Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

Catastrophic storm Ian continues its destructive surge through America's southeast.

I ask climate policy expert Leah Stokes,

what makes Ian so powerful and is this the future?

Then, Russia prepares to illegally annex Ukrainian territory

as military-age men there vote against the war with their feet.

Historian Nina Khrushchev weighs in from Russia

on the next phase of the conflict.

Also...

I went to an art fair and I realized that out of the thousands of artworks in front of me, not a single one was by a woman.

Art historian Katie Hessel puts women back in the picture and...

There's a historic number of black candidates running for office on the Republican ticket.

Author Ted Johnson explores why black Republican candidates are rising,

as black Republican voters are disappearing. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm on

in London. In the United States at this moment, Ian is intensifying once again.

Already one of the strongest storms ever to hit the US, causing catastrophic flooding

and destruction across hundreds of miles.

Rescue efforts are underway as more than 2.5 million electric customers are without power. Streets and highways are shut down by the monster storm and key infrastructure is failing,

including a portion of the Sanibel Island Causeway off Florida's West Coast,

and still the water rises. Speaking this morning, Florida Governor Ron

Desantis said the storm is basically a 500-year flood event.

The impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been

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