states left at least 3 people dead, hundreds of thousands without power and flooded. entire communities across several states. and dalia was less devastating than fears, but still left an immense trail of destruction. volumes move back out to sea and on land residents are left taking stock. the president has promised federal support for rebuilding efforts, but as the water only slowly receives people are left wondering where to begin and how long it will be until the next storm hits an equal for lincoln. berlin, and this is the day the i've never seen anything like this. as i rode through town trying to get, get to my house. the trees are rooted power lines, you know, land and the road is just a space pretty devastating. so their capital please just fill out and help me and

my 3 kids and my grandson. we stayed in the walmart parking lot last night and the wind was just how, how i'm going to rebuild. the also on the day gabon is the latest african country to see the military over throw the government. well, there's been widespread international condemnation. many inside the country are welcoming the change in power on the we're happy we want to change in this country. we don't want to be bullied anymore. we don't want to be in a walk into the program. it's good to have me with you as president joe biden has to travel into the state of florida this weekend to assess the damage caused by hurricane natalia storm was the strongest to make land

fall in the big bend region and more than 125 years, heavy, rain and winds caused major destruction along the state school coast. italian moved north east wreaking havoc and georgia and the carolinas. that has since been downgraded to a tropical storm cleanup efforts are being complicated. at the lingering flood waters. the store may have passed, but the deluge still remains category. so you have a carrier. natalia wrote a positive destruction across florida's lodge a little northwest, causing an estimated more than $9000000000.00 in damage and leaving more than $140000.00 times without power. and when the west of the storm is over, the residents across the regions began returning to that homes to begin assessing the damage matters is what i'm holding this material

here and we're going to rebuild. meanwhile florida governor of on desantis announced measures to help those have been affected by the storm. we have requested from the federal government, a major disaster declaration for all 25 counties that fell under the hurricane warning. this will allow us to start debris removal and will provide funding for individual assistance which include shelter and temporary housing for impacted individuals. and well, florida began the clean up operation advocating the valley of barrels across georgia and the cab alina's right. heavy down paused cause flooding and created short lived tornadoes, which left a trail of devastation as the stone made its way to the atlantic ocean. and now the west is past dripping wet and covered in debris. the people of the south eastern

states face the unenviable task rebuilding the communities that call home lincoln. now speak to ethan foreheads from the disaster relief organization. convoys of hope . you joins us from perry and florida for, for it's good to see that the extent of the damage is slowly becoming more and more invisible. what's most needed at this point. i think the power to get back on. i think that's the thing that is really holding up a lot of people's lives as they begin to get it back to normal. it's always a major, major 1st step in getting back to life. but the power is out for thousands and thousands of people, especially in this area of perry, is very world their it's dean had to you, which is right near where the storm came on shore award a sure a couple of days ago. so a lot of people here wanting to get that power back on because it is hot in florida this time of year. and until the power gets on, the stores can't operate. the gas stations can't operate in life really cannot get

back to normal, yet very difficult circumstances you're describing there, how are the affected communities helping themselves and dealing with a situation as well. organizations by cardboard of hope, are coming down to help them to offer them relieve supplies. there's lots of organizations doing that. we see people from all across the country coming to help people in florida even came before the hurricane hit, knowing where it was headed and the people here are resilient. they've been through storms before. this is actually the strongest hurricane to ever hit the big been area of florida. so they haven't quite lived through this yet, but the people that we've talked to, or they're hanging in there, they're grateful that it wasn't worse because they were honestly expecting it to be a little bit worse. so the big issues now are the storm serves the flooding that was caused down closer to the golf. and then we're about 30 minutes away from that where we are, it's high winds that caused a lot of the problem. your organization calmly have hope has been operating for

almost 30 years now in crisis a. can you help us understand the extent of the damage value has left behind compared to other disaster? yeah, every disaster is different, but it's all the same and the needs that people have immediately following they need. they need the things that are basic food and water and parts for the roof. those sorts of things. uh, so when you compare this to other storms or acadia and was the last major storm that florida had that caused problems for a very long time. it was a very wide slow moving storm. and i think that made a big difference with a value in that it was a fast moving storm. so it didn't just sit on one location and dump a bunch of water. it brought a lot of storm surge onto the shore. don't get me wrong, but it didn't dump the rain, but i think some other hurricanes have dumped in for that the people of florida or think. mm hm. and now we're talking about rebuilding, but also maybe building more resilience structures. how can people race themselves

