and she was just telling us that the hurricane now heading towards the dominican republic, which of course shares an island with haiti, a country already in the groups of widespread looting, triggered by the rising cost of fuel. leah harding has more. protestors lit these tires on fire in haiti's capital. aah! they're angry about high fuel prices and crime and want the prime minister to resign. inflation is at its highest in a decade and gang violence has left hundreds of people, debt and displaced thousands people in port au prince have been forced to shelter at home as fighting and gunfire. break out. the government called for. com, allowing people to come out of hiding to find the one thing they've been living with out with water, wembley, you know, glad to be because of the blockades in the country. it's been at least 2 or 3 days since i've had access to water. john denise vale lives on the outskirts of the capital and had to wait in a long line to fill up his container. he is thirsty and hot with daily temperatures here, climbing up to 35 degrees. cuba mcdonough, if it wasn't for plac

at least one million people in the dominican republic have no access to running water. more than 700,000 homes and businesses have been left in the dark as they suffer power loss. additionally, at least 3,000 homes at least 3,000 homes why damaged or destroyed and four bridges collapsed. the situation is dire and we must do all we can to help the people of the dominican republic during this moment of crisis. for this reason i am urging the u.s. agency for international development to deploy a disaster assistance response team and continue coordination with other u.s. government agencies and partners to advance relief efforts. the federal response must be swift, robust, and continue for as long as is needed. the impact of this devastating natural disaster hits close to home. as in my district we have many folks in washington heights, in the bronx, and harlem that have family members in puerto rico and the dominican republic. who are in need of supplies and other disasters relief. my heart is with the people of the caribbean. we will continue to monitor this situation clo

it's now battering the dominican republic. the u. s . judge has thrown out of baltimore man's murder conviction in a case highlighted by one of the most popular podcasts ever. at 9 that i had spent nearly 23 years in jail, convicted for the murder of his ex girlfriend in ukraine, the russian barked mare in the eastern city on the ext, his accusing ukrainian forces of killing 13 people after shunning the area, 2 children are sent to be among the casualties u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi has blamed azerbaijan for a recent escalation in fighting along the armenian border at killed more than $200.00 soldiers on both sides. as by john says, the accusation is unjustified and jeopardize his efforts to find peace between the 2 countries. charles at stratford reports from the front line as a by john control city of shisha. in 2020, when the armenian army fled, misery offensive aimed at ending the 30 year occupation of its land. it left mine fields stretch as far as the i can see the route to the disputed, mainly, ethnically, armenian, and sel

the dominican republic narr booker human. is expected to increase to a category 3 hurricane before heading north, could impact turks and k, cause and bermuda. practical head has the latest a sign of an island hit again. this bridge built after the last hurricane to hit puerto rico washed away 2 days before the 5th anniversary of hurricane maria. now fiona maria was a category for fiona, a one. but the devastation appears to be just as widespread. real love, love going there. this is the plots of river from the bridge and com, or you, it is approximately 10 feet from hitting the bridge. this is crazy. the governor of puerto rico has called the damage catastrophic. more just audio, in many areas that had never seen flooding. there has been an unprecedented accumulation of water. in fact, in many areas, it was greater than what we saw during hurricane maria. you're up to $76.00 centimeters of rain was forecasted to fall in some parts of puerto rico houses. businesses washed away, landslides are continuing, and more than 1300000

if you made land full on sunday, it's now battering the dominican republic. ah. both nearly all the world's leaders in london for the queen's funeral. it was an unusual start to this year's un general assembly new york, but with cross seas ranging from warren ukraine to climate change under looming world recession, there was no lack of urgency to proceedings. christmas made me repulse. ah, the un kicked off its annual global gathering with a tribute to its host planet earth, and a nod to the many issues threatening its inhabitants. we meet at the moment, if greats burial for our walls. conflict since climate, catastrophe, mistrust and the vision, poverty, inequality and discrimination. oh dramatic visuals meant to inspire action to protect the environment and dramatic words. first from american poet, amanda gorman. i only ask that she care before it's too late. that's you live away or, and awake that she lead with love in hours of hates. i challenge you to feed this call. i dare you to shape our fate next from global pop sensation, black pink. we can't deny that

