Tropical Storm Elsa, Biggest Ransomware Attack & Cannes Comeback- Tuesday, July 6th, 2021
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 6 July 2021
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The news to know for Tuesday, July 6th, 2021!
What to know about a tropical storm that's already left a trail of damage in the Caribbean and how it's expected to affect Florida next.
Also, the biggest global ransomware attack yet. We'll tell you who was behind it and what kinds of businesses were targeted this time.
Plus, a listeria outbreak prompted a major food recall, Amazon brought on a new boss, and the largest film festival in the world kicks off today with some highly-anticipated new movies.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, July 6, what to know about a tropical storm that's already left a trail |
| 0:05.0 | of damage in the Caribbean and how it's expected to affect Florida next. |
| 0:09.1 | Also, the biggest global ransomware attack yet will tell you who was behind it and what kinds |
| 0:13.7 | of businesses were targeted this time. Plus, a Listeria outbreak prompted a major food recall, |
| 0:19.0 | Amazon brought on a new boss, and the largest film festival in the world kicks off today |
| 0:23.9 | with some highly anticipated new movies. |
| 0:26.8 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy, all the days news and about 10 minutes. |
| 0:32.9 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Lacey Evans, filling in for Erica Mandy during her |
| 0:38.0 | maternity leave. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:44.4 | Today, parts of Florida are in the path of a dangerous tropical storm. |
| 0:48.3 | Governor DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 15 counties in preparation for tropical storm |
| 0:53.5 | Elsa. It's on track to hit communities along the state's western coast from the lower Florida |
| 0:58.5 | Keys up toward Tampa starting early this morning. Nearly nine people in Florida have been told |
| 1:03.3 | to prepare for heavy rain, strong winds, and possible flash flooding. A few tornadoes could also be |
| 1:08.9 | possible. Already over the weekend, the same storm caused damage in the Caribbean. At least one |
| 1:13.9 | person died in St. Lucia and two more died in the Dominican Republic. In Barbados, more than a thousand |
| 1:19.5 | homes were damaged. After the storm moves over Florida today and tomorrow, Elsa is expected to |
| 1:24.4 | head into Georgia and the Carolinas. Then it will likely die off by Thursday afternoon to be continued. |
| 1:33.6 | Rescue crews are now searching through fresh rubble at the site of that condo collapse in Florida. |
| 1:38.7 | Over the weekend, officials demolished the part of the building that was still standing, |
| 1:42.2 | giving search and rescue crews new space to dig through. They especially wanted to get that |
| 1:46.8 | done before tropical storm Elsa moved in. Out of fears, high winds could bring the building down |
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