in the process of rebuilding for storms that may come after this one? you know, it's a tough thing. this is a, a lower income area where we are and it's difficult because all those things exist, the hurricane windows, hurricane roofing, all the resistant roofing, all that stuff exist, but it is very expensive to build a house with those items on board. so that, that's what makes it difficult for the people to florida is trying to manage that the financial discrepancy between one price and the other price for safety and the people of this area, they'll tell you that they've never seen a storm like this. so maybe they're more likely perhaps to rebuild the same way and pray that it's another 100 plus years a some formats. thank you so much. the people taking stock of the damage caused by a dollar are hoping to rebuild fast and return to normality as quickly as possible, but with damages and millions. the question is, who's going to for the bill?

now, gordon is the acting co director of the claimant program. at the carnegie endowment for international peace in washington, he recently co authored an article titled who pays for extreme weather and he's here to talk about just that mr. gordon. welcome to the w. now hurricane evaluate leaves behind a trail of destruction. 9 of the 10 costs these hurricanes have occurred in the past 20 years. what is making the storm so expensive in terms of property and infrastructure losses? as pharma changes, one reason the diesel homes are becoming more damage and you know, hurricanes are types of weather disaster that can be made more serious by climate change. while there's no evidence that the storms are becoming more frequent, they are becoming on average, more damaging as hot oceans fuel, more energy have hold my energy to fuel them, and sea levels are higher, so coastal flooding is worse, is also the fact that more people live in these areas close to the, to the ocean and are vulnerable to such storms. yeah. and those people are precisely right now finding it harder and harder to insure themselves against the

damage caused by natural disasters. and the business model of insurance companies is based on the assumption that the insured event is very unlikely to take place of climate change as you just described, making extreme events more frequent and devastating. is that model even tenable anymore? there assigns it in the united states. that model is breaking in some places homeowner's insurance costs in florida where, where this most recent hurricane did so much damage of our up over 50 percent since 2015 and now costing average home over home owner over $3000.00 a year. and the, you know, in other parts of the country in california, for example, you've seen the 2 largest insurers in the state, all state and state farm, pull out of the state altogether and stop issue a new policies because they can no longer bear the costs of the wildfire damage you'd seen in california in 2018, you know, the hurricane is in 20172018 in california. wiped out all the homeowners insurance profits from the last 20 years in the states. so there's a, there are signs that the model is no longer working. as you said earlier,

someone has to pay for the stream. whether it's either private insurers or it's the tax payers through the government or it's the poor people whose homes have been destroyed. who is more likely to, to bear that burden? can people rely on the government to help out they for flood insurance, they can in some cases, you know, the federal government set up in the 1960, the national flood insurance program. when private insurance are pulling out of the market because of you know, hurricanes that happened in the sixty's and funding from mississippi river. but that program doesn't have enough money. uh, the cost of the premiums that people pay does not reflect the risk of, of high flooding. so the federal government that program is in is in a major deficit. and the binding ministration is now trying to raise people's premiums so that it reflects the costs. but some states including florida are suing to stop this from happening. so you have obstacles to one of the solutions that could persuade people to try to take more measures to protect their homes or

consider moving to say for areas. mm hm. how big a role do you think it plays on the state level? because on the, on the federal level, you know, and joe biden has said time. and again, that all of these extreme weather events can very well be attributed to climate change. but there are people in power and some of the most affected states that deny it. climate change. how big a factor is that in, in the help that the effect of people are, can rely on in case of the worst happening. it's certainly a relevant factor. florida governor of on desantis is one of those people who either denies or plays down climate change. and, you know, there are some state and local programs that tried to provide incentives for people to leave flood plain areas or, you know, encourage them to rebuild elsewhere. their home has been distorted several times in the florida keys. but um those programs, we're still seeing the inflows of people to vulnerable areas like arizona weather

