elsa has been downgraded back to a tropical storm, but it's still accompanying heavy rains on -- dumping heavy rains on florida and packing powerful winds. the latest on the rain, wind, and track of the storm. >>> no signs of life. more bodies are pulled from the rubble of that collapsed condo tower. the grim message from rescue workers. >>> claiming victory. as more results come in, a winner is projected in the race to be the democratic candidate to be the democratic candidate for new york city mayor. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, elsa has been downgraded back to a tropical storm, but it's still powerful, packing torrential rains and maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. right now hurricane warnings are up for portions of florida and a tornado watch has been issued for the morning through parts of the peninsula. elsa is expected to continue moving north and eventually cross over into georgia later tonight before heading up to the carolinas. laura podesta is tracking elsa's latest path. where and when is it exp

here. meanwhile, says it started the 2nd phase of filling that on the blue nile. tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as it barrels towards the u. s. station. florida. the national hurricane centers warning of damaging winds and heavy rain expected to make land fall on wednesday. now columbia special peace court has accused general 9 military personnel and the civilian of murdering 120 civilians between 20072008. and says they were falsely presented as a rebel fighters who died in combat. now this is the 1st time the tribunal has accused members of the army in connection with this so called a false positive scandal. or the law here lie you in. the evidence indicates that the 11 accused a criminally responsible for the war crime, homicide, and a protected person and crimes against humanity, murder and false disappearance. according to both the colombian penal code and the rome statute of the international criminal court, the 120 victims, identified by the tribunal for peace were assassinated in a defenceless state by members of the security forces, with no actual combat involve

elsa has been downgraded back to a tropical storm, but it's still accompanying heavy rains on -- dumpingeavy rains on florida and packing powerful winds. the latest on the rain, wind, and track of the storm. >>> no signs of life. more bodies are pulled from the rubble of that collapsed condo tower. the grim message from rescue workers. >>> claiming victory. as more results come in, a winner is projected in the race to be the democratic candidate to be the democratic candidate for new york city mayor. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, good to be with you.

the government says that number, the devil on tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as it bows towards the u. s. state of florida. the national hurricane center has warning. a damaging winds and heavy rain is expected to make landfall on wednesday. a storm as really passed over several can be an islands killing at least 3 people. well, those are the headlines. the news continues here on out to 0, after witness state you and thanks for watching for now. on it 10, oliver 3, we look at the situation in the will, young gets country off the civil war and the displacement of 1000000 have a you have a listen. government. secure stability for the violence of the past fell into the oil rich nathan. so to dan, can you better coverage on al jazeera? ah me oh you said the deal was why way so did you make any changes you want to feel by the tone crank or could you kind of when a scene team who turns on our full data being bullion way women that don't yield school passion, tinted, on a time or okay, but anyway, i will kind of comment on guys what a link meal, what us culture not to l

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meanwhile, ethiopia says it started the 2nd phase of filling them on the blue nile. tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as at barrels towards the u. s. station, florida. the national hurricane center is warning of damaging winds and heavy rain is expected to make land fall on wednesday. a drone attack has hit the international airport in the northern iraqi city of a bill. explosives were aimed at the us based on its outskirts, but no casualties were reported. there's been an increase in rocket attacks on us troops, which washington blames on iranian back to musicians. columbia special peace court has a huge military personnel muttering 120 civilians between 20072008 says they were falsely presented as rebel fighters who died in combat. this is the 1st time the tribunal has accused members of the army in connection with the so called false positive scandal. canada is getting its fast indigenous governor general. mary, simon, isn't anyone from northern quebec and she says her appointment is a sign of progress towards a more inclusive society. well, those are the headlines. i'll be

elsa's band stretched the entire state of florida. the rain has been consistent all month long in this area, so the grounds are saturated, meaning when elsa makes landfall she'll definitely leave a lot of flooding in her path. major. >> mireya villarreal, thank you. florida is preparing so let's turn to cbs' lonnie quinn for the latest on the forecast. lonnie, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening to you, major. here's the deal, you've got a storm blowing 70-mile-per-hour winds, you got a tropical storm, if those winds get up to 74 miles per hour, you've got a category one hurricane and we think that's what's going to happen sometime before landfall. let's go through the stats, 70- mile-per-hour winds, 135 miles south-southwest of tampa moving around 10 miles per hour to the north, puts it 7:00, 8:00 in the morning making landfall somewhere around the big bend of florida, most likely cedar key florida. heavy bands on rain primarily on the west coast of florida, extending toward fort lauderdale as well. the yellow shading, a flood watch key wes

elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane and is expected to make landfall in florida at some point tonight. this is a live look at ft. myers, florida, tampa is also in elsa's path. you are very familiar with this, you grew up in florida. >> yep. >> how much can this change? it has been upgraded within the past 45 minutes. >> it looks locked in. and tampa is looking at potentially the most damage. they have a higher threat of storm surge through the tampa area, also into the bay. >> one of the biggest cities in florida, too. >> a lot of rainfall headed there. more at nbcbayarea.com and the heat we're tracking back here across the bay area. let's go ahead and get you into the micro climate forecast tonight. and i wanted to show you a live look at the heat warnings, and you can see it's not just isolated to the bay area the next couple days, but for a lot of the west, that's because the hot air is building over the desert southwest, and it's basically going to move right up here through california. remember the heat event we had two and a half, three weeks ago? it's a similar setup to that. d

