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12 PM ET: More wildfire deaths expected, abusers gun ban, Olympics marriage proposal & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Authorities in New Mexico say they're preparing for more fatalities after at least two people were killed by a pair of wildfires. It's feared that more than 1,000 people could have died from the heat while making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Supreme Court has upheld a federal law banning domestic abusers from owning guns. Israel's prime minister says US military aid for his country is "barely a trickle." Plus, an American swimmer got engaged just minutes after qualifying for the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, June 21st.

0:08.0

The mayor of Rodoso New Mexico says authorities there are preparing for more fatalities after a

0:14.8

pair of wildfires killed at least two people in the last few days. We do have teams

0:20.0

that are coming in with dogs to look for loss of life.

0:24.0

The FBI is investigating what could have caused the fires

0:28.0

and the Biden administration has approved an expediated major disaster declaration

0:32.0

from the state's governor.

0:34.0

But wildfires are not the only problem the village is facing.

0:37.5

They're also dealing with severe flash flooding,

0:40.0

as remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto are bringing moisture over burnt ground.

0:44.8

Yesterday's event was very small, the one coming up is expected to be catastrophic.

0:49.8

Heavy rainfall is also expected to bring a flood threat across the upper Midwest in the next two days.

0:55.0

Meanwhile, a heat dome is shifting south to the mid-Atlantic and the Midwest,

1:00.0

where temperatures could hit 100 degrees this weekend, leaving 100 million people under heat alerts.

1:06.0

D.C. Philly and Newark could all see records in the next couple of days,

1:11.0

along with dozens of other locations in the region.

1:14.8

Elsewhere, Extreme Heats has killed hundreds of people at the Harge pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

1:20.8

The official death toll is under 500, but it's feared that the actual number could be above a thousand.

1:27.0

Pilgrims from several different countries made the journey to Mecca in dangerously high temperatures up to 120 degrees.

1:34.4

Egypt says it has formed a crisis committee and launched an investigation into the deaths.

1:39.2

The country added that the picture isn't clear because of large numbers of unregistered pilgrims who are

1:44.5

unaccounted for among those who have registered and travel to Mecca as part of Egypt's

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