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hello sunshine hope you had an awesome
weekend welcome back to CNN 10 where we
tell you the what letting you decide
what to think it's time to rise up and
start this week strong let's go we start
today with extreme weather in Texas and
its impact on residents over the past
month a series of brutal weather events
have rattled the state including dozens
of tornadoes like this one near abalene
now significant rainfall is now flooding
roads and stranding livestock rivers are
hitting levels that haven't been seen
since hurricane Harvey in 2017 to put
this amount of water into perspective on
Thursday the communities just north of
Houston received two months worth of
rain in one day alone that's combined
with an unusually wet spring that
already made the ground super saturated
meaning it couldn't absorb any more
water so that water has to go somewhere
and it has led to flash floods popping
up throughout the region disaster
declarations are now in effect for more
than a third of Texas in Harris County a
local official says more than 200 people
have been rescued without any injuries
or deaths reported these events show how
severe weather can overwhelm communities
on short notice but also how proper
planning and a quick response can save
lives CNN's Rosa Flores has more well
there's been a lot of emotional and very
tense moments for individuals who have
been rescued from these Rising Waters
what you hear in the background is an
airboat they're still rescuing
individuals but they're also trying to
convince them to evacuate let me show
you around this is an area that's called
The River Bottom now this street curls
around and they our homes back there RVs
back there I've talked to neighbors who
say that there between eight and 15
individuals back there who do not want
to evacuate but take a look around and
you'll see the water levels you see the
water level on the fence and on the
trees if you look closely the good news
is that some of the water is receding
because you can tell that water level
from the tree now I talked to the owner
of this mobile home her name is Stacy
Smith and she is one of the individuals
who's has access to her home she has
taken everything out she has left the
area but she says that she's trying to
come back because she's trying to
convince the 8 to 15 individuals that
she calls friends and family who are
back in the river bottom because she's
hoping that they evacuate to
safety the ones that didn't want to come
right now we're going to go back and get
uh with a personal boote and we're going
to go get everybody we're not leaving
nobody behind cuz they're like our
family they're like family down there
and just to put this into perspective
Harris County Texas is one of the
biggest counties in the country and
according to authorities at this point
they estimate that several hundred homes
are being impacted now the damage
assessments have not been made according
to authorities that might start on
Monday that of course is if the water
starts to
recede Texas isn't the only place
dealing with the Fallout of torrential
rains in Brazil catastrophic floods in
in the country's southernmost State have
impacted more than 67,000 people houses
have been submerged up to their rooftops
and Roads can only be traveled by boat
the government has declared a state of
emergency Brazil's president is assuring
citizens that there will be help from
the government for Health Care food and
transportation for people affected by
the
floods Pop Quiz Hot Shot how long does
it take for the moon to make a complete
orbit around our planet Earth 31 days 27
days 14 days just a
day if you said 27 days put your hands
up the moon makes a complete orbit
around Earth in 27 Earth days and
rotates or spins at that same rate or in
that same amount of time ever wonder why
we always see the same side of the moon
even though both the earth and moon
rotate on their axes well it's because
the moon takes about the same amount of
time to complete an orbit of of Earth
and rotate around its access well The
Far Side of the Moon is about to have a
visitor a probe China's changa 6 this
probe won't have any astronauts on board
but it launched on Friday and is set to
land on the far side of the moon to
collect samples during its 53-day
Mission while space flight has
traditionally been led by the United
States and Russia more countries are
getting in on the game CNN's Mark
Stewart has
more this is China's latest leap in the
global quest to put a human back on the
moon CNN was there invited by the
Chinese government for a behindth scenes
look at the win Chung launch site here
on Hine Island along the South China
Sea the goal of this mission to bring
back the first samples ever collected
from the moon's far side part of China's
ambitious plan to send astronauts by
2030 and build a lunar research station
it Mak us feel we are the strong country
because we have the power to launch the
the big rocket to the moon what's
happening here has critics the Chinese
government maintains space should be a
peaceful place yet the head of NASA
expressed concern China may be using its
civilian program for military purposes
even suggesting a Chinese takeover of
the Moon why does the Journey To The
Moon matter so much I think I think it's
symbolically uh symbolically important
it's it's again why does any country get
into the space flight business
particularly human space flight it's for
National Prestige it's for to show the
world their technological prowess this
isn't just about space in science it's
also about national pride and profit
space tourism is Big here that includes
these rocket shaped water bottles this
is the first time so we are very excited
the space presence here is palpable as
am take pictures and shop for souvenirs
it's not just snacks at this hotel gift
shop it's backpacks Rockets even a model
of the Chinese space station even
afternoon tea comes with a taste of
space celebrations aside this is a
cosmic competition to make a mark on
Earth and Beyond Mark Stewart CNN hinan
Island China now China's lunar lander
isn't the only cool space story we have
for you today tonight Boeing's Starliner
is scheduled for its first launch with
astronauts on board if all goes
according to plan Commander Butch
Wilmore and pilot Sunny Williams will
take the spacecraft up to the
International Space Station where
they'll spend about a week before
returning home we had the kitchen sink
essentially thrown at us the other day
on an ASN Sim and uh we came out fine so
I have all the confidence we wouldn't be
here if it weren't ready uh we are ready
the spacecraft's ready and the teams are
ready now there have been a lot of
setbacks leading up to this moment
SpaceX has already been flying
astronauts to the International Space
Station since 2020 but it has taken Boe
up until now to reach this Milestone
this is what NASA has been hoping for
for quite some time to have two
different private companies able to fly
these sorts of
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missions today's story getting a 10 out
of 10 and a zebra named Suge finally
found safe and sound four zebras were
seen running down an interstate near
North Bend in Washington state after
they escaped from a trailer on April
28th the owner reportedly stopped to fix
an issue with the trailer then these
zebras were seen running through yards
some people thought this was some sort
of prank while three of the zebras were
captured within a few hours a May named
Shug uh remained on the run for nearly 6
days but Animal Services says Shug was
safely rescued Friday night our
understanding is that you know she was
relatively safe uh they have incredible
kicking power and incredible aim I've
learned more about zebras you know than
I ever thought I would want to know um
so you know while cougars are a consern
in concern in our area they have plenty
of deer to take it's not likely that a
cougar would have you know probably gone
after her and if it did it probably
would have been the worst thing they
ever Tangled with in his life oh Shug
was set to to be transported to Anaconda
Montana which is where the trailer was
originally headed before the Escape so
glad Suge was found safe and sound and
so glad that we have found all of you
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Rise Up everyone remember today's news
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