have been relocated away from high risk areas near a tile in baton gas problems. tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as it skirts the coast of the u. s. state of florida. it's expected to make landfall in the next few hours. the storm has already passed over several caribbean islands. one of india's most well known and respected actor and dillard kumar has died. the 98 year old bollywood store had been ill for some time. he was one of the 3 big names who dominated the golden age of indian cinema. those are the headlines. mice and bob way is coming up next on al jazeera, about on the 10th anniversary, we look at the situation in the will young country of the civil war and the displacement of millions. can you have a listen government secure stability for the violence of the past filling the oil rich nathan, south sudan, 10 years better coverage on al jazeera. ah, my name is christina. i am a writer and a grade lawyer special crate lawyer. i am very lucky to be able to do 2 things that i love at the same level of intensity. my son baldwin is greatly misunderstood. my son, ball

. >>> turning to tropical storm elsa, which has been slamming the carolinas this morning with rain and powerful winds. more than 30,000 power outages are reported in south carolina elsa has already had a deadly impact in the u.s. at least one person was killed in florida after a tree crushed a car. millions are still facing threats of flash flooding and potential tornados. >> janessa webb has been tracking elsa for us all week and has the latest for us. good morning. >> hi, good morning. unfortunately still a tropical storm, and this doesn't look like it will go down to a tropical depression until about mid afternoon across north carolina really watching south carolina, too, raleigh, durham area this morning where we're going to see massive flooding, forecasting 3 to 5 inches in that area sustained winds are gusty up to 45 miles per hour, going to watch some potential power outages, even for west virginia. this gets real interesting because it goes back down to a depression, then becomes a tropical storm once again tomorrow across new york city into the boston area also, really watchin

province has been spewing large volumes of gas and steam since last week. thousands of people from high risk areas have fled their homes. the volcano last erupt, it in january last year. tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as it skirts the coast of the us state of florida. the national hurricane center is warning of damaging winds, and heavy rain is expected to make landfall on wednesday. the storm has already passed over several caribbean islands, killing at least 3 people. already complicating search efforts at the sight of a collapse apartment building and the florida town of sir side. emergency crews are battling strong winds on rain. the official death toll has now risen to 36 with 4 more bodies found in the rubble nearly 2 weeks after the collapse. with $100.00 people are still missing, the former south african president, jacob's duma could have hours left before learning whether he'll be arrested. he was sentenced to 15 months in jail last week for failing to show up at a corruption inquiry. police have until midnight, wednesday to arrest him. a duma has put forward to legal challenges attempting to block that move. parents in northern nigeria have been able to ma

and tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane, as it skirts the coast of the us state of florida. the national hurricane center is warning of damaging when john heavy rain, it's expected to make landfall on wednesday. the storm has already passed over several caribbean island, killing at least 3 people. canada is getting its 1st indigenous governor general diplomat. mary simon, is in any way from the province of quebec. she said her appointment is assigned a progress towards a more inclusive society. there have been protests and recent months after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves of indigenous children who were forced into residential schools beginning in the 1900 century bryan last is a lawyer on a former counsel for the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, he says, just ensure those appointment doesn't necessarily signal any meaningful change. when i listen to her, say an important step forward on the long path towards reconciliation to me and to many ambitious people. this signal that we should expect from her the same slow pace o

after an evacuation order. 2 people were killed and several others were injured. tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as it skirts because of the us state of florida. the national hurricane center is warning of damaging winds and heavy rain. it's expected to make landfall on wednesday. the storm has already passed over several caribbean islands, killing at least 3 people will have a check of the weather up next. the men why these farms are feeling the heat from efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, columbia and military leaders, or choose a killing civilians in the civil war. and lying that the victims were rebel fighters, details coming ah, hello, the monsoon rays are being producing some really heavy downpours across parts of indo china recently. some very, very a wet weather. this is in the southern parts of vietnam, 113 millimeters of rain, but it was even west as you make it a little further south on the right, chasing some very heavy rain. $237.00 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. and over the last couple of days, a whopping 364 millimeters of right. and that's going t

to be a repeat of 2020 and it's something that they just can't afford anymore. tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as skirts the coast, c u. s. state of florida, the national her a consensus warning is damaging wind heavy rain as expected to make landfall on wednesday. so has already passed over several caribbean islands, killing at least 3 people. already complicating search efforts, the site, a collapse apartment building in the florida town of surf site, emergency crews, bathroom strong winds and rain. the official vessel has risen to 36 with 4 more. both is found in the rubble nearly 2 weeks after the collapse with a 100 people are still missing. columbia especial peace courts. the keys, the general 9 soldiers and civilians of murdering 120 people between 200782008. and says they were largely falsely presented as rebel fighters to combat the 1st time tribunal as a key members of the army in connection with the so called false positives scandal or la hip live you in san diego. the evidence indicates that the 11 accused a criminally responsible for the war crime, homicide

