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hello lovely people welcome to Thursday
or as we like to say happy Friday Eve
I'm Coy wire this is CNN 10 where I tell
you the what letting you decide what to
think let's get you your news we start
today with record shattering winter
weather that brought the US Gulf Coast
to a standstill this week major winter
storm impacted a large area of the Deep
South not used to dealing with ice or
snow that caused widespread school and
work closures and travel disruptions
like people stranded on roads and
thousands of canceled flights bitter
cold temperatures this week are the main
cause of the unlikely Southern snow
storm parts of Florida saw more than 8
in of snow potentially more snow than
the state has ever seen since keeping
record New Orleans which only sees snow
maybe once in a decade also got hit with
8 in of snow shattering its previous
snow record of 2.7 in The Big Easy has
now seen more snow this winter than
Chicago can you believe and here are
some more heads scratchers this week
there was more snow on the ground in
Florida than in Iowa and Nebraska
combined and get this it was colder in
Pensacola Florida this week week than in
Anchorage Alaska states of emergencies
were declared from the Texas Gulf Coast
to the Atlantic coast of the Carolinas
as officials in impacted States urged
residents to stay put the dangerous
winter conditions from both the extreme
cold and the winter storm led to at
least nine deaths reported Nationwide
with the cold sticking around until the
end of the week slippery conditions will
likely remain there for some time our
Maya Blackstone shows us some of the
effects of this historic storm the type
of which the South may not see again for
decades a once in a generation winter
storm brought unprecedented snow to
parts of the gulf coast of the
US snow fell Tuesday from Southeast
Texas through Louisiana and into parts
of Mississippi and Alabama creating
white out conditions low temperatures
wind chills and the first ever blizzard
warning in southern Louisiana and Far
Eastern
Texas more than 2100 flights were
cancelled airports in Houston and
Lafayette Louisiana shut
down other airports remained open but
flights were cancelled Travelers were
also told to avoid hazardous conditions
on the road and many schools were closed
government offices closed Tuesday
throughout the Gulf Coast and states of
emergency are active in Louisiana
Georgia Alabama Florida and
Mississippi 10-second trivia what is the
only continent that does not have an
active volcano Europe South America
Australia or
Antarctica answer is Australia which
lies Far From Any tectonic plate
boundaries where active volcanoes
normally form in Australia an ambitious
project is aimed at restoring ecosystems
through a process called reing by going
back to indigenous practices used before
Europeans introduce non-native plants
and animals locals Nos and government
officials are working to bring back lost
species restoring food chains and
improving biodiversity this edition of
CNN's call to Earth shows us how the
project is restoring the balance between
humans and
nature gandar is an ancient place now
known as the York Peninsula South
Australia new research has recently
revealed that its traditional custodians
the nanga people have lived on this land
for at least 8,000 years nurturing its
fragile Wilderness it's Soul best
practice has been here for Millennia and
I think that's been ignored for way too
long Gary Goldsmith is of naranga
descent and works with the Mana bengara
project which aims to protect the health
both of the Region's natural systems it
was really important to me to be
involved about how I could really
influence the traditional and cultural
knowledge and that's part of our role as
traditional owners as custodians is to
ensure that there is
longevity in collaboration with the WWF
Australia this ambitious plan involves
reintroducing some of the Native species
gone as a result of habitat loss and the
introduction of feral animals during
European
colonization foxes cats the loss of
habitat it's just combined together to
create a really tough world for them and
and they haven't been able to survive
wow we met your friends today mate many
people will know Rambo here is a brush
tailed baton its common
name the small and bouncy marsupial are
ecosystem Engineers promoting plant
growth by air rating soil and spreading
seeds as they forage for food to the
naranga Rambo is known as a Yi and while
his kind disappeared from this part of
South Australia the species has survived
in a pocket of the continent's West the
home of lunga People Who call these
animals by another name
W in 2021 the first group of Wes were
brought from Western Australia to
repopulate the York Peninsula the W and
Yi trans loation project shows that
cultural groups are still working
together to ensure that each nation is
being cared for as if it was your
own it's now up to this team of
ecologist to make sure they're thriving
in the new environment that was once
their own we've now got to a stage where
the habitat is here for yi uh We've
reduced Fox and Cat impacts to a level
that's low enough for these Yi to be
reintroduced and for them to actually
find refuges find food and to survive
themselves with low numbers of foxes and
cats caring for the new arrivals means
yearly checkups so just before Sunset
the team sets Humane traps for the
nocturnal Mario in the hope that early
the next morning data collected from the
wild population will prove that the rewh
Wilding plan continues to
work dayre and its discoveries fuel more
hope the first Yi or Patong is a young
male born right
here which is fantastic for the project
that's what we want to see the young
batong is tagged and microchipped before
his measurement show he's quite healthy
in this new home so they've got a um
what we call a prehensile tail so that
means they can actually grab things with
their tail and sort of use it as a
limb one by one they attest and released
joining the now growing population of Yi
w batong a trio of names for one unique
and vitally important Critter back on
the York peninsula ginda where they
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belong today's story getting a 10 out of
10 is a viral video making a real Splash
a vacationer got a surprise when she
decided to see the day and take a selfie
video of herself taking a plunge her
grip was no match for that Splash though
and her phone went on its own underwater
adventure and C you believe it she found
some fantastic locals stopping by for a
cameo in her still recording phone video
when she played it back take a
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look watch a vacationer's dropped phone
go on an exotic underwater Odyssey and
then go viral while vacationing in Tulum
Mexico Lena niri recorded herself taking
a tropical plunge but ended up dropping
her iPhone in the process I had a phone
like a waterproof case so my phone was
in it with the water pressure and
everything I just lost it a lifeguard
ended up retrieving the still recording
phone shortly thereafter it's still
filming and when the Siri went to view
the video she saw what the phone had
seen a vibrant underwater landscape
complet with friendly photobombing fish
and everything Neri decided to share the
surprising sub aquatic video on Tik Tok
and says she was blown away by the
response I was not expected 50 million
people to see it now it's time for my
favorite part of the show our shout out
today is going to a teacher whose
students are finally going back to
school today after remote learning for
weeks due to the fires in California Mr
Glenn's International balarat class at
their High School in Pasadena rise up
thank you for continuing to watch as
you're dealing with so much adversity my
brother and his wife and two daughters
have been away from their home for weeks
my heart goes out to all of you dealing
with the tragic events in Cali we hope
you are all well and safe to all of our
friends around the world we wish you a
wonderful day we'll see you right back
here tomorrow to finish this week strong
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