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what's up sunshine it's your boy Coy
wishing you a wonderful Wednesday full
of wonder halfway through the week so
let's lock in and then to be just a
little better today than we were
yesterday it's time now for the best 10
minutes in news we start today by
traveling to the isolated nation of
North Korea the country announced this
week that they're reopening their
borders to some for the first time since
the covet era shutdowns they are
considered one of the last countries on
the planet to do so the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea is considered
one of the most secretive countries in
the world during the pandemic the
government imposed Extreme Measures to
close its borders and tightly restrict
travel even within the country they also
restricted the distribution of food and
other products according to the
organization Human Rights Watch covid-19
further isolated the country as the
government maintained tight troll over
its people the news that North Korea
will ease these border controls comes
months after most other Asian countries
relaxed the last of their covet era
restrictions this includes China which
was known for its zero covet policy and
unlike other countries North Korea will
still require its citizens to do a
one-week quarantine on Tuesday a flight
from North Korea landed in China the
first time since 2020 in flights between
North Korea and Russia are also set to
resume CNN International correspondent
Paula hancocks has more on what the
reopening in North Korea might look like
North Korea's athletes are back on the
global stage its Taekwondo team
headlines at the opening ceremony of the
world championships in Kazakhstan last
week believed to be the first overseas
sporting engagement since its borders
reopened
this week Pyongyang confirmed its board
as a reopening to allow citizens
stranded outside the country for more
than three and a half years to return it
is considered one of the last countries
to reopen its borders and even then
they're only opening a crack with some
international flights resuming with
China and Russia tourism though is still
a dream corio tours which specializes in
taking westerners into North Korea says
they've heard nothing Beyond plans to
repatriate its own citizens all kinds of
people essentially marooned outside of
their country with in most cases no way
to contact family for three and a half
years
went on a tour of North Korea with his
father one year before the borders
closed he created YouTube videos of his
experience you go and everyone hopes
maybe that they will see a bit more of
the real North Korea
um
which won't happen like they show you
the places that they want to show you
and it's the best of the best he does
see value in North Koreans seeing
foreigners in their country but
acknowledges useful interactions with
the people are rare western tour
operators already a niche market are
likely to be among the last to be
invited back one other group waiting to
be allowed back in diplomats the vast
majority of them left during the
pandemic unable to send supplies in or
rotate staff out and so far only Russian
and Chinese officials have been invited
back to Pyongyang since the restrictions
eased showing Kim jong-un's political
priorities up next an update on
Hurricane idalia which has been making
its way through the Gulf of Mexico
toward Florida at the time we recorded
our show hurricane idalia was expected
to intensify before hitting Florida's
Gulf Coast the storm is predicted to hit
the coast of Florida early Wednesday at
Category 3 strength and will come with
powerful wins and life-threatening storm
surge Idol is storm track is especially
interesting because it's the first major
hurricane in at least 172 years to head
toward appalachee Bay in the Big Bend
region of Florida it's a marshy Coastal
area and though it's not densely
populated it is home to all sorts of
wildlife and nature areas another
concerning aspect of this storm is that
over the summer water temperatures
around southern Florida climb to 100
degrees and temperatures in the Gulf of
Mexico overall have hit record
temperatures warm Waters tend to act
almost like fuel for hurricanes and
idalia could strengthen as it approaches
preparations for the storm have been
underway people in at least 22 counties
along the Gulf Coast were told to
evacuate their homes air and train
travel have halted across the state in
42 districts schools have closed and the
governor of Florida Ronda santis had
declared a state of emergency in 67
counties when we recorded our show the
National Guard was also so activated to
assist with storm response we'll keep
you updated over the next few days our
meteorologist Jennifer Gray has more on
what you need to know about hurricanes
if you have tropical depressions
tropical storms and once it is strong
enough to become a hurricane you have
five categories of category five being
the strongest
the state's most frequently hit by a
hurricane Florida Louisiana and Texas
but as much as we know about hurricanes
forecasting them is still a challenge
just as we name each storm each storm
has its own personality like Katrina in
2005 which intensified rapidly overnight
going from a category 3 to a category
five it became the fourth most intense
hurricane on record as of that time in
the forecast track can change
dramatically like Erica in 2015 or a
system that can be viewed as relatively
weak like a tropical storm could end up
like tropical storm Allison in 2001 the
remnants of the storm stalled over
Southeast Texas dumping 35 inches of
rain over Houston in just five days the
storm became the first non-hurricane to
have its name retired 10 second trivia
what is the popular term for the second
full moon in a calendar month red moon
blood moon Blue Moon moon or harvest
moon
Blue Moon crew put your hands up the
phrase once in a blue moon can refer to
the second full moon in a month
if you look to the sky tonight there's a
chance you might see that once in a blue
moon opportunity but tonight will be an
even rarer treat it'll be a super blue
moon a rare combination of a super moon
and a blue moon these are complicated
terms so let's take 10 to break it all
down super moons happen when the moon is
full and located at or near its closest
point to Earth they happen three to four
times a year in a blue moon the second
full moon in a month happens every two
to three years according to NASA this
combination a super blue moon is very
rare the next one won't happen until the
year 2037 but don't fulminate against me
if the moon isn't actually blue tonight
despite what the name might suggest a
super Blue Moon isn't actually super
blue it is super bright though compared
to normal full moons super blue moons
appear 16 brighter and 14 bigger and
that's because they're slightly closer
to Earth thanks to the UIL team at
Alvarado High School in Texas you
submitted the winner for hashtag your
word Wednesday fulminate a verb meaning
to express intense protest well done
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something very different was found in
the ocean in Wildwood New Jersey Frank
Bulger was spending time at the beach
with his wife and granddaughter when he
spotted a message in a bottle he took it
home opened it to find a note saying the
bottle had traveled all the way from
Ireland the note was written back in
2019 so it took four years to travel
across the Atlantic Ocean but it was
signed with just one first name now
Frank Bulger is on a mission to connect
with the writer and his story is making
its way all over the world through the
power of social media today we want to
give a special shout out to Ojeda Middle
School in Austin Texas rise up thanks
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request by the way who's up for a
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producer said if we make it to 800 000 I
can start shouting out two schools at
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hundred thousand we're gonna do three
and if we get to a million we'll give a
super shout out more on that to come but
that's not all every time we cross one
of those Milestones I have to be the
subject my producer says of the 10 out
of 10. in the form of some sort of video
challenge voted on by you it better not
be a dunk tank I'll see you tomorrow
everyone thanks for being the absolute
best audience in news
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