Recovering From Hurricane Helene | September 30, 2024
Summary
TLDRThis CNN 10 episode covers the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah by Israeli air strikes, escalating the Israel-Hezbollah conflict and raising regional war concerns. It also addresses the aftermath of Hurricane Helen, which hit Florida as the strongest hurricane on record, causing widespread destruction and flooding across the southeastern U.S. The segment highlights a CNN Hero, Yamile 'Yai' Toussaint, who combines STEM and dance to inspire young women of color to pursue STEM careers. Lastly, it features a rescued mountain lion cub named Brier, napping on a stuffed toy, promoting the donation of used plush toys for wildlife conservation.
Takeaways
- π±π§ Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, escalating the conflict and raising concerns of a wider regional war.
- πͺοΈ Hurricane Helen hit the southeastern United States, causing massive destruction, power outages, and dangerous flooding, with North Carolina experiencing historic rainfall.
- π¨ Over 60 people were unaccounted for in a single county in North Carolina, highlighting the scale of the disaster.
- π Residents in Florida's West Coast faced severe property damage, with some resorting to kayaks to navigate their flooded homes.
- π₯ Despite the flooding, rescuers continued their efforts, even passing by burning homes to search for survivors.
- π₯ In Tennessee, over 50 people were stranded on a hospital roof due to floods, requiring helicopter rescues.
- π©βπ¬ Marie Curie was the first female scientist to win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her work on radioactivity.
- π Yamile 'Yami' Toussaint, a CNN Hero, combines STEM and dance to inspire young girls of color to pursue careers in STEM.
- π Yami's program allows girls to create dance performances with light-up costumes, teaching them programming and circuitry.
- πΎ A rescued mountain lion cub named Brier at the Oakland Zoo was seen napping on a stuffed animal, promoting a campaign to donate used stuffed toys for animal care.
- π£ A shout-out to St. John the 23rd College Preparatory in Katy, Texas, encouraging students to have a great day.
Q & A
Who confirmed the death of Hezbollah's leader and how did he die?
-Hezbollah confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut on Friday.
What does Nasrallah's death signify in the context of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah?
-Nasrallah's death is a major escalation in the long-running conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, adding to growing concerns of a wider regional war.
What was the impact of the Israeli air strikes that killed Nasrallah?
-The Israeli air strikes targeted densely populated areas, destroying residential buildings and leading to an estimated 1 million people being displaced by recent fighting in southern Lebanon.
What was the strength of Hurricane Helen when it made landfall in Florida?
-Hurricane Helen made landfall as a Category 4 storm, the strongest hurricane on record to hit Florida's Big Bend region.
What were the consequences of Hurricane Helen in the southeastern United States?
-Hurricane Helen caused massive destruction, knocked out power, and led to dangerous flood waters that stranded many people across several states, with search and rescue operations taking place, especially in North Carolina where over 60 people were unaccounted for in one county.
How did the residents of Florida's West Coast describe the aftermath of Hurricane Helen?
-Residents described the aftermath as the worst they had ever seen, with historic flooding, destroyed homes and businesses, and some using kayaks to float around in their living rooms due to the storm surge.
What was the situation in North Carolina after Hurricane Helen?
-North Carolina experienced a relentless deluge causing historic flooding in Asheville, just one day after a one in 1,000-year rainfall saturated the region.
What was the impact of Hurricane Helen on Tennessee?
-Helen moved into Tennessee bringing rising water and dangerous flooding. Over 50 people were stranded on the roof of a hospital surrounded by floods, requiring helicopter rescues.
Who was the first female scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize for physics according to the 10-second trivia?
-Marie Curie was the first female scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize for physics.
What did Yamileth Toussaint notice about her mechanical engineering classes at MIT?
-Yamileth Toussaint noticed that there were not a lot of women of color in her mechanical engineering classes at MIT.
How did Yamileth Toussaint combine her passions for STEM and dance to inspire the next generation?
-Yamileth Toussaint combined her passions by creating dance performances that combine STEM and dance, allowing girls to create costumes that light up as they move while learning how to program the circuit.
What was the goal behind Yamileth Toussaint's program that combines STEM and dance?
-The goal was to normalize the idea that girls of color can do computer science and create something, encouraging them to pursue STEM fields and to remember that they are celebrated for doing things in STEM.