is extreme heat or florida where you have hurricane. so these programs that encourage what we call, you know, manage retreat. people recently into slightly safe areas are not able to keep up with the met with the demand of, of people who want to live in, in florida or arizona. so the state level certainly matters. mm hm. and you're talking about these programs, are those governments sponsored programs or is that a private initiative or an n g o that is telling people, hey, we have to adapt to these new circumstances. we can keep living where we're living, rebuilding again, and again, we have to rebuild in different areas and, and in different ways possibly as well. these are government sponsored programs for managed retreat that are slowly getting larger. i mean, not a private company as version of that is unfortunately what you see in california, for example, in a private, ensure decides that the business model is no longer working. and when you know, when private insurance pull out the cost of buying a home gets more expensive and some people may decide that they can no longer

afford to rebuild. so it's better to do this in an organized manner through the government. then just have a audit situation where private insurance and pulling out a no one ensure who's the cost of this, explain why there. mm hm. now, if climate models play out as projected, are we looking at parts of the us that could become an affordable? you just mentioned the, the example of california, you know, an affordable for all, but the super rich that's certainly a problem. you see, you know, in california after forest fire devastates an area, it's maybe the wealthiest people are the people with the best insurance they can't afford to rebuild and other people, they may get an insurance pay out, but it's not enough to buy a home in an area where home prices have been increasing. so you see a sort of justification by wildfire and you know, we have uh you know, projections of time of damage i've just from bodies like diabetes, e, but also from re insurer, is like swiss review estimate that even with a 2 percent rising global to degree rise and global temperatures. us gdp could go

down by 7 or 10 percent. so things are projected to get worse and government has to takes longer action to help you. that's a clear message. now, gordon, of the carnegie endowment for international and peace. thank you so much. thanks for having me. many countries face deep seated governance challenges, but military governments have not the solution. they aggravate problems, they cannot the resolve of crisis. they can only make it to us. that was united nations secretary general antonio terrace expressing concern over the recent wave of cruise and african countries. the african union has suspended good bonds. membership after puts there the removal of president ali bongo from power and spark condemnation from world and regional leaders. the bond is under new leadership after the military name, the chief of the republican guard is head of a transitional government. the crew leaders accused the post president bongo of

embezzlement and then placed them under house arrest. the family had ruled the oil rich nation for over 50 years. it's kind of cooling the bonus, just the latest in a string of recent military takeovers on the african continent. 6 other countries in the region of also seeing crews most recently. and these air last month, last year, burkina faso sought to governments overthrown in less than 9 months and 2021. so don's prime minister of the honda was ousted by military force and the same your guinea, molly and chad, also experienced military takeovers cross over to the w correspondence where shabani, who's following all this from league osler's, the african union doesn't hesitate. and suspending upon after the cool what signal does that send both to be honestly cool. this was expected. um every single country in africa especially in recent years that has experienced the cool the a house condemned and they have suspended. so its not being um,

out of the ordinary. and of course the go. so go ahead please use sanctions. so it's again, like i said, it's normal practice for the you to suspend the countries that have been, you know, the governments have been changed from democracy to maybe it's international pressure or whether the regional or from, from beyond africa. is it likely to have an impact on events in gabon and the military leaders there as well already there? yeah, a lot of international issues that got born with the have to do with before you even talk about the extra now pressure got born has been on does it will actually of one family needs for the past 63 years i before was father was presidents for about 4 to 2 years and then he died. email says the son took over and has meaning. obviously it says 2009. in fact,

the world bank describes got born as one of the most stable and peaceful countries . and of course, you can imagine how after this kind of sudden change the level of offset to see that exists already within the contract. as a result of these people that 3 people seem to be happy about too. so we've seen videos coming up, they've got born shamiqua, celebrating them on the streets. um, seeing that this is the end of our error. so, um, in terms of how it to the, to effect or that countries or how the reactions from, without coaches will affect them internally. we will have to, we don't see what happens. there has of course, been a string of cruise in the region in recent years and even months. how is this one different? well, in the case of god born like a or any i exclaimed, dublin has essentially been in the hands of o b proxy to last time. and with the bible from me, i'm so many extra to tell you that this was a long time coming. really, you know,

it's no, molly, it has become so normal that elections will take place and people don't. it was because the believe that the bullets don't com. so it's was kind of like a garage well decline in the way. and it was expected, as opposed to the other, who is the chaplains as a result of security problems, economic problems that wasn't ready to go in responding 1st aligning illegals. thank you so much. i the following the co, and these are the countries borders, foreclosed and west african countries impose sanctions on the country. parts of new jersey were already experiencing food shortages and some residents now blame the sanctions for making the situation even worse. our report is from delivery or food is in short supply. 7

