared for some impacts. >> i'm concerned for people who either chose to ride the storm out or didn't know any better. >> why did you leave your home? this is the reason why, because these conditions are grueling. >> we have multiple residents including elderly residents trapped. >> we have water on the streets, down power lines, it's a dangerous situation. >> thursday september 29th, 4 am on the u.s. east coast where much of florida is still being

hammered by heavy rains, hurricane-force winds and devastating flooding, irking ian has been downgraded to category one storm, it is now moving north east, it has knocked out power to 20% of the state, that's more than 2 million homes and businesses. these terrifying images are from fort myers beach which has injured some of the worst flooding in the state, water levels there remain high this hour although the national center says the storm has peaked, thankfully will start to recede in the coming hours. time lapse videos from santa belle florida shows how quickly the water -- incredible, on camera captured all the flooding in just 30 minutes. >> i would say overwhelmingly in that surge that has been the

biggest fuel in the flooding that has resulted as a result from that, we know that it will continue to move through the state of florida, you're gonna see hurricane-force winds in places like central florida, perhaps, but the fact is there will be damage throughout the whole state and people in other parts of the state, be prepared for some impacts. >> we will have an update in five hours from the governor, the storm is expected to move across northern florida into georgia and the carolinas, we are still tracking hurricane he in, it's not done with a florida unfortunately. trying to give us day on one of the conditions are on the ground, i know from speaking with officials, they want to get to some [inaudible]

>> we're finally seeing conditions quite out, it's still pretty significant >> of course this was close to 12 feet, the water is receding, the system itself strongest winds near the eyewall still pushing off to the east of orlando right now, reemerging in the atlantic right now, 13 plus hours overland still mandating category one intensity, 75 miles per hour. interesting to see what is going on next when the hurricane center gives us an update, this will come down to a strong tropical storm, at that point it reemerges in warm waters. of course it is far from over when it comes to the impact on the eastern seaboard of florida

into parts of the carolinas and georgia as well, the system of made landfall, 150 miles per hour out of 200 hurricanes on record, this comes in top four strongest wind speed across the state, incredible to think. savannah, charleston, early friday morning, possibility of its third and final landfall across the region. and of course you, notice just the expansion of wind field, -- in yellow, the next amount of power outages could be possible building into friday morning. possibly into this weekend as well with what is left at that, point moving across this weekend. so yes, the story is not quite done with yet, and again, incredible to think how long

this system has been overland since 3:05 pm yesterday. and it's 4:05 am now on thursday morning. we are still tracking the hurricane. , yes, it's not done yet. and you are, those who warned us it would be slow. pedram, thank you so much we will continue to get those updates throughout the hour here. now, despite mandatory evacuation orders from florida's governor. not everybody chose to leave. many, at this hour, still riding out that storm at home. and, that includes catherine jeffrey to who is with us now on the line from alford, florida. thank you for joining, us i am sure that it has been a long night. you are in -- you're not in coastal florida. and yet, what has it been like? >> well, you know for the last, gosh, i would say for the last 12 hours you know it's just been incredibly windy, rainy. we woke up earlier yesterday. we weren't really expecting too much, you know. being floridians, we are kind

of used to the weather. but then, throughout the day the wind just gradually picked up and then, you know, we spent time on and off again. the thing with the power over the night and we've just been taking turns saying that monitor on the weather. >> yeah and that's the whole, thing right it must be hard to sleep you're worried about what is going to, happen the winds must still be howling i mean to be clear, were you under an evacuation order or where you just -- thought it was better to stay? >> we just thought it was better to stay and hunker down together. >> and, what has happened in terms of -- what have you learned about what has been going on in your community? have you been able to see anything before it got dark? >> you know [inaudible] i think most people decided to stay, but there certainly were a few that decided to move up a couple of spaces. you know everybody, in our neighborhood at, least have hunker down and they're staying

on the -- and we've just been calling our neighbors every couple of hours just to monitor. >> well, we heard this from so many floridians, you're used to the floor in your hearty bunch. and, what's been different about the storm? >> honestly, just the winds have been a lot more than -- quite windy. >> and they have been sustained, right? they just keep going and >> going. >> yes, they have. >> and, everyone in our what concerns neighborhood at least have hunkered down, closed off their windows. we've heard that so many florida gnes are used to storms and yet what has been different about this? >> honestly the winds are coming in a lot more. >> they've been sustained right, just going and going? >> they have. >> are you concerned about damage to your home, do you