Outlines
π Global Conflicts and Natural Disasters
The script opens with a lively introduction by the host, who shares their weekend experience in South Carolina. The main news headlines include the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nazala in an Israeli airstrike, escalating the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and raising concerns of a wider regional war. Nazala, a co-founder of Hezbollah in the 1970s, transformed the group into a significant paramilitary force. The airstrike targeted populated areas, causing displacement of about 1 million people in southern Lebanon. The second major news story covers the aftermath of Hurricane Helen, which hit Florida as a category 4 storm and caused extensive damage, power outages, and dangerous flooding across several states. The storm led to massive search and rescue operations, particularly in North Carolina where over 60 people were unaccounted for in one county alone. The summary includes firsthand accounts of the devastation, with residents describing the unprecedented scale of the disaster and the urgent rescue efforts required.
π©βπ» Inspiring the Next Generation in STEM
The second paragraph introduces Yamay Tousant, a CNN Hero, who is tackling the underrepresentation of women of color in STEM fields. Yamay, while studying at MIT, noticed the lack of diversity in her classes and decided to combine her passions for STEM and dance to inspire young girls. She created a program that allows girls to create dance performances with light-up costumes, teaching them programming and circuitry in the process. The program aims to change girls' perceptions of their potential in STEM fields and to encourage them through the affirmation and celebration of their achievements. The story highlights the importance of representation and community in empowering girls to pursue careers in STEM.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Hassan Nazala
π‘Hezbollah
π‘Israeli Air Strikes
π‘Displacement
π‘Hurricane Helen
π‘Category 4 Storm
π‘Search and Rescue Operations
π‘STEM
π‘CNN Heroes
π‘Diversity in STEM
π‘Oakland Zoo
Highlights
Hassan Nazala, Hezbollah leader, killed in Israeli air strike in Beirut, escalating conflict.
Lebanon government officials report 1 million people displaced by recent fighting.
Hurricane Helen hits Florida as the strongest hurricane on record for the region.
Massive search and rescue operations in North Carolina after Helen.
Helen causes historic flooding and widespread destruction in Florida and Georgia.
Residents describe the storm as the worst in a century.
Helen continues to cause dangerous flooding in Tennessee.
National Guard deployed in Pelis County to organize safety and recovery efforts.
Marie Curie was the first female scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Physics.
Yamay Tousant combines STEM and dance to inspire girls of color in STEM fields.
Tousant's program helps girls create dance performances with light-up costumes.
Girls learn to program circuits to control the lights in their dance costumes.
The program aims to normalize girls of color in computer science.
Girls get to showcase their STEM and dance skills through performing.
The affirmation from the audience helps girls remember their potential in STEM.
Mountain lion cub Brier at Oakland Zoo naps on a repurposed stuffy.
Zoo encourages donations of used stuffies for repurposing.
Shout out to St John the 23rd College Preparatory in Katy, Texas.
Transcripts
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hello everyone hope you had a wonderful
weekend I am pumped to be back with you
here and so pumped I was able to meet
some of you when I drove up to South
Carolina this weekend to see my Stanford
Cardinal play the Clemson Tigers didn't
go well for my Cardinal but big shout
out to Mr Marshall's class at RC Edwards
Middle in Central South Carolina I see
you John I'm Ki wire this is CNN 10 the
best 10 minutes in news because of you
let's start with some of your headlines
first in Lebanon Hezbollah has confirmed
that its leader Hassan nazala was killed
in an Israeli air strike in Beirut on
Friday his death is a major escalation
in the long running conflict between
Israel and Hezbollah and it's adding to
Growing concerns of a wider Regional war
nasala was one of the founders of
Hezbollah in the 1970s he oversaw its
transformation over the years into one
of the most powerful paramilitary forces
in the Middle East the Israeli air
strikes that killed nazala targeted
densely populated areas and destroyed
residential buildings strikes continued
over the weekend on more sites that
Israel says are Hezbollah Targets in
Lebanon government officials in Lebanon
say an estimated 1 million people have
already been displaced by recent
fighting in southern Lebanon next the
southeastern United States is reeling in
the aftermath of hurricane Helen the
storm made landfall as the strongest
hurricane on record to hit Florida's Big
Bend region a category 4 storm it
weakened once on land to a tropical
storm and then a post-tropical cyclone
but it continued to level communities
knock out power and cause dangerous
flood waters that stranded many across
several States now massive search and
rescue operations took took place in
North Carolina where more than 60 people
were unaccounted for in just one County
the storm has killed dozens of people
overall we've lost everything in this
building a common refrain along much of
Florida's West Coast now there's nothing
just some sticks this is the worst
probably we've seen in our area in a
hundred years I know I've been in
Sarasota for 22 years and I've never
seen anything like
this heavy rain bringing historic
flooding forcing water rescues holy cow
that storm surge uh the whole lower
level of my home is filled with water I
ended up hopping on to one of my little
kayaks to float around in my living room
this has been just a heck of a storm