down with a cold us least and wants to write to us and to levy the furious for them. it's clear who is responsible for the dire situation sang since imposed, but it to us in france, a close ally of the over the phone government the with very happy that the minute truth taken out. in fact, over the last few years we've suffered so much because of regional insecurity. had, there are no jobs. we've only lived on agriculture and outcasts. oh, wow. yeah. but then the terrorist took all the animals and killed on men and sons having the home. and the government has done absolutely nothing about it. you know, the, but i mean, i do think the at the local market, customers can still find staples, that price, but fewer and fewer people can afford to buy them. you know what we really want now that the military has taken control,

is that they go to the shopkeepers and get them to lower prices. they need to have pity on us. i'm not going eco, was say they're going to do this or sash. if the generals really loving each year, as they always say, then they should at least lower the prices that the bill was the facility priest the day when we price the gods that the high prices will come down with them. so then we can go back to our old prices then our customers will be happy to, well, i think, i mean even people in a good center were you like n t o worker tell you who am i to us traveling to make ends meet every week you sent it back of rise to the campus in the am a to see, to extend that family was full wives and 9 children. if he is lucky to be getting any advice its own moody. all right, so as we import here in these year,

just isn't getting to us any more news without faster. see, there's only local rights for new share, which isn't enough for everyone to do. the color on demand is making the price shoes up even with the local rice every week the price goes up by $25.00 francs about cost. i think the best thing for us to localize is clone just to kind of way to away from the market on the force of the night. although the price for his crop has gone up by summer evenings, a county says he's not the one making a profit. which of, of government is in power. and the high cost of rice is not directly related to the current situation essentially, but more to the availability of fertilizer, as well as diesel to run the pumps, the irrigation r plantation important to wherever you look the streets of the once bustling town are empty tray it has stopped to every small harbor where no goods

are coming in. the situation is getting worse everyday. the japan, just like many countries around the globe, is facing an aging and shrinking population. the inevitable result community is growing smaller shortage of workers and for social security. the declining birth rate is closely linked to the high cost of raising children in japan and the lack of social support for young families. while the government in tokyo is struggling to get a grip on the problem, the city of a coffee, hundreds of kilometers away, offers an example of what could for the future lies in fresh diapers. families can pick them up here, free of charge. just one of many ideas in the japanese city of akashi. this a ton is a one family enjoying these, the benefits. freshly change that kids go off to daycare, which is free starting with the 2nd child. and there are plenty of children here.

so the last 2 pads of tokyo and other cities in japan and for the kids you have a lot more time and they have more opportunity to play with others. they really night. and i think it's great. the 3 year old lee on these always in good company here. japan is plague, but shrinking population. but not the city attorneys moved here from tokyo because it's a better place to raise a family. the rent some more affordable and health care for children is free. julie honest atanya and the husband both work here and have much lower living costs than before. that's how they learn to love the provinces. maybe people even have

a coach. i think it's possible here. we also have money, motion, and space to think about it. the city is set up a family center. it's a meeting place, counseling center library and playground. only one. it's a place that's meant to welcome everyone, the whole very easy to exchange information with us here. we just have a feeling of being at home in the city. for the past decade, akashi has made the wellbeing of families its main measure of success. it was the brainchild to form a may of full sahu sumi. he wasn't afraid to take risks with us for the month or so. okay. so except for the results of actions is that families spend more money in the neighborhoods to, to do the regional economies boosted the shopping streets, revived. so tax revenues also increase the investing in our children. the economy

is improved. yep. okay. is that a cash? she has been able to grow its population of feet that as a looted the central government in tokyo for decades, can you hold on what some of commit that i think is the whole country way to move in the same direction as l. c. d, u homes, it would be very beneficial. now looking at about 2 are equal to kind of expos believe it's already too late to reverse depends declining, but perhaps policy makers should have looked to a kasey. so you know, that is our time to make sure to stay informed, stay engaged and stay in touch. you can fall our team on next, formerly known as twitter. actually though we news i myself, nicole underscore flish. rinaldo from the entire team on the day. thank you. so much for spending parts of your day by the

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