the dominican republic rescue efforts are underway in australia to save hundreds of wales, stranded on a beach. we're going to be alive from tasmania. russian president vladimir prudence calling up reserve as to fight in the war in ukraine. he made the announcement during a rear address to the nation. the defense minister says the partial mobilization will involve drafting about $300000.00 personnel. the decision comes as russian troops lose ground to ukraine's counter offensive in the northeast. meanwhile, moscow, back separatists and for ukrainian regions of said bill hold a referendum to become part of russia. she threw in your credit. mm hm. but yet it is necessary to support the proposal of the ministry of defense and the general staff to hold a partial and military immobilization in russia. i repeat, we are talking of a partial mobilization only, but only people in the military reserve will be drafted. the priority will be on people who served in the armed forces. you have military specialization and experience already there. those drafted before being sent to the places of servi

kelly, one person, dominican republic, and 4 people and puerto rico on rap hello reports from san juan hurricane. fiona bears down on turks and keiko silence making landfall as a powerful category. 3 storm, threatening to devastate the tiny caribbean archipelago in the dominican republic. crops have been destroyed in houses damaged by the 1st major hurricane of the atlantic season. oh, new york. oh, the ferry does farming well. it depends on production on the crops and everything was destroyed. there was nothing left. a lot of people had lines to grow bananas, coffee co, everything has gone very thorough. hundreds were forced from their homes by widespread flooding in puerto rico among them, alberto leels and his daughter, martha, who are now staying at a shelter with other displaced people. the more i failed on the years ago, my faith, a strong m. m. o, god will help me. i lost everything. would have god took everything away. it's only because he has something better planned for me. in the wake of the storm u. s. federal officials have promised to increase aid and support to puerto ri

so even as the hurricane exits the dominican republic, they will have to deal with the rains. just like today it is still raining in puerto rico. dominican, it will rain today, tonight, tomorrow, and possibly on into wednesday. so the flooding there is just getting started. >> and just, john, real quick. we are smack dab in the middle "the atlantic" hurricane season. >> reporter: indeed. the season got off to a pretty slow start. we have been running below normal. we're still running below normal in terms of hurricane activity in the atlantic up to this point. this is still the month of september. september is the peak month for hurricanes, especially the fearful hurricanes, the ones that come all the way across the atlantic from africa. those are usually the most potent hurricanes and the ones we still need to watch for for the next week or two at least. >> john morales, thank you very much e for being with us. i very much appreciate your time. >> reporter: thank you. >>> president biden is heading back to the u.s. after attending queen elizabeth's funeral. he has a big week a

and now fiona has moved on to the dominican republic, the damage there, also widespread as fiona brought winds of more than 140 kilometers per hour. why not? well, i'll tell you the truth. i didn't sleep. i was sitting behind that door because the wind was strong enough. they would have taken me with everything i woke up for i am because the house was one large pool. fiona is expected to strengthen in the coming days as it next bears down on the bahamas and turks and keiko's unlikely. bermuda as well. patty gl haine. al jazeera al jazeera meteorologist everson fox is tracking fiona. he's with us now. it was the latest. well, the latest is on place to say that it has now cleared away from puerto rico and also from the dominican republic. i'm afraid there is more to come though. take a look at the satellite pitch. you can see the position of the storm. they're just making its way further northwards, notting up towards or towards the east, the side of the turks and caicos. we did have an eye on the storm because it's interacted with the lab. we've lost that i but it as it, me hearing there,

and hurricane fiona lashes, the dominican republic after bringing power blackouts and destruction, to puerto rico ah, as some of the world's most powerful leaders joined britain's royal family saying farewell to the late queen elizabeth the 2nd hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets of london to catch a glimpse of this funeral procession. are we forced reports? in solemn silence, the queen's coffin was borne from westminster hall onto the gun carriage, pulled by sailors in a tradition begun with a funeral of queen victoria. on the coffin, a distillation of discouraged public gets, every person was in the monex crown, or in sceptre, besides favorite flowers chosen by the king in a hand with his mother. can charles followed the coffin and that his family on the short journey to westminster abbey? oh, i don't towards the altar, late queen's children and grandchildren accompanied now are their spouses and her great grandchild, georgia child we gather from across the nation from the commonwealth. and from the nations of the world, some 500 foreign dignitaries were in the abbey

and now fiona has moved on to the dominican republic, the damage there. also widespread as fiona brought winds of more than 140 kilometers per hour. why not? well, i'll tell you the truth. i didn't sleep. i was sitting behind that door because the wind was strong enough. they would have taken me with everything. i woke up for i am because the house was one large pool. fiona is expected to strengthen in the coming days as it next bears down on the bahamas and turks and keiko's unlikely. bermuda as well. patty, gl haine al jazeera. at least 2 people have been killed by typhoon nan middle, which has been battering west in japan with strong winds and record rainfall. the storm made landfall on the southern island. on sunday, heavy winds and rain had left tens of thousands of homes without power. it's now moving north, taking rainfall to the main island of han shoe. millions have been told to seek shelter ah.