been relocated away from high risk areas near a tall and baton guest province. tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as it skirts the coast of the us state of florida. the national hurricane center is warning of damaging winds and heavy rain. it's expected to make landfall in the next few hours. the storm has already passed over several caribbean islands, killing at least 3 people. one of india's most well known and respected doctors, do they kumar has died. the 98 year old bollywood star had been ill for some time. he was one of the 3 big names who dominated the golden age of indian cinema from the 1900 forty's. his career spans more than 5 decades on nearly 60 films. those are the headlines on al jazeera, the stream is coming up next. london is one of the most important issues in the world and decisions made here have an impact right around the globe. and so here at al jazeera, we will show you the true impact of those decisions on people and how it affects their everyday life. we are freak, put them on air, and to really engage because we know that our audience, who's inte

she says her appointment was a sign of progress towards a more inclusive society. tropical storm elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane as it barrels towards the u. s. face of florida. the national hurricane center is wanting of damaging winds and heavy rain is expected to make land fall on wednesday. for us please, captain eric adams has won the democratic primary vote for new york city. he defeated katherine garcia and a head to head poll. adams is also a favorite to win the november election against republican nominee couch as one blows the headlines. next, it's inside story to stay with me . they were close allies until recently, saudi arabia and the u. e are now in the world, and a bitter is if you, from oil to politics the, to both nations are on conflicting top. what's behind the break down and what impact will that hop on the reason this isn't side story. ah, ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm ready, navigate saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have been working side by side for many years. they've been close allies on everything from military to economic matters. but a rece

concerned that a storm heading toward the region could create hazards for cruz tropical storm elsa has been lingering in the caribbean. this is video today from the dominican republic, and you can see just how rough the waters were else is expected to move toward florida in the coming days. meantime, officials today discovered two more bodies in the rubble of champlain towers, bringing the death toll now to 24 124. people are still unaccounted for. matt finn has the latest from surfside. search and rescue does does have to pause temporarily. while the demolition preparation is underway the remaining portion of the collapse condo building and surfside, florida will be demolished as soon as possible. officials made the announcement saturday as a precaution ahead of storm elsa, which is expected to bring powerful winds and heavy rain to south florida. well, we're still very hopeful that we can do the demolition before the storm. of course, we're also hopeful that the storm is going in another direction, but we are proceeding as quickly as we possibly can. demolition could start as soon as sund

elsa. it has been downgraded because it's seeing sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. >> tropical storm watches already in effect for jamaica and cuba as this storm now inches closer toward the gulf of mexico and it looks like it's expected to make landfall in the state of florida, which is what the surfside condo survivors and even those of you who are trying to help out residents in that area. the last thing rescuers need at this time could see along the gulf side of florida, anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain localized higher amounts and they could start noticing and rain impacts from the tropical storm arriving as early as tomorrow. night possibly into monday morning before that storm is expected to make landfall on tuesday. let's take a look at our local bay area forecast. we're noticing the return of that marine layer right onto with temperatures right now in the upper 50's for half moon bay, low 80's for concord and antioch. so we're seeing about a 25 degree difference out there right now. typical summer pattern out there in the bay area to start out your july and overnight lows tonight

before that, elsa has been battering southwest florida.his was the scene on marco island tuesday as the storm skirted up the coast. our meteorologist tyler mauldin is tracking the storm and joins us now. >> tropical storm elsa no longer a hurricane. it had a brief little flare-up where it restrengthened into a category one hurricane around the evening hours on tuesday. but it has since weakened. however, on the east side, it's kind of becoming more galvanized, and we're seeing some thunderstorms fire up. at the moment, sustained winds 70 miles per hour, gusts as high as 80 to about 90. you can see where these little flare-up of thunderstorms are occurring. it's occurring from basically disney world all the way down to marco island. that red box there, that's a tornado watch. you can see the heavy rain pushing from south to north and rotating. that's why we have that tornado watch, because any one of these little bands could easily start spinning up a brief little quick tornado and cause the national weather service to issue a tornado warni

and on doug for that update from the philippines. tropical storm elsa has now been upgraded to a hurricane, as it skirts the coast of the us state of florida. the national hurricane center is warning of damaging when john heavy rain is expected to make landfall on wednesday . the storm has already passed over several caribbean islands, killing at least 3 people will have a check of the weather up next. and then columbia and military leaders are accused of killing civilians in the civil war. and lying that the victims were rebel fighters. getting inside the work of mexico's most famous artist, we visit an exhibition that brings free to call those paintings to life. ah, ah. hello, we've got signs of some quiet weather pushing into western parts of europe at long last, but we have to wait a little bit for that makes its way through still got this area clap, swirling away, nasty little area of low pressure, more showers coming in and as we go on through the next day or so for central air, so you can see lost quite fine. and dr. still with some showers just around the black sea. fine and try th