feel like there is a lot of water? you're surrounded by water? >> sure, the water we're not as concerned as last time but with the winds we are concerned with the power lines, we've had a couple of trees go down. >> have you seen to bring in stuff like that? sometimes the scariest thing is when you see the debris coming? >> yes, absolutely. >> have seen some of that? >> yes. >> scary night, right, catherine? >> hang in there, it's why am big break will come soon and i know that many of those rescue workers first responders believe that they will go out soon as those winds diminish. >> thank you so much. >> the center of hurricane is already past fort myers but it has left behind as we were talking about, a trail of discretion, they are observing

the damage and asking people to stay home and follow the curfew that is in place. earlier water rushed into the streets sending them into rivers, the strong winds push the strong surge on shore but the fort myers fire chief had some words of comfort. listen. >> we want to make sure that you do not venture out, it's not safe to go out, but we will come to them as soon as possible, but if they are able to thank their lucky stars that they are still here, wait for us, be encouraged, do not go out. >> it has to be relieved to hear that. many people in fort myers are in their homes, cnn spoke to some of them, take a listen to the terrifying experience which is ongoing this hour. >> [inaudible] we're safe on the second floor.

concern is here in north fort myers. we have multiple residences including elderly who are trapped in one story houses who have ten foot ceilings. >> we've been here 23 years now and the only [inaudible] well we couldn't get by, everything was coming south, this is where we decided that we were going to ride it out. we went to a neighbor's house. we all got together. but this is different from anything i've ever seen before. >> in 2004, i was down in tampa bay, the storm didn't hit tampa bay, it has taken a similar track, although this one is much bigger than charlie was,

he is anywhere else you would go right now? you are there to stay through? >> they told us not to leave. >> the streets are flooded. >> we'll go to see if we can get out of here. at this point we will have to get a hotel, probably the hotels out of the question. from that point on i'm not sure what to do. >> we certainly hope help gets to them soon, in the meantime when i was directly in the path of the hurricane as it made me rainfall, the storm is so powerful it drew all the water of the river exposing the -- they feared that the bottom --

cnn's randi kaye was in pentagon at the height of the hurricane. take a listen. >> it's pretty bad out here, it's been going on, we had a little break, then we had a break while we were in the eye, it's clearing as i mentioned the birds have come out but now we have been in it for hours, more than 100 hours mile wind, the main thing is the darkness here. we don't know what is coming out of this. the power is out here in downtown punta gorda, the winds are strong, we're keeping one eye on the debris that could be coming our way will also trying to show you what's going on here. we're at the edge of a parking garage where we have some safety, if you take a look at the rain bringing some of that

light, the streets -- they were expecting massive storm surges, we're pretty close to charlotte, that is where it would've overflowed into downtown punta gorda. but it hasn't happened, they haven't ruled it out. >> our randi kaye there meanwhile authorities have been fielding rest holds from right across the state, emergency calls are inundated, the sheriff.

>> we see crews that were able to smash open. thankfully safe who's ever car was there. the maples fire rescue department road please let this be a lesson to stay off the roads when or flooding possible, sometimes the rescuers are held up this, believe it or not as you can see the fire trucks can't go anywhere until the water recedes. the mayor issued this warning. >> we have water on the streets, we have power lines are down. we've had several citizens that just had to be retrieved, right now we need people to stay inside, we'll let you know when it is safe to go back out. >> coming up for us hurricane ian trailed --

we'll have the detaiails next in florida has been rocked by powewer storms in the past, we will explainin just how ian compares to the others. we will be back after this. >> the intensity of ian -- we'll breathat down momentarily, it is possible that this strengthens, we will break this down in a few minutes.