and tara confused slams into the dominican republic auto flooding puerto rico, and triggering total back out. ah hello, it was a funeral, drew some of the world's most powerful leaders, presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens, or hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets to say a final farewell to queen elizabeth. the 2nd u. k is longer serving monarch who's rain, span 70 is, has not been laid to rest alongside her late husband, prince philip. she was one of the world's most recognizable faces, but many saw as a rocco stability, seeing them through to mount us times. but with her passing, others have questioned the role of the monarchy in a modern world, along with its dark, colonial legacy or force. it begins our coverage on how the u. k. and the world with firewall to queen elizabeth the 2nd in sullen silence. the queen's coffin was borne from westminster hall onto the gun carriage, pulled by sailors and a tradition begun with a funeral of queen victoria on the coffin, a distillation. this very public person was in the mornings crown, old and set to besides favorite flow

fiona now a category 2 hurricane after slamming the dominican republic and causing devastating flooding in puerto rico. most of puerto rico still without electricity. more than 1,000 people rescued. where is fiona expected to strike next? our team in the storm zone with the latest. >>> and here in london the state funeral for queen elizabeth. king charles and other royals including prince william and prince harry walking behind her coffin. princess kate and duchess meghan. the jewelry worn in tribute to the queen. and the sweet moment between princess charlotte and older brother george. what she reminded him to do. the service concluding with two minutes of silence across the uk. an emotional charles wiping away a tear, and the moving note the king left atop his mother's coffin. what it said. then the final journey. tens of thousands lining the 25 miles from london to windsor. the queen's coffin lowered into the royal vault, later buried beside her late husband prince philip. tonight the grief, the pageantry, and the future as britain lays its longest-serving monarch to rest. >> announc

at least 2 people have died in the dominican republic camp guadalupe. a new complaint is being filed.

. >>> also hurricane fiona moves onto the dominican republic after lashing puerto rico. storm's path and take a look at the damage it has left in its wake. >>> welcome back. ukraine says its military has repelled russian attacks in the country's northeast over the past 24 hours. some of the fighting reportedly appearing north of izium which was recently liberated after five months of russian occupation. ukraine continues to re-claim ground in the northeast as russian forces retreat from the kharkiv region. kyiv says that some russian units lost more than half of their troops and hundreds of pieces of military equipment during the retreat. ukrainian forces also say they've seized control of a key river in region. the video you see there. the president volodymyr zelenskyy says they're gearing up to liberate more cities. >> translator: perhaps it seems to someone now after a series of victories we have a certain lull, but this is not a lull. this is preparation for the next sequence of words very important to us all and that definitely must be heard. >> cnn's senior interna

the harlequins left a trail of destruction in the region, killing one person in the dominican republic and 4 people in puerto rico, by raffle reports from san juan. the hurricane. fiona bears down on turks and keiko silence making landfall as a powerful category. 3 storm, threatening to devastate the tiny caribbean archipelago in the dominican republic. crops have been destroyed and houses damaged by the 1st major hurricane of the atlantic season. oh, me, johnny. all this area of farming it depends on production on the crops and everything was destroyed. there was nothing left, a lot of people headlines to great bananas, a coffee co, i mean everything is gone. for hundreds were forced from their homes by widespread flooding in puerto rico among them, other beer to reels and his daughter, martha who are now staying at a shelter with other displaced people. walk around the 2nd. my faith is strong. i know god will help me. i lost everything, but if god took everything away, it's only because he has something better planning for me. in the wake of the storm us federal officials have promis

our confusion slammed into the dominican republic after flooding. puerto rico triggering a total blackout. ah ah, i do begin here in london where queen elizabeth the 2nd is being laid to rest on the 1st state funeral in the u. k. since winston churchill. this is the scene in windsor just outside london, where a private burial service began in the last half hour. she's been buried in saint george's chapel alongside her father, mother, sister, and husband, prince philip, who died last year. earlier hundreds of world leaders, foreign roles and guests gathered at westminster abbey. a grand military procession accompanied the queen's coffin to her funeral. trinna. how reports from westminster on a day when little stirred the roads and the air space shut, the cortez of queen elizabeth the 2nd assembled for the 1st stage of its ultimate journey. leaving westminster hall where she lane in state. the coffin draped in the royal standard bore the imperial crown, the old and sceptre and flowers chosen by the king. the crown would lay to be removed, a symbolic detachment of the queen from the throne s

