Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navas is away. On the news hour tonight.

We're just thankful we're alive.

We report from on the ground in Florida, where residents are assessing the damage Hurricane

Idalia has left in its path. A New Hampshire lawsuit tests a controversial idea, using

the 14th Amendment to keep former president Donald Trump off the ballot in the 2024 election.

And 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown, Japan takes up the difficult

task of developing a stable energy supply without relying on fossil fuels.

In response to the accident, Japanese peoples view of energy changed, and utility companies

also changed their approach because they realize they have to change.

Welcome to the news hour.

Idalia is heading back out to sea tonight, but in its wake, Florida, Georgia, and the

Carolinas are busy cleaning up. As a category 3 hurricane, Idalia triggered heavy flooding

in several states, and more than 175,000 customers are still without power tonight.

Officials say the hurricane created major damage in Florida's Big Bend region, but overall

there was less damage throughout the southeast than many had feared. William Brangham is on

the ground in Florida with this report.

From Florida's Big Bend to southern Georgia to the Carolina coast, Idalia left a trail of

flooding and destruction across hundreds of miles of the southeast.

Residents in hard-hit Perry, Florida, just off the Gulf Coast, were taking stock of the

devastation this morning.

Oh, so this whole thing fell over your house?

Yeah, the whole thing fell over, yes.

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