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>> that's the sound of car alarms blaring in fort myers beach florida as floodwaters swallowed the area. this video was shot by chip warns who lives on the second floor of his condo building, his son luke has lost contact with him, last hearing he was in the stairwell on the third floor waiting out the storm. we certainly hope that he will get through to rescue workers. more incredible video out of bonita spring where the floods look like a choppy ocean sweeping over cars in the area,

cnn bill weir is covering the storm and he says hurricane ian is one of the worst storms he has ever encountered. >> in the middle of the worst hurricane, one of the worst i've ever seen, i was in katrina, i was in michael, maria and puerto rico, and this is a different level of scary considering the storm surge they're warning us about, considering we didn't think wind speed would be as important as the storm search, oh, jesus! both of them are now -- something flew in front of the window, it scared me. >> wow, ian has brought massive storm surges, setting records for the highest level of waters for fort myers. we really want to see how this hurricane stacks up to other hurricanes. what is the data telling us? >> it's telling us that this is among the strongest we have

ever seen on record of 200 plus hurricanes going back to the 1800s, you take a look at what is played out here, laying out the more recent and impressive storms we've had michael, irma charlie and andrew all of this being category four and five, at that magnitude. all of them ten billion dollars in losses multiple fatalities, notice when it comes to charlie, it's track crossing close to where ian crossed. when you look at the numbers here in particular young comes in at 150 miles an hour tide there with charli us for this intensity, location of landfall very similar track, one differences there, the size of the storm even though the intensity of the winds are similar, the tracking a similar the size of the storm, the magnitude of it as far as the wide reaching impact were significantly larger than what charlie produce. charlie left 15 billion dollars in losses, about 35 fatalities

ten of which were across the state of florida. it will be interesting to see how things play out, this is one for the record books and you look at the numbers since 1950 in the state of florida has c seven tropical systems that have been category four or five at landfall, three of them have happened in the last five years, the other ones happening from 19 50 to 2017. it gives you a sense of how things have played out in recent years. here we go with the 75 mile per hour wind, it's still maintaining the intensity, we expected to reemerge in the atlantic ocean, but it's far from over. still some gusty winds possible back in the west but generally speaking the conditions they're beginning to improve, the waters beginning to recede. it's now close to carolina, and georgia, that'll be from friday

into saturday. lot to be had before we're done with the storm system that will go down in the books as one of the strongest we have ever observed. >> it has been stunning really to see as you said the size of the storm, even beyond its ferocity, such a large storm, pedram, thank you so much. flooding and wind damage on the unruly concerns from some home owners, this house caught fire. cnn's brian todd went to the home near st. petersburg to take a look at the damage. >> here in lagos florida just north of st. petersburg we have a tip that there was a house that's suffered significant damage in a fire, we pulled up to the house, in the front we observed that most of the structure looked intact, with the exception of a blown out window but then i walked around to the side and into the back and this is what we found, this house damaged in a fire wednesday, morning or afternoon, just devastation throughout the house we see the pool back there just in the foreground there, just look at the extent

of this devastation, we can bring you over this way, our photojournalists we'll take you through these rooms, through this window, look at that, just complete devastation from this fire, one of the neighbors who sent us a video of the fire while it was burning, very dramatic video said that the fire started when a power lines snapped off a transformer across the street and it was just a devastating fire at the height of the storm. we did talk to the owner, this house has been in the family for about 50 years, the owner inherited it came back here to try to renovate the house and then this happened. it's fully insured but again, how much of this is recover -able? that is anyone's guess. we traveled around other areas, around st. petersburg and here in the town of largo, went to a neighborhood of manufactured homes saw roofs ripped off, just fanning out and getting a sense of the devastation here in this area. this is just the beginning of that assessment, brian todd,

cnn, lagos, florida. >> just ahead for us will go to one city in florida showing you the raw power of hurricane ian as wind and rain knock out the power supplies for millions of people. >> i'm not a very heavy guys with this wind is knocking me around pretty heavily. this violent, violent wind, it stings when it picks up the water from the sheets of rain that continue to blast through the streets of downtown bring to one of the historic streets. we've moved into almost sheltered area just so that my team can stay stable during our live shots, this is not the most important thing here, the idea is to pass along to people whwe are doing this. we are showing peoplwhat they evacuated fr, why did you leave your homes in this county, further south towards fort myers and punta gorda?

this is the reason why. these conditions are grueling.