fiona already tearing a path of destruction through the dominican republic. in puerto rico, new video of the coast guard assessing the damage monday. we're in toa baja, not far from san juan. and this is what it looks like two days after hurricane fiona made landfall here. as much as 30 inches of rain in some areas already. up to four inches more expected tonight. in utuado, where raging flood waters destroyed that bridge -- this is what it looks like today. that bridge was temporary, built after hurricane maria destroyed the previous one in 2017. >> i just feel trapped, because wha tgo around. broken, too. >> reporter: roads in the area, treacherous. the u.s. territory's already fragile power grid devastated. tonight, about 80% of customers are in the dark. this crew from luma energy is working on some damaged power lines here in san juan. take a look up at the bucket truck. they tell me this is happening across all of puerto rico. the power can't come back soon enough for minerva marquez villalongo. everything she owns now, she's moved it up here into these

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strengthens as it moves up the atlantic ocean after destroying pots of puerto rico and the dominican republic president vladimir putin calling up more soldiers to fight in the war in ukraine. he made the announcement during a rare address to the nation. the defense minister says the partial mobilization will involve drafting about $300000.00 personnel. sh it comes as russian troops are losing ground in key is a counter offensive in the northeast. this move comes a day after moscow, back separatists and fall, ukrainian regions said they would hold a referendum to become part of russia should learn your credit. mm hm. but directly, it is necessary to support the proposal of the ministry of defense and the general staff to hold a partial military immobilization in russia. i repeat, we are talking of a partial mobilization only the only people in the military reserve will be drafted . the priority will be on people who served in the armed forces. you have military specialization and experience those drafted before being sent to the places of service. you will have mandatory additional training re

the hurricane has left a trail of destruction in the dominican republic and puerto rico able of demonstrating in the philippines as a mark 60 years since the declaration of martial law. by former president, ferdinand marco's senior protest is a vowing to never forget the extra judicial killings apple tree arrest, and torture they say were carried out. under his rule. human rights groups accused the government of destroying records in an attempt to sanitize history current. president, ferdinand marcus junior is marcus, his son is denied the allegations. barnaby lo is at the protest. in manila, there is a truck right behind me, so i don't know if you can see the crowd right behind the truck, but there are thousands of protesters here in the mall here in defiance. remember, this is a country that awarded for a 2nd markers, presidency. 31000000 volts, that's the most number of boards of any philippine president. since the ouster of the current presidents father ferdinand marco's senior. and there has been a lot of historical distortion going around according to these protestors here. and accordin

the category one hurricane gathered strength before making landfall in the dominican republic. roofs off buildings. several rivers burst, their banks in the streets are littered with fallen trees and debris. translation: our house was hit and everything was damaged. - today we set all of our things outside to dry but what we need is water. translation: it's a disaster, we lost everything and - everything got wet. we lost our home. lam ruined. volunteers are already packing food bags which will be shipped to the worst—affected areas. at least seven have been declared disaster zones. fiona has left a trail of destruction in its wake and is now heading for barbados and bermuda. residents are strongly advised to put away patio furniture, trim tree branches, and prepare emergency kits with 72 hours' worth of essentials in case the electricity supply goes down. the national hurricane center is warning that hurricane fiona will gather even more strength in the next couple of days to become a category four storm. and this storm surge could raise water levels by more than two metres. we

even areas of the eastern dominican republic looking at widespread six inches of rain. 1 hurricane. it could do that just on the south side of puerto rico before it may actually make landfall and continue off to the north and west. that's why even though it is not a hurricane now, you have things like hurricane watches and hurricane warnings in effect for, yes, not only puerto rico but also the u.s. virgin islands and areas of the dominican republic in advance of that expected strengthening the next 24 hours. storm surge will also be concerned. one to three feet on the southern coastline of puerto rico, as well as much of the eastern coast of the dominican republic. u.s. virgin islands, likely two feet there. once the storm passes these areas, it is expected to make a right-hand turn off toward the north. it will intensify, or it is expected to, up to a category 2 strength storm when it moves out over open water. it is forecast, jim, to stay away from the east coast of the mainland u.s., however, it will be close enough to provide rip currents and high surf along the ea