i'm moving on and tropical storm elsa has now been upgraded to a hurricane as a barrels towards the u. s. state of florida. the national hurricane centers now warning of damaging winds and heavy rain elsa is expected to make land for on wednesday. the storm has already passed over several caribbean islands, killing at least 3 people. and it's already complicating such efforts of the size of that collapsed apartment building in the florida town. south side, emergency crews already backlink strong winds and rain. the official death toll has risen to 36 with 4 more bodies found in the rubble nearly 2 weeks. now, after the collapse, more than a 100 people are still missing. active search and rescue continue throughout the night. and these teams continue through extremely adverse and challenging conditions through the rain and through the when they have continued searching. they caused only briefly for lightning, which is legally required. on the can, the film festival is back after taking an enforced break last year for the pandemic . international stars and film lovers have returned to t

elsa. a tropical storm watch has been issued for parts of florida.the storm is thrashing cuba with gusty winds, torrential rain that is after slamming into several caribbean islands killing at least three people and leaving a trail of destruction. hurricane elsa strength devastated barbados, downed trees and causing massive power water outage. a closerer look coming up in minutes. >>> but first the nation's independence day celebrations playing out amid concerns about covid-19. president biden hosting the largest event of his presidency so far at the white house and calling on unvaccinated americans to get the vaccine. abc's elizabeth schulze is in washington with the details. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, andrew. with covid restrictions lifted across the country, millions of americans are celebrating a return to normal this holiday weekend including president biden who says america is coming back together. fireworks on the national mall celebrating independence day and the celebration at the white house marking progress in

a people has been detained. tropical storm elsa has hit the cuba capital. havana with heavy rains and winds of nearly 100 kilometers per hour. flooding has been reported as rivers, birth banks, full cost to say the storm will next head to florida, a maritime rescue. charity says it witnessed the libyan coast guard, the thing fire to wooden boats used by migrants trying to cross the mediterranean to europe. the charity mediterranean says the coast guard, but the boats off the intercepting them over the weekend. armed men have kidnapped at least $140.00 children in nigeria, the northwest. police say the gunman, shot wildly and overpowered. security guards at the back to the boarding school. it's the latest in a wave of mass abductions around $1000.00 students have been abducted in nigeria since december t w's, west africa correspondent fred mooney, has more from lake off. well, it looks like most of the northern part of nigeria. they have crossed, as course, most of schools are not a personal animal. that's 11 way actually protecting students. now they don't have indication. then the go

up to this point, i'd say elsa has been more of an inconvenience in florida, a day of people having toours to go with this storm. we just got the new advisory in from the national hurricane center this just updates the intensity and it hasn't changed. it remains at a 65-mile-per-hour tropical storm it was a hurricane and then it weakened a little bit. it still could maybe get up to a hurricane before landfall, but it has an hour or two left before it gets near the coastal areas. then this storm, if it's going to create any problems and damage, it will be with flash flooding and maybe some downed trees. that's going to be the legacy of the storm as it goes all the way through the carolinas throughout the day tomorrow and thursday night into friday, it heads up into the mid-atlantic region and i paused this at 6:00 a.m. friday, even very heavy rain and the possibility around new york city, long island and southern portions of new england. two to three hours >>> overseas, the u.s. military has quietly left what had been its center of operations in afghanistan during two decades of warfare

elsa. the storm has been downgraded from hurricane strength to a tropical storm level, but is still expected to bring powerful gusts of wind. i'm up to 115 kilometers an hour. a prominent dodge crime journalist is fighting for his life after being shot on a street in amsterdam when she's de paid to raise was taken to hospital and remains in a serious condition. eye witnesses say he was shot multiple times by 3 men who then fled the same all related detail, including the suspected shooter. the reason being considered a possible congress due to his reporting, recently had been acting as an advisor in the investigation of a major crime gang described by police as a well oiled killing machine. of moore, i'm joined by michelle kara from the dutch newspaper and i'll say in rather them, michelle, thanks for your time. what more can you tell us about this brazen attack is? well, it happened about 730 last night and downtown them just when the patient and was leaving a tv studio where he had the dissipated life docks, or something that's very regularly. and he was just walking down the street towards

you know, tropical storm elsa, regardless of the intensity, it will be a widespread flood threat it has already been raining across florida for the last seven to eight days so we're going to continue to deal with this moisture with elsa. an additional two to three inches expected but that's not including the storm surge. these are low lying areas acros, one to two inches, two to four inches as the system continues to rev up. this will not be a high wind speed event but we'll watch potential for power outage is across gainesville all theay w . dallas in the lower 90s. guys, we'll take a look at your week ahead coming up. >> sounds good talk to you then. >>> nascar celebrated the holiday weekend at what's called the road america in wisconsin. kyle larson couldn't keep his hot streak going with the points leader spinning out late you see him there. that left chase elliott cruising to victory elliott's second win of the nascar season and gave hendrick motorsports team the tenth win of the year. >> "early today" is back in two with the 82-year-old aspiring astronaut set to fulfill here dream. >>> beach g