surge it's wiped out all my neighbors I
I see just the destruction going all
down the road boats thrown about power
lines down homes and businesses
destroyed some of it's outside some of
it's in here this is by far the worst
I've ever had and even amidst the
flooding massive fires Rescuers pass a
burning home anybody in your house using
their resources instead to search for
survivors boy it's devastating I've
never seen something like this i' I've
known people that lived here 20 years I
said they've never seen anything like it
after slashing Florida Helen pushed
North battering Georgia and the
Carolinas also leaving life-threatening
flooding in Atlanta communities left
underwater as Helen held its strength as
a hurricane until halfway through the
state of Georgia this is the worst I've
ever seen I've seen the seen the
creek high like right up to the bottom
of the bridge but nothing like
this but it wasn't finished yet Pen's
massive size spread the rain and misery
into North Carolina where a Relentless
Deluge caused historic flooding in
Asheville just one day after a one in
1,000-year rainfall saturated the region
this is one of the worst storms in
modern history for parts of Western
North
Carolina and Helen continues to move now
into Tennessee bringing Rising water and
dangerous flooding in Irwin Tennessee
more than 50 people were stranded on the
roof of a hospital surrounded by raging
floods helicopters were sent to save
them they're currently taking um
patients and staff off of the roof of
the hospital um and then transporting
them back into the city of irn this is a
serious situation I would dare to say
this is um a life and death situation
back here in pelis County the National
Guard has been deployed they're the ones
that are going to be organizing the
safety and recovery effort moving
forward and one of the things they have
to figure out is how they're going to
remove the nearly half a dozen sailboats
that crashed into several structures
including the one right here behind me
10-second trivia who was the first
female scientist to be awarded a Nobel
Prize for physics Katherine Johnson
Marie C Grace Hopper or Marie mayor
Daly your answer here is Marie C the
Polish and French scientist was the
first woman to receive the Nobel Prize
in 1903 and played a major role in the
discovery of
radioactivity now our next story is
about a young woman who when studying at
MIT noticed there weren't a lot of women
of color in her mechanical engineering
classes then she realized the same was
the case for the number of people
working careers in stem science
technology engineering and math so she
decided to do something about it
combining her passions for stem and
dance to Intrigue and Inspire the Next
Generation and help them literally light
up the stage yamay tousant is one of our
CNN
Heroes when I was at MIT studying
mechanical engineering I found that in
most my classes I was the only or one of
a few black
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women less than 5% of the stem Workforce
consist of women of color one of the
reasons is that from a young age many
girls start to believe that they can't
do well in math this is strip one and
that is strip two mhm exactly we have to
change how girls see themselves and
their potential in fields like
math 2 3 and I just started to wonder
about a world where the benefits that
you get from dance can lead to the
outcomes that we're looking for in
when my mom first told me about their
program I didn't even hear the stem I
just went straight to dance I was like
okay dance okay I'm
in and she was like okay there's stem to
it too like you know be excited about
that part can I hear about what you're
working on basically our story is like
it's the last day of school like
happiness we bring stem and dance
together by allowing the girls to create
dance performances that combine the two
so they can work on costumes that light
up as they move and they're learning how
to program the circuit so that when they
press a button on the circuit the lights
turn blue or whatever effect that they
want to be able to convey a message love
it this is going to be so fly we're
normalizing that girls of color can do
computer science and create something
together can I see your code it's a
really good Community to have other
girls that look like me encourage each
other and push each other to be better
and to do stem and to do stuff that we
may tell oursel that we can't do and to
have other people like tell us that we
can actually do
it they have the opportunity to show off
all that they learned in stem and dance
through
performing and have the affirmation of
hundreds of people is cheering them
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on that feeling that they get we want
them to remember that and cherish it and
as they go off in life that they
remember that they are celebrated for
doing things in stem so when they face
that hard math problem they're reminded
I could do hard things
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today's story getting a 10 out of 10
there is nothing like a catnet
especially when it's literally a cat
napping and that cat's actually a
rescued mountain lion cub named Brier
feeline fine all cozy and dozing off on
a stuffy you've got to be kidding me the
Oakland Zoo shared his this post saying
the perfect plushy Just Hits different
Brier is napping on a repurpose stuffy
and the zoo is reminding folks to donate
their used stuffies to be upside ccle to
repurpose and uh so far so good for
Brier thank you to all of you who have
subscribed and have been commenting on
our cnn10 YouTube channel for some shout
out requests it's time to show some love
now to St John the 23rd college
preparatory in Katie Texas rise up hope
you have an awesome day today no matter
what comes your way see you right back
here tomorrow I'm KY wire and we are CNN
10
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