much of puerto rico and the dominican republic in the dark boxes, nicole valdez reports. fiona blasting the turks and caicos tuesday as a category three hurricane still getting stronger as it moves north just one day after devastating puerto rico and the dominican republic. it was too much. i didn't expect this. a lot of people lost everything very, very rough parts of puerto rico got more than two ft of rain leading to catastrophic flooding. many roads are impassable due to down trees and mudslides. puerto rico's governor says it will be at least a week until authorities have a full estimate of the damage. most of the island is now without electricity and running water. residents are stocking up on gasoline a on. wt wouldn't be so big that it was bigger than we expected, and you have to make do with what you have. puerto rico's power grid is still in rough shape after hurricane maria caused a complete blackout five years ago. the power wasn't fully restored for 11 months after that storm in the dominican republic, fiona is the first hurricane to make a direct hit since j

more than 1 million people are without running water in the dominican republic and officials say it's too soon to know the exact number of power outages. it's only a glimpse of the power of this storm, and that's expected to get even stronger through the weeks. let's turn to our meteorologist pedram javaheri who's keeping a close eye on the storm. >> all eyes on the storm. it is a major hurricane, category 3. possibly up to a category 4. the turks and caicos, home to 5,000 people in the capitol, feeling the brunt of the storm system that has just been upgraded to a category 3 in the last few hours. the eye wall moving towards the region and the eastern periphery which in its entirety home to 40,000 people really going to feel what the storm system has to offer. we have storm warnings here. any amount of storm surge can cause a significant amount of damage to the coastal communities. enough rainfall for portions of puerto rico and espagniola. it's remaining in place after more than 30 inches of rainfall. a city of seattle picks up 37 a year. across the region of puerto rico, about a ye

earlier it hit the dominican republic, where flash floods are still affecting the country, with threetern provinces being declared disaster zones. in japan, rescue teams warning of the danger of mudslides following continued heavy rain brought by typhoon. at least four people have been killed by what has been described as one of the most powerful storms to hit japan for several decades. hundreds of thousands of homes without power. some areas can expect 30 centimeters of rain in a single day. severe weather has been a preoccupation at the united nations. many world leaders mentioned the impact of climate change. it has been a dramatic day at the u.n.. things will seem to be even more so on wednesday. president biden is going to take the podium. he was at queen elizabeth's funeral yesterday. and liz truss making her debut as prime minister of britain. ukraine's president will be delivering a speech via video. had to get special permission because it is an in person meeting. in some potential counter programming, president vladimir putin is expected to deliver a speech of his own on the

. > >> hurricane fiona just rocked e dominican republic, one day after knocking out power in puerto rico and causing major damage there. we are reaching out to see what bay area groupse doing to help. here are what residence there are up against right now. >> reporter: fiona's floodwaters floodwaters are wreaking havoc in puerto rico and the damage isn't done yet. >> we are seeing catastrophic flooding across the islands, totals exceeding six inches at s point on the southern portion. >> more rain in the forecast and flash flood warnings in effect. effect. earlier, the national weather service tweeted a warning to residents, move to higher ground immediately. puero rico's governor says, they are seeing on unprecedented amounts of water. in some cases, more than during hurricane maria in 2017. the electrical grid was decimated in that storm and fiona knocked out power again. officials warn, it will be days before most of the island is restored. fema put hundreds of boots on the ground before the only hit at the agency says, its better prepared this time around. wood we have 10 times the m

powerful storm is leaving a devastating path of destruction in much of puerto rico and the dominican republic. >> reporter: from the air, it's easy to see the devastation on the ground in puerto rico. entire neighborhoods saturated with water, an estimated 80% of the island left without power. many puerto ricans now depend on generators to power their homes, that's if they can find gas. >> gas stations are pretty full -- some are empty because they don't have any gas. >> reporter: downed transmission lines all over the island. they are working around the clock to repair transmission lines and restore service. a full restoration could be days away >> puerto ricans are being tested by everything hurricane maria made us tougher than we were i consider now that we are already rebuilding >> reporter: more than 200 miles away the dominican republic is also recovering from fiona rivers are overflowing 700,000 people without power and many of those that call it home now working to pick up the pieces of their home one woman said it took the roof off. it dismantled everything everything we had to run o

