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I'm KY wire this is CNN 10 where I tell
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start today keeping an eye on ports in
the United States as Longshore workers
who run east and Golf Coast ports from
Maine to Texas could go on strike Port
strikes are a big deal because it's
cheaper to import or bring in goods via
cargo ships as opposed to Alternatives
like airplanes or by land eventually a
strike could choke off the supplies of
many popular products that flow into
these ports workers are asking for a $5
per hour pay increase per year over a
six-year contract and they want to keep
restrictions on the types of equipment
they are required to use the last time
there was a major port labor dispute was
in 2002 on West Coast ports it took 6
months before goods were moving normally
again after an 11-day lockout of the
union workers businesses nervously watch
the negotiations for a deal to avoid a
strike with a lot on the line a strike
would mean almost all of the US could
see shortages of goods like chocolate
fruit including bananas and cherries
even certain cars if the strike lasts a
long time that could mean even higher
prices for the goods that are available
next up while hurricane Helen raised
concerns as the strongest storm to hit
Florida's Big Bend region right now the
most devastating destruction left in the
storm's wake is in and around eastern
North Carolina the nearly entire
communities were all but washed away by
raging flood waters with homes
businesses and roads being destroyed and
some people are still trapped in areas
only accessible by air the cleanup from
all of this damage could take years
CNN's Raphael Romo is in Asheville North
Carolina with more bunan County
officials announced the sad news on
Sunday saying that at least 30 people
have died in this County alone which
means that the figure at the state label
is now 36 and officials say that in the
Southeast the states that were hit by
the hurricane and the subsequent storm
are now more than 90 and what we have
seen in Asheville here where we are is
many streets like this one behind me
covered in mud there's debris everywhere
and people trying to cope because it's
been very difficult for officials to
deliver the aid that is badly needed by
people uh Governor Roy Cooper from North
Carolina uh said that they're trying to
get to those communities not only here
but communities in the mountains around
here uh some of them are inaccessible
because the roads are impassible and one
alternative and this is what the
governor is says that they've been doing
is airlifting water and food and basic
necessities to those people and so they
have developed a system by which they
bring all the supplies here and from
here they distribute uh those things now
we have been talking to people here that
tell us that for the time being they're
okay but as time goes on it's going to
be more and more difficult to find food
there are many gas stations there's one
right next uh to where we are
that are not operational there are
others that are running out of fuel and
many people desperate going to different
places try to get the fuel and the
reality is that these people uh it's
going to take a while to get running
water uh officials say that they're
trying their best to bring the water
system back up and running but they were
trying to fix uh water main brakes
before they can stabilize the pressure
the water pressure in the system and
then the third step would be to actually
turn the system back on also power
remains a problem for most of the
population and we have learned that at
least two cell phone carriers are
bringing satellite trucks that are going
to provide relief because people are
unable to communicate with loved ones
who live in other parts of the country
in other states to let them know that
they're okay just to give you an idea uh
the governor said that more than 1,000
reports of missing people that's what
authorities have received in the last
few days
alone as the climate has changed in
recent years storms have become more
intense and more frequent and people and
Technology are having to adapt to
withstand increasing dangers in Florida
Tampa General Hospital is using
technology called an aquafence the
hospital is in a uniquely vulnerable
position to storms surrounded on three
sides by water and it's the area's only
level one Trauma Center for some of the
most in need patients Who Can't Be Moved
the hospital's water impermeable
aquafence is engineered to withstand a
storm surge up to 15 ft above sea level
clamp down to a certain pressure and it
keeps all of the panels join so that
when the water is pressing that there's
no points where we get leaks or seepage
um from the front edge all the way to
the back so the same pressure from the
water from the storm surge would be what
keeps us up yes exactly so the weight of
the water holds the wall Up Now setting
up an aquafence is no small feet it
takes about 60 people several days to
fully install but the barrier worked as
Seline made landfall in Florida the aqua
fence kept the storm surge back and the
hospital stayed
dry Pop Quiz H shot what forest animals
name is an Aboriginal term meaning no
water or no drink Panda koala wombat or
orangutan
if you said koala put your hands up the
word originates from one of the
Australian Aboriginal languages the
majority of a koala's water intake comes
from eating fresh eucalyptus leaves
Australia's iconic tree hugging koalas
have been on the endangered species list
since 2022 and experts say their
populations have continued to decline as
their habitats are encroached upon by
humans koalas are increasingly being
being found in places that put them in
danger like near busy roads or up power
poles even in some people's backyards
see how some folks are dedicating their
time and energy to keeping these
marsupial
safe this is the moment a koala came
face to face with a dog in Suburban
Brisbane
Australia for koala most dog attacks are
fatal but not this time neighbor safire
Windsor heard the commotion and rushed
to intervene finding the koala with with
its claws around the dog I wasn't even
really thinking and I just cried the
koala off this poor dog who was now
yelping and then kind of wrapped up the
koala koalas were listed as endangered
in the states of Queensland and New
South Wales as well as the Australian
Capital territory in
2022 millions of dollars are being spent
on restoring koala habitat but 2 years
on their numbers are still
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declining according to the latest
Australian government report the
long-term outlook for listed koalas
remains
poor in urban areas they're particularly
vulnerable to disease dog attacks and
speeding cars rspca Queensland says its
two Wildlife hospitals treat 700 koalas
each year most don't
survive there you go little
Taggies John Knights has been rescuing
qua for at least a decade he says more
koalas are getting into trouble as their
habitat shrinks and in the last 2 months
he's answered more than 100 calls for
help they're frightened they're lost if
they were urbanized they wouldn't be
running into the traffic they wouldn't
be turning up in backyards they wouldn't
be falling into swimming pools they're
not urbanized at all they're looking for
somewhere to
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live today's story getting a 10 out of
10 in artist going to Great depths to
create his masterpieces artist peor
dosenko Making Waves by painting under
the black se he straps on his scuba
equipment then van goes underwater with
an easel oil paints and a pallet knife
which he uses instead of a brush he's
under the sea and Under the Clock Picaso
his tanks only have so much air this one
took about 75 minutes to create easily
one of the coolest art studios we've
seen I can't rembrand one cooler one
actually Seno's Vivid underwater scenes
are making quite the splash with art
enthusiasts back on dry land all right
it is shout out time now today's shout
out goes to Lynwood Washington and the
Mustangs at Alderwood middle school
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