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>> welcome back to cnn newsroom i'm paula newton we have an update on our top story, irking a category one storm it has hammered much of florida more than 2 million homes and businesses currently without power. that's 20% of the entire state in the dark this hour. authoritarians warn storm remains dangerous as considerable flood threats remain. in the coming hours ian is expected to move northeast, jacksonville florida has closed all beaches and canceled flights into the international

airport. georgia and both carolinas are under states of emergency embracing for the storms impact. we want to check back in with meteorologist pedram jeffrey here, pedram in terms of the storm right now does it remain dangerous as it continues to make its way up east? >> it shows you the answer to that, the weather service across services, hundreds of miles away issuing watches, hurricane warnings in advance of this system and it still maintains a category one intensity. still a threat here. mainland 13 plus hours ago -- spent the entire state of florida which spans 20 miles total, it's cleared the entire state of florida. it made it the fourth strongest hurricane in state history out of 280.

it comes in top four, speaks to the rarity, the impressive nature of this system that really rapidly intensified on approach to the land. when you go from one category to the next, it's not just the one skill increase, because of the exponential growth you go from a category three to category four, category four has 250 times the damage potential of a category three. of course the system was a high end category so closer to 500 times a more damaging hurricane than you expect from a category three. look at the data that has been left blank as a result of this intense storm that has traversed the state of florida, essentially the areas where we have no ways of telling you about because the storm caused damage across the infrastructure in this landscape. almost two and a half billion customers remain in the dark, the number is increasing about

1.9 million to two and a half million, we expect this to expand further as the system travels towards the north, we do expect this to move over the atlantic ocean, should didn't have enough time to reorganize back to a hurricane but it will try. the models are indicating that the pressure will drop meaning the storm will try intensify before it makes it third and final rainfall somewhere between savannah and charleston, and produced an incredible amount of damage across these areas. those are tropical force storm winds, power outages will expand in that region as well, and the system will rain itself out, a storm surge of five feet possible along the carolina coastline, the story is far from over. >> staggering how much water has been associated with this storm, pegram, thank you for that update, tactical teams will begin clearing up emergency routes once the winds

decrease. officials will conduct damage assessments including assessing the water and wastewater systems. officials are asking people to stay off the roads and they've announced that all schools will remain closed through friday, jimmy carson communications director of county florida and joins me now -- part of me, she joins me now, i can't imagine what a day and a night it has been for you. in terms of the conditions that you are facing, what is your priority and have the conditions improved enough so that you can get to those parties? >> hi, paula. the conditions have improved, we hit the crucial marker of winds under 45 miles per hour, the first responders are out there in the northern portion of our county. that is not the same for the southern portion of our county. we had to send out our teams to assess, for emergency routes were working to get to as many of the 9-1-1 calls as we can in

the northern portion. we're asking them to hold on, they can still continue to call into 9-1-1, please be patient. this was a catastrophic storm for our area. >> how many calls have you got? some counties hundreds of people have called and they had to say hang on, hang on a few more hours. >> at this point we're not exactly looking at the numbers because it's all hands on deck at every levels we have supervisors taking calls, we're gonna look at those numbers as we get further down. right now it's whoever can answer the calls, whoever has the training is answering the calls, we're offering your nonemergency wall that's thrown one for community, taking those calls as well 24 hours a day. we're getting a lot of reports of water intrusion, structural damage, power lines down, roadways down, they were faced with 18 feet of storm surge. >> 18 feet of storm surge, we have seen some of the video. what are you expecting to find

after that given -- i'm sure lot of the water has begun to recede, you've had building swept off their foundations? >> so you know, our community were floridians, we prepare for this year-round we are strong community, we work with our municipality, we've been working with the national service, we are now in recovery mode, it's going to take time. it's been a while this storm, hurricane ian was a slow mover dropped a lot of rain in our area so it is a new day and with a new day brings the promise of a new light, we're assessing the damage, we are promising our community that we will do the best we can. paula we have to ask them to please be patient, it's gonna take time to assess the damage, we're working on our water and waste system, that's a huge part of our infrastructure, so as we work that process working

to have boil water notice for communities. have >> you been able to get the assessment of how your critical infrastructures doing and whether the clinics or hospitals that will enable you to get on the road and get some of these rescues in the coming hours? >> we've had our partners, this is a center inside of our emergency center operation, we have representatives from all of our agencies to include your health partners, we have our local department of health director is located here with his team, they're working with our local hospitals and our first responders so right now with mentioned before, just in our northern part of our county our team is able to get out to those 9-1-1 calls were working with our partners to transport them to hospitals that can handle them right now. but paula, it will take some time. >> we've heard that your county has done a lot to mitigate the effects of storms like this,