miles an hour taking aim at turks and caicos islands after making landfall earlier today in the dominican republic and delivering a catastrophic blow to puerto rico. new images of the devastation to the island, the millions there still mostly without power tonight. the widespread flooding emergency crews rescuing more than 1,000 people president biden tweeting that he's spoken with puerto rico's governor about the federal response, vowing to increase support substantially in the coming days our gabe gutierrez is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the flooding in puerto rico is catastrophic entire towns underwater people on rooftops desperately waiting for help inhe southern town of salinas staggering aerial images. roads and homes submerged. hurricane fiona drenching the island for days >> this is crazy >> reporter: some parts are expecting up to 35 inches of rain through tomorrow as the eye of the storm slogged west toward the dominican republic, its outer band seemed to hover over puerto rico, washing out bridges, triggering mudslides and sinkholes. most of the island is still with

meanwhile, more than 200 miles away in the dominican republic, rivers are overflowing. and about 700,000 people there are without power. the red cross and our sister station telemundo are teaming up to help provide relief for those impacted by fiona. just visit telemundco cruzroja to donate. >>> the wine industry is facing a new threat. it's small, but it could devastate the entire industry. greg bledsoe joins us now. greg, you are actually at a vineyard in northern san diego county. tell us what is going on. >> yeah, you know, up where you are, that's where everyone thinks it's california wine country. it's all over the state, really. over the last several years, a lot of these smaller wine regions are popping up. this is a problem that can affect everybody in california. and you mention that these are really small. they're also beautiful. we're talking about a spotted lanternfly. and look at them right there. they're colorful. if they weren't so damaging, we would probably embrace these things. but here is the problem. they particularly like grapes. they like vineyard

and now fiona has moved down to the dominican republic, the damage there. also widespread as fiona brought winds of more than 140 kilometers per hour. when okay, just a moment. well, i'll tell you the truth. i didn't sleep. i was sitting behind that door because the wind was strong enough that it would have taken me with everything i woke up for. i am because the house was one large pool. fiona is expected to strengthen in the coming days as it next bears down on the bahamas and turks and keiko's and likely bermuda. as well. particle haine al jazeera. at least one person has been killed after an earthquake struck off the coast of the apathy to dom marino's in western mexico. the u. s. geological survey says it was a 7.6 magnitude quake. the tremors were felt in mexico city, where residence ran into the streets for safety. buildings and infrastructure were damaged in the city of atlanta and nina. on the pacific coast, the quake happened on the anniversary to devastating lakes united he $5.20. 17 taliban has released an american citizen in exchange for an ask

a category three storm, fiona, made landfall in the dominican republic at 3:30 a.m.a look at the images, they show the severity of the water surges there in the dominican republic. the president has declared disaster zones in three eastern provces. the u.s. has now crossed of the conviction of a man in a murder case that gave rise to a podcast, serial. adnan syed was sentenced for the murder of his government 20 years ago. but now the entire case is being looked at again. >> our three investigation revealed at original prosecutors, and subsequent prosecutors in the attorney general's office, failed to disclose relevant information about alternative suspects. one of whom threatened to kill the victim and had motive to kill the victim, and both of whom had a pattern of violence anchor: adnan syed has been placed under house arrest, and prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether he should be tried again or whether to drop the charges. earlier, i spoke with a lawyer and podcaster, susan simpson, who has been investigating separately and says her findings contributed to t

now fiona has moved on to the dominican republic.age there, also widespread as fiona brought winds of more than 140 kilometers per hour. >> i will tell you the truth. i didn't sleep. i was sitting behind that door because the wind was strong enough, it would have taken me with everything. i woke up at 4:00 a.m. because the house was one large pool. reporter: fiona is expected to strengthen as it bears down on the bahamas and turks and caicos, and likely bermuda as well. patty cole hayne, al jazeera. lauren: let's hope that -- there's hope to stand maybe slowly recovering from the worst ever floods. . the government says it has not recorded any new fertility's for the first time since mid june. more than 1500 people have been confirmed dead and thousands more injured. catastrophic monsoon floods have swept away villages, roads and bridges, at one point submerging a third of the country. doctors and medical workers are battling a surge of waterborne diseases. >> for the last 10 days, we have been getting a lot of moderna cases. we rece

