Hurricane Idalia lashes Florida
Hurricane Idalia lashes Florida;
Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained;
More than 300K affected by Typhoon #GoringPH
Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained;
More than 300K affected by Typhoon #GoringPH
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00:00 Good day, I'm Naomi Taborso and this is PPV News Now.
00:15 Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Tampa, Florida, leaving many roads flooded.
00:20 Idalia barreled into the northwest Florida coast as a powerful Category 3 hurricane won
00:25 its day morning.
00:26 The U.S. National Hurricane Center said residents used kayaks as rising floodwaters trapped
00:32 some residents in their homes.
00:34 There were reported power outages in the area.
00:37 Authorities were still trying to assess the full extent of the damage in the hardest-hit
00:42 areas.
00:44 Leaders of the coup in Gabon named a general transitional president after seizing power
00:50 following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Andimba was declared winner.
00:56 Bongo took over from his father, Omar, in 2009.
01:00 Their family has ruled for 55 years.
01:03 He was also reported under house arrest while one of his sons was arrested for high treason.
01:09 The claimed takeover sparked condemnation from the African Union and alarm from Nigeria
01:15 over contagious autocracy.
01:17 The head of the Republican Guard, General Bryce Oligi Mwema, was carried triumphantly
01:23 by hundreds of soldiers to cries of "Oligi, President!"
01:27 The coup leaders later named Oligi Mwema "Transitional President."
01:33 Over 300,000 have been affected by Typhoon Goreng.
01:38 According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, this is equivalent
01:43 to more than 80,000 families in 1,000 barangays in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central
01:50 Zon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas and Cordillera Administrative Region.
01:56 Of that number, 38,000 people, or over 10,000 families, are in 469 evacuation centers.
02:03 Meanwhile, more than 30,000 people, or almost 8,000 families, are temporarily staying in
02:08 other places.
02:10 Infrastructure damage remained pegged at P41 million.
02:14 The aid distributed to the affected residents went up to more than 11 million pesos.