Hello and welcome to the show. New
season, new stories, new moments that
could change the world and maybe even
change us. I'm Ky Wire. This is CNN 10.
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got the best 10 minutes in news to keep
up. CNN 10 is back. We begin today with
mother nature reminding us who's boss.
Several significant earth science
stories across the globe. Starting in
Hawaii, where hurricane La battered the
islands over the weekend. Its eyewall
brushing Hawaii's big island Saturday as
the category 1 storm moved west. A
hurricane does not have to make landfall
to cause major damage. LA didn't, but
its impact was felt across the state.
Videos obtained by CNN show a surreal
scene where torrential rainfall and
sustained 80 mileph winds left more than
130,000 customers without power. That's
about 70% of the Big Island.
>> It's been really surreal and kind of
unreal that we're getting like LA like
right now. And it said like in three
decades we haven't got one like this
big. Hawaii's governor announced at
least one person had been killed in a
storm-related car accident. Emergency
crews are working around the clock to
restore power and rescue stranded
residents. LA was downgraded to a
tropical storm Sunday as it continued
northwest across the rest of the state,
dumping more than two to three feet of
rain in some areas in less than 24
hours. Tropical storms typically hit
cooler ocean temperatures as they
approach Hawaii, but LA remained over
warmer waters due to an ongoing maritime
heatwave in the Pacific thanks to the
developing Super El Nino.
Now to Indonesia, where rescuers are
racing the clock to search for survivors
following a series of severe
earthquakes. Officials say a 7.7
magnitude quake struck off the coast of
Flores Island, home to roughly two
million people in the popular tourist
hot spot, Bali. Around 6:00 a.m. local
time Saturday morning. Just hours after
the first earthquake, another 6.9
magnitude quake rattled northern
Sumatra, followed later by a third 5.7
magnitude quake roughly 600 miles to the
north. Flores experienced nearly 1,000
aftershocks following the initial quake.
Roughly, 1300 homes across the island
were severely damaged, forcing many
residents to flee with just the clothes
on their backs.
>> At the moment, we don't dare go home
just yet because the situation isn't
stable. We still worry that there might
be more tremors coming.
>> As of this taping, at least 50 people
have been killed and scores more have
been injured. Makeshift hospitals have
been set up to treat the wounded and
emergency officials are working to
access isolated villages that were cut
off by landslides. Officials say more
than 50,000 aid packages are in route to
the island.
Pop quiz hot shot. Which famous artist
led the 20th century art movement known
as fauism? Enri Matise, Pablo Picasso,
Andy Warhaw, or Freda Ko?
If you said Matise, go on, brush your
shoulders off. Fauxism, French for wild
beasts, is a nickname inspired by the
artist's bold, untamed use of color.
In Italy, police say they have recovered
three stolen paintings by the renowned
French artists Saison, Matis, and
Renoir. Mass burglars stole the art
right off of the walls of a museum near
the northern city of Parma this past
March. They broke in and grabbed the
works, all within 3 minutes. Local media
say that the paintings were found in a
cardboard box used for a flat screen TV
in the basement of one of the alleged
thieves homes. Art experts say their
value exceeded $10 million. The
foundation celebrated the recovery
posting on Instagram that quote beauty
has prevailed. Now to a dilemma that has
been plaguing communities across the US
this year. As companies race to develop
more artificial intelligence models,
there's a growing need for more
buildings and electricity to power them.
There are more than 4,000 data centers
already built or under construction in
the United States alone with another
1,500 being proposed. Our Shimone
Procupz visits communities that are
fighting to keep them from being built
in their own backyards.
>> You better vote no. You better vote no.
The political backlash to data centers
has been fierce nationwide, aided by the
rise and fear of artificial
intelligence.
>> We don't need it. We need water.
>> In Utah, residents are fighting a
proposed 40,000 acre data center that
when combined is twice the size of
Manhattan.
>> Maybe this decision should be made after
the election.
So meetings like this in Union, Missouri
are happening all across the country and
really showing the fear and concern.
>> The burdens would stay local. The
profits would leave town. We are asking
you please stop this theft now.
>> What could a data center do to a
community like this?
>> To find out, we traveled 850 miles from
Union, Missouri to a place already
familiar with data centers.
Lowden County, Virginia. Outside DC,
this is data center alley. Just in this
area alone, there are over 200 buildings
that contain data centers. Some 50
million square ft, enough to fit eight
Pentagons.
>> Having even one data center can double
the amount of tax revenue. We've been
able to build 30ome schools and 15 fire
stations and six libraries.
>> But not everything went right. It is
like having constant jet airplanes
flying overhead
>> because you can hear it right now,
right? Like take a listen here, right?
This is
>> that hum you hear that's coming from
this a massive data center just feet
from these homes.
>> What's it like when you're trying to
sleep?
>> It's like a July 4th fireworks going on.
>> Last night, my son Lucas got up in the
middle of the night and said he couldn't
sleep and came into our room. So, it's
it is affecting their sleep and they
have to go to school.
>> There's another problem.
>> If it was a southern wind today, all
that would be blowing right over this
house.
>> Diesel backup generators when they're
tested, they pollute.
>> Those are the days in particular that I
feel irritation in my throat.
>> How do you respond to them?
>> It's a very unfortunate situation
because when it was built and approved,
it was intended to be on the grid. Then
in 2022, we had uh Dominion tell us,
"Well, we're out of power." They had
already built and leased the building.
So, the only solution for them was the
gas turbines. It is a temporary
situation. Eventually, the power will be
delivered to the site, but that doesn't
help them tonight when they're trying to
get to sleep.
>> You're opening a Pandora's box that
can't be closed.
>> Back in Missouri, they're fighting two
proposed new data center campuses in
Franklin County. Bill Hubard's century
old farm is next to one of them. Recent
reports about a Georgia data center
draining water from nearby farms has
Hubard worried.
>> They say they're not going to drill
wells. All these guarantees, you know,
737s weren't supposed to crash.
>> The company behind one of the campuses
says they won't tax local resources.
>> We're developing a closed loop water
system so it conserves water. We believe
we could develop them in a conscious
way. Getting feedback from the
community.
>> Most here are like the Hubards. They
worry because the land is their life.
>> This is home. There's no amount of money
that could get me to sell this. No
amount of money.
>> So, what do you think? If AI becomes
more useful, should these companies
build more data centers to keep up with
demand? Who should pay for the
infrastructure needed to support the AI
boom? What would a responsible AI data
center look like? Feel free to press
pause and discuss.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
Tiny legs, huge personalities, and zero
respect for aerodynamics. Around 130
corgis from eight different countries
took their ultimate test on the field in
this year's Corgi Race Festival on
Saturday. The annual event takes place
in what the organizers call the quote
European corgi capital in Vius,
Lithuania. Guided by chew toys and
treats, these furry low riders put those
bread loaf bodies into sport mode. But
speed wasn't the only corgi category for
competition. Check out the chunk who
took home gold for loudest bark.
The winner, Mr. Corgington from
California registered 111 dB, roughly
the volume of a chainsaw. Proof without
a shadow of a doubt that these short
kings deliver more than just cuteness,
but some undeniable talents as well.
It's shout out time now. The reason this
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see you, Coach Sims. Rise up. Make it an
awesome day everyone and I'll see you
right back here tomorrow. I'm Koi Wire
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