. >>> the dominican republic is catching the wrath of hurricane fiona. so far, there are no reports of deaths or injuries, but entire neighborhoods are submerged. many people are out of their homes. the storm is slamming the island of turks and caicos as well. this is grand turk overnight. sheets of rain pouring down. this comes with puerto rico still reeling and now new confirmation of at least one death there. fiona knocked out power for much of the territory, unleashing landslides and flooding. president biden is declaring a state of emergency and the governor says the damage is catastrophic. >> there are ways you can help victims of this devastating hurricane. the red cross and telemundo are teaming up to help provide relief. you can visit telemundo.com or you can call 800-596-6567 to donate to those affected. >>> that is a huge storm, too. >> it is a big storm and still a category 3. it's moving past turks and caicos with the eye north of the area, but it is expected to continue to strengthen over some very warm atlantic water, and so over the next

there is, it's not going to apparently hit haiti and we'll skirt the dominican republic. but the latest conditions we're getting from the national hurricane center. hurricane condition is expected to begin in portions of dominican republic tonight and monday heavy rain. so we'll continue across put a rico through tonight's, occur with the american republic later today into monday. these rainfall events will produce catastrophic life threatening flash clubs and urban flooding across puerto rico and portions of the east dominican republic, along with mudslide. so disastrous disastrous conditions expected in, in a, a territory that really hadn't had recovered from hurricane. we're all the that the series of earthquakes, it's have, it's over the last couple of years as well. thank you very much. have, i can't seem powerful storm. there is swept through several western coastal communities knocking out power and sending residents leading to higher ground. some homes have been ripped from the foundations that one house and it was floating down a river till it caught bridge. hund

the category one hurricane gathered strength before making landfall in the dominican republic. the island packing winds of up to hundred and 84 km, ripping up crops and tearing the rootstock buildings. several rivers burst their banks in the streets are littered with fallen trees, and debris. translation: our house was hit and everything was damaged. - today we set all of our things outside to dry but what we need is water. translation: it's a disaster, we lost everything and - everything got wet. we lost our home. lam ruined. volunteers are already packing food bags which will be shipped to the worst affected areas, at least seven have been declared disaster zones. fiona has left a trail of destruction in its wake and is now heading for barbados and bermuda. residents are strongly advised to put away patio furniture, trim tree branches, and prepare emergency kits with 72 hours' worth of essentials in case the electricity supply goes down. the national hurricane center is warning that hurricane fiona will gather even more strength in the next couple of days to become a category

following landfall in the dominican republic monday. on sunday afternoon fiona hit puerto rico causing an island wide power outage. >> by the time the tale leaves puerto rico, we will have roughly 35 inches of rain. that's a huge amount of rain. >> reporter: the governor says he hopes it would be a matter of days to get electrical service back to most customers. >> one thing to keep in mind is our grid is quite fragile still. it got fixed after maria but not really improved since maria. >> reporter: the storm coming just as parts of the islan finally recovering and hurricane marie's destruction five years ago. >> it's been tough getting back from the neighborhood, getting back from maria. everything was destroyed. restaurants, houses, everything was destroyed. and we just -- we just -- not all the way back, but we just way back. a lot of people more than maria lost their houses now. lost everything, their houses because of the flooding. >> this is where the national guard has come to rescue people. still a lot of flooding. i can hear ge

when it hit the dominican republic as a category one hurricane, lashing it with torrential rain and destroying homes and other buildings. if the owner swept through puerto rico on sunday and knocked out most of the power, officials say the strongest winds are now dying down. but 90 percent of the island is without electricity. puerto rico is still recovering from hurricane maria 5 years ago, which caused the largest blackouts in us history in this area here. villa some to it's the area where most worried about because when they open the floodgates of the big river, louisa, these houses here will have water. the 2nd floor, at least one person has been killed after an earthquake, struck off the coast of loveless seated morello in western mexico. the us geological survey says it was a $7.00 magnitude quake. the trevors were felt in mexico city, where residents ran into the streets for safety. that quake happened on the anniversary of true, devastating earthquakes in 1985 in 2017 john holeman said, sent this update from mexico city. you can probably see the people behind me, they still have it out