in a garden summer house, in the city of munster, more than 50 suspects have been linked to the crimes. tropical storm elsa has hit cuba capitol, havana with heavy rains and winds of nearly 100 kilometers per hour. flooding has been reported as rivers birthday banks, full cost to say the store will next head to florida. south africa police minister says he's waiting instructions on whether to arrest former president jacob's zoom on this as zoom prepares to us, the country's high court to set aside a 15 month child him against him. the constitutional court sentence, zoom to the childhood. last week's a contempt because he refused to attend a corruption hearing. and so he has refused to hand himself over to authority. he's told hundreds of supporters outside his home, but there's no need for him to go to prison. i mean, he is of a violent confrontation with police zoom calls to his supporters to protest peacefully. i call on all my support has to use peaceful means to protest against this injustice. i really must be clear. i'm not asking for sympathy, but justice. my colleague chris day one is outside the south

has been demolished. once the area deemed safe rescue crews will resume their search, 24 people have been confirmed dead and 121 still missing. >> tropical storm elsacoast. 180 thousand people have been evacuated, elsa's next target is florida. governor desantis has declared a state of emergency in 15 counties, at least 3 deaths have been blamed on the storm. now back to the next revolution. ♪ ♪ steve: we have been calling him steve the swamp rechety. describes the chaos and i'm impotence of wide biden white house over the truck infrastructure deal that is not bipartisan, not infrastructure. this guy, steve, we have talked about him before, he has multiple family members embedded in the administration. he was at the heart of this flag ship putting together this flagship domestic policy for biden. >> yes. everyone thought that infrastructure deal was going to be a bipartisan infrastructure deal that president had agreed to. then, it got turned upside down, when it was american family plan that was attached to it, that would have been domestic policy plan. and you know, i was thinking when i first saw the story in "wall street journal." was i would h

griff: and, jacqui, hurricane elsa has just been downgrade today a tropical storm, but search and rescue crews in surfside, florida are keeping an eye on the storm's track and potential to cause issues. this, as an official tells families that they will begin demolishing the rest of the champlain towers south tomorrow. and live from surfside, florida with the latest, hi, matt. >> and griff, that's a fairly big development. the remaining portions of the champlain towers could be demolished in a matter of days. officially officials said it would take week and now appears they're trying to move a little more hastily considering that that tropical storm could potentially impact southern florida here in a matter of about 48 hours. the remaining tower is a fairly large, 13-story tower and it's hovering directly over the search and rescue crews right now. so if any effects of a tropical storm or hurricane were to hit it, it could topple, another disaster. today is the second day in a row considered good for the search, not a lot of wind and rain, but it's hot. near 90 degrees, strong southern f

how is it looking where you are and what has elsa's impact been? >> reporter: good afternoon, victor and alisyn. people are breathing a sigh of relief in tampa because this storm spared the worst of it which was fortunate. if it was even 24 hours later, if it was happening right now we'd have major implications because we have the stanley cup finals game five being played directly behind me tonight at 8:00 p.m. so that's fortunate as well. but unfortunately some people were not greeted with such friendliness from the storm. let's take you to cedar key just to my monorth and they had problems with storm surge, winds over 70 miles per hour and there was extremely heavy rain in that region. as you can see that's very near where the tropical storm made landfall in taylor county. but there are rainfall totals just to our south in punta gorda. they have officially approached 11 inches. by the time it's all said and done these feeder bands will have proud 12 to 15 inches. no city, no infrastructure can handle that amount of rain. i want to talk about what

has now been reduced to rubble officials there on the ground say it was crucial to detonate the remaining part in order to keep searching for survivors safely and in preparation for tropical storm elsa. nbc's jennifer johnson has the latest. >> reporter: the last part of the surfside condominium building has been demolished that section came down as possible high storms from elsa it increases their chances of finding more remains. >> bringing down this building in a controlled manner in is critical to expanding our scope of the search and rescue efforts and allowing us to explore the area closest to the building which has currently not been accessible to our first responders. >> reporter: rescuers promise a mission to find the missing will intensify as crews try to stabilize the rubble ahead of the storm. >> we are, of course, continuing to monitor tropical storm elsa and it's approaching florida likely sometime monday afternoon or evening >> reporter: on this day when millions of americans are celebrating, there's more work and heart ache here. >> this is not an independence day like any we have ever experienced before. >> reporter: after over ten days of searching, there's still n

deluge that fell on new york city and its surrounding region wasn't part of tropical storm elsa which has beenashing the east coast with winds of up to 50 miles an hour. after pounding florida's wt ear. as elsa moved north thursday, it left parts of south carolina underwater and turned neighborhoods like this one in myrtle beach into fast-moving streams. people ran for cover as ferocious wind gusts of 61 miles per hour pummelled ocean city, maryland, overnight before the storm continued its destructive trek up the eastern sea board. >> reporter: well, the long island areas certainly used to this sort of stuff. you remember just a few years ago they weathered superstorm sandy, although that didn't happen quite as early in the season as we're seeing this storm here. we're currently under a flash flood watch through the rest of the morning, so jamie, obviously we are not in the clear yet. >> not quite yet. >>> news meteorologist, jeff. where is elsa going? >> good morning. the storm is racing its way northeast as you can see right now. it's flopped right over the core over long island. we just ha