was this just too large, too unexpected? this was a storm that threw a lot at you all at once for a sustained amount of time. >> paula, it's interesting you asked that question every year our county holes of hurricane preparedness exercise in the last exercise that we held was about a direct hit to our community, our teams have been preparing for situations like this, but paula, as you note every good plan will come up against challenges, you're gonna have to adapt, and what you're seeing behind me that's what they're doing, they're doing their best to overcome the challenges. >> we will leave it there for now just a quick question, it's 4:37 do you expect in the coming hours that the conditions have gotten better so you can -- add some officials tell me it's go time, will it be go time for you guys in the next couple of hours? >> the go time started at 2 am, we are out there and we are working for our community. >> as you said you continue to tell people to stay patient and

we have a packed room there working throughout the night and continue to work throughout the day, jamie, we can't thank you enough and good luck with everything. >> thank you, paula. >> now, we can't emphasize this enough although it has been downgraded to category one it is as you just heard still a dangerous storm and it is moving slowly, unfortunately, dumping a huge amount of rain, it's overwhelmed electrical grids right across florida, here is cnn meteorologist derek van damme in florida with a look. >> we're going close to ten hours of tropical storm force winds, or king ian has re-written the history books here across the southwestern florida peninsula as one of the strongest storms to reach the shoreline, i am in britain and we are part of the 2 million customers that have been plunged into darkness, that is one of my greatest concerns for people as the storm slowly marches across the state with

its powerful winds and extremely heavy rains and dangerous conditions, people will have to endure this weather, this onslaught and the darkness of night, scary moment for people here. as a meteorologist i would miss something that i have never seen before my entire career, it is called reverse storm surge, the wind was so intense here that earlier this morning it pushed out the water from the river, the river that is behind me here, some of the sailboats were sitting on their kiel's in the harbor. absolutely incredible, we had a moment as well where our community and electricity was disrupted because transformers were blowing behind us in the distance blowing sparks well into the sky. we also drove down the city streets and saw debris getting lofted into the air under some of these violent gusts that continue to move through we have another few hours of some of this intense wind but then

the major threat going forward is the inland flooding with some locations already receiving 19 inches of rain, that is 2 to 3 months worth of rainfall for these locations and it is not done yet as the storm emerges off the east coast of the florida peninsula. i'm cnn meteorologist derek van damme from bradenton, florida. >> as we've been valued parts of florida facing a long difficult recovery after one of the most destructive storms in the state's history, a report from hard-hit and naples is ahead. we have new information aboua possible russianole in the we're hearing russian navy ships were in factn the area around the time when the leaks began. that is ahead.

>> this is gonna be one of those historic storms and it is going to really shape the communities in southwest

florida and have a profound impact on our state. we just as people for their thoughts and prayers. >> florida's governor there commenting earlier on historic nature of hurricane ian in the lasting impact it will have. downgraded now to category one it is still a powerful storm that will exit florida in the coming hours the forecast calls for it to make a second landfall along the southeastern u.s. coast with north carolina being the latest post hurricane watches and warnings are along the carolinas, it includes georgia. florida is no stranger to destructive hurricanes, but ian is already ready for the record books. this is a report from naples just south of where ian came ashore. >> honestly i'm trying to wrap my mind around what is happening right now, it's unbelievable if you take a look behind me this whole bay, there is a dumpster just floating by

like a lob to the water, you can see the roof about to be ripped off. there are several bose, enough you can see any of them floating into the distance, the boats that we showed you yesterday they were tied up five feet above the pier, they are now floating, no one on the, floating aimlessly through the water. there is a whole rack of kayaks that washed up and paddle boards, have no idea where it came from. it's just been popping up and down just in front of us, our newest cars are completely underwater. they are buried, this situation -- we've all been sitting inside trying to compartmentalize and i honestly think that's the only way, you just have to be concerned about your immediate safety, because you cannot even begin to look around and process what is going on. >> that is the kind of damage so many people in florida are facing this morning, we will continue to update you on irking ian, to some other news the first --