some parts could see good color, 100 millimeters of rain as it sweeps his way across the dominican republic. and of course the possibility of mudslide as a result of that, there we go. sunday the where to where the crossing puerto rico, pushing in to hispaniola said the dominican republic saying some really wet weather at that state. and then it'll slide its way further northwards and head up towards turks and take us islands may well develop into a hurricane early next week, but for the time being state as a tropical storm with copious amounts of rainfall. big has at this one, heavy showers longest bells afraid to make in the way across that western side of mexico was trouble. storm lester, just clips at western side of the country, western part of the us also seeing some very heavy rain and that could cause some flooding over the next hour. so the system tracked its way a further southward. it'll bring some heavy rain across a good part of california with a possibility of flooding. ah, inequitable, ingenious developments in the battle against illegal deforestation. these are basically old

and now fiona has moved down to the dominican republic, the damage there. also widespread as fiona brought wind of more than 140 kilometers per hour. when okay, just one moment. well, i'll tell you the truth. i didn't sleep. i was sitting behind that door because the wind was strong enough. that would have taken me with everything. i woke up for i am because the house was one large pool. fiona is expected to strengthen in the coming days as it next bears down on the bahamas and turks and keiko's, and likely bermuda as well. paddock all haine al jazeera. at least 2 people died as typhoon none at all. battered western japan with strong winds and reco rainfall typhoon made land full on the southern island. a few shoe of sunday it since been done ready to a tropical storm, but as caught electricity, the 10s of thousands of homes, not at all is now moving north bringing rainfall to the main island of han shoe. millions of people have been urged to leave the house. a new complaint is being filed with the international criminal court concerning the death of al jaz

nearly 2 million homes in the dominican republic are without water.lands yesterday with sustained winds of almost 125 miles per hour. the storm is expected to approach bermuda tomorrow, potentially still as a category 4 storm. yeah, terrible situation happening down there. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us now with more on this storm. lawrence. yeah, the storm continuing to churn and actually gaining some strength as we're seeing it move. >> away from the islands. that's the good news. but as it moves away, start to see the strengthening sf the system. and that's where we'll see overnight tonight and tomorrow. this couple is going really watch it closely as likely to get near bermuda as lpwe head in toward the next fe days. so here it is. you can see very impressive looking tightly eyes. you see rolling off the coastline. now the hurricane force are about 45 miles out from the center of the storm system. that's where you're seeing those category 4 hurricane force winds. and that's why we're tracking this very closely will want to know exa

some parts could see good color, 100 millimeters of rain as it sweeps its way across the dominican republic. and of course, possibility of much slight as a result of that, there we go. sunday, the where to where the crossing puerto rico, pushing in 2 hispaniola said the dominican republic sang some really wet weather at that state. and then it'll slide its way farther northwards and head up towards turks and take us. islands may well develop into a hurricane early next week, but for the time being state as a tropical storm with copious amounts of rainfall. big has at this one, heavy showers longest bells afraid to make in the way across that western side of mexico was trouble. storm lester, dis, clips at western side of the country, western part of the us also seeing some very heavy. right. and that could cause some flooding over the next as a, the system tracked its way a further southwards. it'll bring some heavy rain across a good part of california, with a possibility of flooding. the ah, ukraine's president says widespread evidence of torture has been found in a city retaken from russi

i will go back to puerto rico and the dominican republic to ensure resources get there.hat they have what they need. i was on a call today and was told as high as 90% of the people in puerto rico today, right now, as we speak do not have access to electricity. and 60% do not have access to water. and this is after maria. this should have been resolved and finalize long time ago. but of course we saw how bureaucracy grind its way into a halt and disallow puerto rico permitted the resources they needed to rebuild their power grid. to make sure the impact that we see today in fiona it would not be a reality. let's work together to make sure this does not happen again. that history does not repeat itself again. [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language]. [speaking in native language]. china. >> nowhere is the legacy of maria moore painfully felt then the chronic failure of the electric grid. which has been a never ending nightmare for the people of puerto rico. every natural disaster that hurricane fiona a man disaster of widespread power outages. in the wea

, went through dominican republic.nd this will issue of the climate catastrophe this week is -- climate week here in new york city. we will be talking about that to this week. coming up, we are going to look at president biden's announcement the covid pandemic is over. we will speak with steven thrasher, author of "the viral underclass: the human toll when inequality and disease collide." more than 400 americans a day are still dying of covid. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we begin today's show looking at the response to president biden saying the covid-19 pandemic is over during an interview on "60 minutes" with cbs's scott pelley. >> is the pandemic over? pres. biden: the pandemic is over. we still have a problem with covid. we're still doing a lot of work on it. but the pandemic is over. amy: some public health officials criticized biden's comments, which come as the white house is pushing people to receive