already the bands of elsa stretch-around the width of florida, the entire state. rain has been consistent here for the last month, which means the grounds are saturated. so when elsa makes landfall, you will believe she will definitely leave a lot of flooding in her path. >> garrett: mireya villarreal, we thank you. florida is preparing so let's turn to cbs' lonnie quinn for the latest on the forecast. lonnie, good evening to you. >> good evening, major.ricaou s, still scheduled to make landfall 7:00, 8:00 in the morning. we think our best guess will be around cedar king. they extend all the way to the east coast of florida. and we have a tornado-watch from key west all the way to orlando, a big swath of the peninsula of florida. once it makes its landfall, it will start curving to the north and east, moving to savannah, georgia, by 11:00 p.m., but it is weaker. now you have a tropical storm, and a rain-maker, and at its peak, it could be putting down four to eight inches of rain, but the storm surge is interesting. if you're in tampa bay, and that storm is approaching you, it

outages, additional flooding as elsa makes her way across the state and heads up through the carolinas, virginia and eventually the northeast. now the sunshine state has beenching elsa for a week now, this would be the third landfall this storm makes today and obviously got up to hurricane status and then was downgraded. there is a small chance that it could achieve hurricane status again as it makes landfall, but odds are that it won't. at this point now as i said the threat is going to be the path of the storm moving forward. >> michelle, let's talk more about that track and not just today but over the next few days, because i understand folks living in the northeast, for example, may need to get their umbrellas ready, right? >> i know. can you believe it? hi there, hallie. that's thursday night into friday in the northeast the impacts of elsa holding strong, like the little engine that could. where katie is what happened overnight elsa jogged to the left so it spared where katie was in st. pete and parts of tampa were spared as well. we see the heaviest rain just to cheekland, florida. if you draw a line to the left you see where the center is. heavy ra

demolition of a tower block, which partially collapsed more than a week ago, has been brought forward due to safety fears about storm elsa people have been confirmed dead. it is hoped that the demolition will allow for the search area to be expanded. a skyline changed in a matter of seconds, but unlike the time it took to demolish the remnants of this tower block, the horror that preceded will not soon be forgotten. the 12 story apartment publics and subside florida partially collapsed on june 24. emergency crews have worked desperately sense, searching for survivors amongst the rubble. 24 people have been confirmed dead and 121 are still missing. finding them remains the priority. bringing the building _ remains the priority. bringing the building down _ remains the priority. bringing the building down in - remains the priority. bringing the building down in a - the building down in a controlled manner is critical to expanding our scope of search, as you know, in the pale, and allowing us to search in the area closest to the building which has currently not been accessible to the teams given the great risk to our first

the latest in a wave of mass abductions around $1000.00 students have been kidnapped in nigeria since december. tropical storm elsa has hit the cube as capitol havana, with heavy rains and winds of nearly 100 clumps. as our sledging has been reported as reversed, their banks full cost to say the storm will next had to florida algae, p t q campaigners in georgia. i had counsel the pride bonds off the far right demonstrator stormed at, ran back to their office in the capital. tbilisi alternation is broke into the police and tried headquarters attacking accident and also journalist. they pulled down and burn rainbow slide 8 people have been detained over the violence. turkeys president, richard tiber. one is famous, the fond of mecca building projects. now his biggest and boldest is underway. the bell canal will run 45 kilometers parallel to the boss. first straight, connecting the black sea to the mediterranean waterway will provides a new route for oil tankers. the government says it will boost the economy. but critics warn the multi $1000000000.00 project will be an environmental disaster. d . w julia han reports from

be evacuated . cypress has been experiencing a week long heat wave, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees celsius. at least 3 people have been killed us tropical cycle and elsa bafford, the southern coast of haiti and the american republic. when gus, 110 kilometers now, hit the regional saturday, the cycle and has been downgraded to tropical storm, but is still packing strong winds. storms of course have other parts of the caribbean. the united states east coast in the coming days. rain is slowing. the search for survivors of a landslide in japan rescue teams are looking for 20 people missing in the coastal city of autonomy in south twice of tokyo. really see people on that side was bad weather is facing central and eastern japan. that $155.00 julians are beginning a huge task of rewriting the constitution. it's a replaced on inherited from the pillar, shade the pages shapiro. she levels is to overhaul the constitution. after months of social on rest will daniels finally join sister life from when i read, daniel, this is an important day but the hard work really begins. no doesn't it? it really does how this is the culmination of a long process that you may

planned to demolish what's left of the building on sunday for tropical storm elsa, which is the florida coast. no one has been pulled from the ruins alive since the 1st few hours of the rescue operation after the collapse. canada's military is preparing for evacuations as wildfire spread across british columbia, more than a 100 fires of raging as a record breaking heat wave grips the province. around a 1000 people have fled to destruction with rescue workers searching for some who have gone missing. now the mayor of a small spanish town has told out there that his people will be europe's 1st climate refugees. delta bris, it's at the heart of the abroad delta wetlands where rice and shellfish have been cultivated for centuries. but it faces huge environmental challenges. first rate comes from sea levels that rising rapidly and could flood towns and villages fall inland in a few decades. the bro rivers flow has dramatically reduced because of dams and reservoirs, flowers, half since $900.00 ninety's. meaning there's less fresh water and crucially less sediment washed into the delta by the river. now this means