three sources are telling us that officials observed russians navy ships -- western leaders are suspecting foul play after multiple leaks were discovered in undersea pipeline built to bring russian gas to germany, and the timing would coincide with underwater explosions that happened before the leagues began. we're not also hearing from germany that a fourth leak in the pipeline has been discovered, not a beshear's following the story from us, she joins us now. cnn as we were saying has learned that from european officials, but this is gonna turn into another pr campaign. we know that one investigation is underway but what is russia saying about all of this? >> paula, as you can imagine we have heard of the story from the kremlin, any thoughts or allegations the russian federation may be behind this incident, we've heard from the kremlin spokesperson describing

such allegations as stupid and the kremlin has launched its own preliminary investigation into this incident pointing the blame to what it describes as international terrorism. across the board from western officials we've heard that they believe that this is an act of sabotage, that was the message we've heard from the european union. those investigations are still ongoing, the development are still coming in, as you mention of fourth leak reportedly discovered according to germany's ambassador to the united kingdom, as you mentioned we have learned from two western intelligence sources and other sources familiar with the matter that russian naval support ships were observed on monday and tuesday by european security officials in the vicinity of that affected area. just a week before that russian submarines were observed in the

area. this is perhaps adding further way to the suggestion that perhaps the russian federation may be connected with this incident. it has to be noted that we have heard from danish officials, denmark a key player in this investigation highlighting that russian naval activity in the baltics sea, in this area isn't out of the ordinary. they are routinely active in this area, have been increasing their presence in the baltics sea over recent years, they may not be a direct link but it will be one of the key focuses of this ongoing investigation. of course we do understand that denmark and sweden will be playing a leading role in that investigation over the coming days and weeks. >> important as well as the extent of the damage. not a beshear in london. the u.s. vice president kamala harris's visit -- she's in the region after traveling to japan to attend the state funeral of former prime minister shinnville abe. the visit comes onone day after pyongyang fired two ballistic

missiles. raising tensions on the korean peninsula. she met earlier with the korean prime minister, she wants to reinforce the strength of america's relationship with south korea. still to come for a's worst flight ever, a team of storm hunters that gets tossed around by hurricane ian. you will want to see this, and how they describe flying into the storm, we will have that when we return.

>> there it goes, it's on! holy cow! >> my stomach hurts looking at that, right? that was hurricane hunters team who flew into hurricane ian wednesday morning and it was not a smooth ride, they told cnn that they hit the storm at its strongest point and we're collecting data near its eye. >> that was my 76 hurricane penetration, 76 time into a

hurricane and back out the other side. out of all of those that was the worst one. there was a ton of turbulence, both up and down and the lateral turbulence that was the most unsettling part of it. it was something else. as we were flying through it was intensifying to the strong high and category four and really had all the right conditions in place, not a ton of wind shear that's what allows those storms to grow in size and intensity. >> takes guts, the nfl has announced contingency plans in case the damage from hurricane ian affects the game between the bucks and the kansas city chiefs in tampa. as of now the game is actually still ago. if needed the leak has chosen minneapolis as a backup site where the teens could play, that's because minnesota, minnesota vikings are playing in london this weekend, their stadium is free. all right, major league baseball discussing alternatives for this weekend

series between new york mets in the atlanta braves and they are tied on top of the east division, with one week left to the regular season. their best of three day showdown, it will be a showdown will begin on friday but depending on the weather we have been showing you the maps, this may cause some issues. the league may start the game earlier in the day and the league said it will reschedule rained out day but only as a last result. we are happy to bring you this baseball news, and american league record that stood on challenge for 61 years now appears to be on the verge, on the verge, of falling to a new home run king. it was in the seventh inning in toronto against the jays when new york yankee slugger aaron hit his 61st home run of the season, tying a record set by yankees roger merits back in 1961, the previous record of 60 home runs in the single season

belong to babe ruth in a 1927. take a listen. >> i am nothing withouout my family. they mean the world to me,e, thy are the reason i'm here, the person that i am, i'm gonna share this moment with my mom and also try to give a nod to roger merrick nior, it means a lot that he shows up here to. lookinfor to taking a back home. >> stay with us we will have more on hurricane ian after a quick brea

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