thank you
hey everyone we made it it's Friday and
you already know Friday's Rock I'm koi
this is CNN 10 and I'm so pumped to be
right here with you let's finish this
week strong we're going to start in
Florida where another hurricane has made
landfall hurricane Nicole slammed into
Florida's East Coast Thursday morning as
a category one storm according to the
National Hurricane Center wind speeds
reached 75 miles per hour as the storm
made landfall but after moving Inland
Nicole weakened to a tropical storm when
we recorded our show more than 300 000
residents across Florida were without
power and Coastal residents in Florida
and Georgia were impacted by storm surge
or an abnormal rise of water generated
by a storm the National Weather Service
says that almost half of all deaths from
tropical storms which have wind speeds
registering 39 to 73 miles per hour come
from storm surge Nicole's storm surge
measured nearly six feet and water
levels remain high Nicole is the first
you us hurricane in November in nearly
40 years the storm is the latest in this
calendar year in which hurricanes have
had major blows to Florida's Atlantic
Coast the most recent being hurricane
Ian which struck the state in September
that storm was the deadliest hurricane
to strike Florida since 1935. at least
147 people died as homes and businesses
were destroyed some communities in
Florida were still recovering from
Hurricane Ian when hurricane Nicole hit
this week here's more now from CNN
correspondent Chris Nguyen in Florida
amid the storm
high winds heavy rains and significant
flooding were expected throughout the
night you can see the intensity of the
conditions here in Cocoa Beach which is
why officials were urging the public to
stay home as the hurricane got closer to
making landfall here in Florida now
earlier today we were at a local
supermarket as folks were stocking up on
the Necessities really preparing for the
potential for power outages for the next
day or so at least 16 000 utility
workers are currently on standby here in
Florida to help with power restoration
efforts Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
also saying that he's activated at least
600 Florida National Guard troops to
assist with search and rescue efforts if
and when necessary now residents here in
Brevard County were not required to
undergo a mandatory evacuation it was
simply an advisory but you could sense
that folks here were serious in terms of
taking the advice of officials
businesses closed up early and for the
most part roads remained bare throughout
the day
10 second trivia Veterans Day originated
with an observance marking the end of
what war the U.S Civil War World War One
World War II or the Vietnam War
the holiday observed on November 11th
recalls Armistice Day marking the end of
World War One
okay
today November 11th is Veterans Day in
the United States it all started back in
November of 1918 on the 11th Hour of the
11th day of the 11th month of the year
an Armistice went into effect ending the
fighting in World War One A year later
people in the United States first
observed Armistice Day 20 years later
after World War II the day became an
official national holiday then after the
Korean war in 1954 the name of Armitage
day was changed it's been known as
Veterans Day Ever since the event honors
everyone who served in the U.S armed
forces events are scheduled throughout
the day today as Americans pause to
thank salute remember and respect the
service and sacrifices of all who served
next up we're going surfing in Tahiti
and we're going to explore a playground
of underwater enchantment in 2019 the
world surf League partnered with the
non-profit Coral Gardens on a special
mission to save the die and Coral in the
region Coral is key to our environment
and these Surfers are learning the
science of how to preserve and
regenerate the coral reef population in
Tahiti in addition to riding a
jaw-dropping wave let's go there now
with my colleague Johnny Velasquez
welcome to Tahiti an island formed from
volcanoes in the middle of the South
Pacific Ocean a paradise of lush
mountains a diverse ecosystem in marine
life it's a playground of underwater
enchantments
and that's where the adventure begins
at World surf League's illustrious outer
known to Edie Crow I flew to Tahiti I
wanted to find out why the world's most
elite Surfers would lay their life
why this was it for the thrill maybe
they were chasing that feeling of
immortality
tiapu is considered the most dangerous
wave in the world what is it like
surfing it it can be so scary but when
you overcome that fear you can get the
best wave of your life out there I think
choku is one of the heaviest ways in the
world just because the amount of volume
of water that comes in as we often find
out in life not everything is as
beautiful as what meets the eye in this
place of pure Bliss underneath the
surface in the most crystal clear water
I've ever seen the reef is dying
in 2019 World surf League partnered with
an organization called Coral gardeners
it's led by tituan bernicoat
tituan is from the sister island of
Tahiti called merea he and his crew have
dedicated their entire lives to saving
the reef they do it through a process
called coral reef rehabilitation
I met up with him I was fascinated with
this concept and wanted to learn more
at the moment
on our planet the coral reef conditions
are not good they are here on planet
Earth since 400 million years but in
just three decades we already lost 30
percent of our wall score Reef
scientists estimate that by 2050 90
percent of the remaining one could be
could be condemned so it's it's an
emergency
after my chat with tituan I still wanted
to know more about the reef restoration
process
I wanted to further understand the
science behind it all
I connected with former professional
Surfer kaipo Guerrero who now works as
an analyst and commentator for World
surf League what's happening with the
rehabilitation program is we're taking
basically super Coral so Coral that have
not succumbed to bleaching and the uh
and the warming of ocean waters now
those super Coral what we can are able
to do is take a piece of that coral and
then graft it put it on the line and let
that piece of coral grow and really when
you talk about coral corals an animal
right it's Coral polyps and within that
that Coral structure that's kind of a
hive or kind of the house for the coral
polish so they keep on procreating and
they keep on growing they keep on
building a bigger bigger house is it too
late to save the reef there's still time
to save the reef it's not too late we
can change our ways we can bring back
the reef and that's what you know the
good work at Coral gardeners is doing
um and planting new Coral there's it's
not we're not too far gone like we can
make a change right now and we can turn
the corner and turn it around so it's
not too late
for today's 10 out of 10 we're traveling
to Israel where researchers made a
discovery that left them scratching
their heads a seven-word inscription was
discovered by accident on a 3 700 year
old comb made of ivory it says may this
Tusk root out the lice of the hair and
the beard looks like lice have been
annoying people for a long time the
discovery is considered to be the oldest
known full sentence in the ancient
Canaanite language happy Friday lovely
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out now to Hickman High School in
Columbia Missouri have a wonderful
weekend and remember you are more
powerful than you know I'm koi this is
CNN 10. it's been a blessing to spend
this week with you