. >> the kron 4 weather team has been tracking elsa all week for us.re as a joins us from the weather center with a look at where she's headed to next risa. that's right. she's already in georgia making her way out of florida with sustained winds at 45 miles per hour. there are tropical storm watches and warnings throughout the east coast coastline could see gusty winds, heavy rains and in addition to that possible tornadoes from now through friday. let's take a look at those heaviest rain bands with the heaviest downpours now over the coast of the state of georgia as it inches its way northward becoming a tropical depression by early tomorrow morning when radar for showing dry calm conditions for us here. in fact, we're tracking a warming trend with a few degrees of above average temperatures for downtown san francisco 68 degrees flirting with 70's for those of you in the mission district and we're also tracking low 60's for daly city with widespread 50's and near 60's from most of our beaches there hot temperatures for those of you as you start to ma

has amplified with tropical storm elsa churning. they could experience strong winds there. rescue mission has been suspended since saturday night. we want to bring in vaughn hillyard with more. >> reporter: they're working actively to place the debt nations. we don't know exactly what time the officials in the demolition crews intend to take down the building, but it could be as soon as tonight. essentially they're waiting for the demolition company to give the green light, but they are racing up against that clock. that is the winds, and the potential rain from tropical storm elsa that could hit here as soon as monday here. demolition crews are, again, actively placing explosives beneath this building. i want you to hear from the mayor here t. addressing what their expectations are out of this implosion. >> as soon as the preparation is ready, the site is secure, the team is ready to go, we will begin the demolition. as both the governor and i have made clear, our top priority is that the building come down as soon as possible, no matter what time that occurs, and as safely as possible. bringing down this building in a controll

has been made. >> a weekend but resilient tropical storm elsa has left at least one person dead in florida and injured at a navy base in georgia. that storm was churning through southeast georgia this evening. hours after making landfall in florida reporter brian entin shows us what happened. >> tropical storm elsa team in heart rate and heavy with. cedar key. florida is just south of where else made landfall and then i'm hearing when know here and how we how with grain of rice train started probably about 03:00am progressive. we've got work. >> rough surf still lingers along the west coast of florida. look at the waves crashing upon to tampa's historic bayshore boulevard. hours after allison moved through the cleanup trucks were out clearing debris from roadways several trees landed on houses in clearwater, florida. but luckily the damage was minimal. it just was i heard it. >> and and that whole thing. >> all this stuff came down. in pinellas county just west of tampa. streets were left flooded. some businesses boarded up. it did not end up causing any problems. here is open yesterday until 2.30 to

. >>> happening now, tropical storm elsa making its way up to east coast and it has been slamming thestate area. even before elsa hit the new york region, another storm system drenched new york city with heavy rain and flash flooding overnight. videos posted online showing those flooded streets, and look at this. rain water seeping into subway stations. i saw one video with a woman up to her waist in water. tropical storm elsa will continue moving northeast, reaching canada by tonight. the storm is blamed for at least one death in florida and a damaging tornado in coastal georgia. >>> president biden defending the quick withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. we'll look at the chances that country could spiral into a civil war. >>> and why were a billion small sea creatures found boiled alive in the northwest? it's an incredible and frightening story you just have to hear. frighteng instory you just have to hear. okay, we're not gonna ask for discounts on floor models, demos or displays. shopping malls can be a big trigger for young homeowners turning into their parents. you ever

a hurricane watch has been issued for portions of the west coast of florida as tropical storm elsa nearsrida keys. carley: what is the latest on the ground? >> reporter: the wind has been picking up in the past 20 or 30 minutes. if you look at the radar the storm appears to have broken up a little bit after crossing over cuba. it seems the worst is on its way here to key west. there has been consistent rain, not a lot of flooding but seems like the next couple hours, persistent rain coming down here in key west. the past couple days in general hair was not a major sense of urgency for the storm because it was downgraded from a hurricane but there was a business we spoke to the boarded-up. we talked to tourists from all over the country. this area was slammed with visitors, people from washington, new york, pennsylvania, iowa, some said they had to leave early and a few others said they would stick it out. this is what they had to say. >> when were you supposed to leave? >> saturday. >> reporter: you country by two days. >> we are going to marathon for a few days and come back down. >> i

