Hurricane Idalia lashes Florida

Hurricane Idalia lashes Florida;  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.