what was left of the structure has not been demolished me to destroy what remained of the apartments near miami were brought forward as the region braces, a tropical storm elsa, which is expected to reach the florida coast on tuesday. authority say the demolition will help search and recovery efforts. 24 people have been confirmed dead. 121 still missing. currently doug has more from miami beach in florida. they spent the greater part of sunday drilling holes into the bottom of the building where they would then put these explosive charges and brought the building down with a process known as energetic leveling. but right now we do have crews on seen on the side of the of the demolition, just to make sure that everything is fine, that all the, all the explosions that were supposed to go off and did in fact go off. and they are due to resumed their search and rescue operation as soon as possible. we have to remember that last year, during the 4th of july, miami was in the grips of the of the cove at pandemic. we were basically the epicenter for the us at the time, and there were no real firework display to speak of the mood was subdued as well. so you had a l

now bracing for this-- tropical storm elsa slamming into cuba tonight with 60-mile- per-hour winds, dumping up to 10 inches of rain in some areas. the storm has been battering the caribbean since friday. at least three people were killed. elsa hit barbados as a category 1 hurricane, uprooting trees and blowing away several homes. now a tropical storm, elsa is expected to strengthen overnight, threatening residents all along the florida coast from the keys to tampa. officials say it will not impact the search and rescue mission in surfside. >> we are, at least in terms oft the surfside with this storm elsa, the news the pretty positive. >> reporter: elsa is expected to bring strong winds, heavy rain, and flooding in the next 24 to 48 hours. worried residents filled sandbags anticipating the worst. you're taking it seriously. >> yeah is that why. you never know what could happen, so we're taking all safety precautions so you'll be ready. >> reporter: the sand right now at that location that we were at two times, so people are taking this seriously. the wind has started to pick up just in the last few minutes. the mayor tells us they haven't had a st

elsa is currently overjamaica and is beginning to be felt on cuba's southern coast. in miami, the demolition of a tower block, which partially collapsed more than a week ago, has been broughtrs about storm elsa. 2a people have been confirmed dead so far and search and rescue efforts for 121 people missing have been suspended. daniella levine cava is the mayor of miami—dade county. 191 people are accounted for. 121 not accounted for. as soon as the preparations are ready, the site is secure and the team is ready to go, we will begin the demolition. bringing down this building in a controlled manner. it is critical to expanding our scope of the search and rescue effort. and allowing us to explore the area closest to the building which has currently not been accessible to our first responders given the great risk from this building, which is insecure. we are, of course, continuing to closely monitor the progress of the possible impacts of tropical storm elsa, as hazardous weather could force us to temporarily pause work. the team is using a method called energetic felling and this has small strategically placed demolitions to bring the building done in place right on top of t

the state has begun executing contingency plans for the tropical storm elsa and surfside co-response. >> cnn meteorologist tyler malden has been tracking the storm. tyler, where is it now and where does it louke like it's heading >>> >> 500 miles to the south and east of key west. it's moving to the northwest at 14 miles per hour. so it's moving slower. it's also weakened a little bit. it's now a 65-mile-per-hour tropical storm moving to the northwest puts it over cuba later today and that's why we have warnings up for cuba and then we have tropical storm watches in effect for the lower middle keys. we also have an offshore tropical storm watch from bonita beach and areas southward. i am sure we will see other portions of the peninsula to be added later on into the morning. the cone here, the cone of concern, takes it over cuba and again the exact tract over cuba determines what kind of strength this system will be once it reemerges into the florida straits, if it goes eastward, it will go over the mountains and become weaker. if it goes westward it will stay over the flatter part of cuba and re-emerge a little stronger. you c

headlines around the world. tropical storm elsa has had to keep us capitol, havana with heavy rains and winds of nearly 100 clumps. as our something has been reported as rivers bus bank forecast. to say, the storm will next had to florida fed as well marked is independence day with the military parade. president nicholas says he is committed to restoring prosperity to the country's aiming economy. the opposition says medea is a dictator who breaks his reelection in 2018 german chancellor, anglo merkel and fresh presidents have held a video cole with a chinese come to talk using ping. they discuss issues ranging from climate change to human writing. g told the pair that he hopes to expand, time is cooperation with with europe. l g p t q campaign is in georgia. i have counseled a prize parade of the fire vice demonstrators storm that ran their office in the capitol, tbilisi ultra, a national, broke into b. c tried headquarters attacking activists and also jealous. they told down and burned rainbow's flag. 8th people would attain over the violence. armed men have kidnapped at least 140 children in nigeria northwest, but they say the gunman sh

but the concern has always been in the surfside area because of the winds. imagery, elsa has had a tough time going. so many things were against it. it was moving too fast to really generate a lot of intensity and grill. typically this time of year they're smaller in size. radar is showing some of the rainmaking its way up to the keys. it looks like in the miami area in surfside, we're out of the cone of the track. that's good news. you want to see that trend to the west and away from the operation that is going on. we have a warnings up to cedar key. land fall most likely north of tampa, even north of cedar key wednesday morning. conditions will detear rate. i don't think it's going to make its way to a hurricane strength. we're looking at a tropical storm. so i don't want anyone to get carried away. obviously, take precautions. tie down loose objects. i'm concerned about isolated tornadoes. that includes the surfside area. wednesday morning, we're not going to see it generate in the way of strength. it might generate 5 miles per hour more when it gets to the warmer area