Biden's staggering remark about disaster-struck Americans confirms he's out to lunch



Hurricane Helene has wrought havoc, killing at least 215 Americans and leaving thousands homeless. Entire communities, such as Chimney Rock, North Carolina, are in ruins. Many citizens remain stranded, powerless, and in desperate need of supplies.

When reading speeches in some of the affected states this week, President Joe Biden signaled an understanding of the disaster's impact — noting in Raleigh, for instance, the "historic proportions" of the damages. However, a passing encounter with the press upon his return to the White House Thursday revealed the Democratic president has at best a sporadic grasp on the reality of the situation.

"What do the states in the storm zone need, Mr. President?" a reporter asked Biden.

"Sorry?" responded the 81-year-old president, who had just finished off celebrating former Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney's supposed "physical courage" in endorsing Kamala Harris.

"What do the the states in the storm zones — what do they need after what you saw today?" said the reporter.

"Oh, in the storm zone? I'm wondering which storm you're talking about," said Biden. "They've got everything they need. They're very happy across the board."

Biden's apparent confusion regarding "which storm" was at issue as well as his characterization of those affected by Hurricane Helene as "happy" prompted concerns and outrage.

'My grief today is unfathomable.'

One user responding to the video on X noted, "This makes my blood boil! Our families are suffering. The death toll is going to be shocking. The missing need to be found!!!!"

"Oh, everyone impacted by Helene are happy, across the board. Oh. Good to know. Getting everything they need. Oh. Good to know," wrote another user, ostensibly in disbelief over Biden's remarks.

While Americans have showcased compassion, courage, and resilience throughout this ordeal, it's clear that happiness is far from ubiquitous.

A user on X who goes by A.P. Hill Legacy Foundation shared his firsthand account of challenges on the ground in North Carolina, noting that people "have no driveways, no power[,] no food. People are dying. Grown men crying and hugging me for giving them $100."

'Harris says Joe Biden is completely fit to be president.'

"People were crying telling me that they watched a women [sic] and her 3 children be washed away in the flood and they cried the entire night because they couldn't help them," said the X user. "Another man told me that his son is a paramedic and one of the bodies he found was his best friend. I hugged them and cried."

Meghan Drye of Asheville, North Carolina, made clear to Fox Weather earlier this week that she was anything but happy, having just lost her parents and her 7-year-old son Micah to the storm.

"My grief today is unfathomable," said Drye, emphasizing she's been sustained since then only by prayer. "I'm sorrowful. You know, I feel broken."

The tearful mother added while in the embrace of her weeping sister, "I'm so proud of my son because in his last moments he wasn't screaming for me. He was screaming, 'Jesus. Jesus save me. Jesus, I hear you. Jesus, I'm calling upon you.' In his wildest dreams and everything that he wanted to be was a superhero, and that was his goal in life. And instead, he's my hero because he reached for something past flesh, past human, past anything that even grown adults, I think, would reach for. My son called out to the one God Almighty. And I think at that moment, he was rescued."

Critics seized upon Biden's confusion as more evidence that Kamala Harris hid disqualifying decrepitude from the American public.

The Virginia GOP wrote, "Remember: Kamala Harris says Joe Biden is completely fit to be president. She is either a liar or hopelessly oblivious. Either one is disqualifying."

The Mississippi GOP tweeted, "This is what Kamala Harris & the media covered up."

The Trump campaign narrowed the blame down further, writing, "THIS is what Kamala covered up."

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Alaska Airlines flight forced to turn around after Boeing 737 jet sink floods cabin with water



An Alaska Airlines flight that was on its way from Hawaii to Alaska turned around after a bathroom on the flight flooded the aisles of the Boeing 737 Max 9 jet with water, according to Alaska News Source.

The incident is the most recent in a slew of issues with Boeing flights over the last few months.

The flight from Honolulu to Anchorage departed after 10:00 p.m. Friday night and was in the air for just 90 minutes when the front bathroom suddenly began to malfunction, ultimately leading to flooding in the aisle of the aircraft.

Instead of continuing the six-hour flight to Alaska, the captain of Alaska Airlines flight 828 decided to turn back to Hawaii to have the problem resolved. Footage of the incident was posted to YouTube, where flight attendants can be seen trying to soak up as much water as possible with paper towels and blankets.

Dustin Parker — a passenger on the flight — said that "there was probably two to four inches of standing water that swooshed out as soon as you opened that front door of the lavatory."

"I would say an hour and a half into the flight is when we noticed the water and it was significant. The entire floorboards of that airplane were completely wet."

The issue is believed to have originated from the bathroom sink, not the toilet, according to the Daily Mail. A flight map revealed that the flight was in the air for almost two-and-a-half hours before safely landing back in Hawaii at 12:30 a.m.

Reports stated that the passengers were rebooked on other flights because there was no other plane at the airport to take them back to Anchorage.

The airline said the following in a statement: "We apologize to our guests for the inconvenience this caused and commend the crew for their actions to ensure the well-being and comfort of our guests."

Alaska Airlines made headlines at the beginning of the year after a door plug blew out on a Boeing 737 Max 9 — the same model of plane that the flooding occurred in. The Department of Justice opened an investigation into Boeing following the door issue.

Boeing has been at the center of scandals over the past few years, including the mysterious death of John Barnett, who was in the process of giving testimony about quality checks for Boeing's aircraft earlier this year. While Barnett's death has been ruled a suicide, some are skeptical of this conclusion.

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California communities brace for more rain amid massive flooding, levee break, rescues, evacuations



California is bracing for another round of storms as residents deal with blocked exit routes, high floodwaters, a levee break, emergency rescues, and ongoing evacuations, multiple outlets reported.

"My heart hurts tonight for the residents of Pajaro," Monterey County Board of Supervisors Chair Luis Alejo tweeted Saturday.

A levee failure on California's Pajaro River in Monterey County Friday night caused massive flooding necessitating evacuations and "dozens of water rescues," the Los Angeles Times reported.

"We were hoping to avoid and prevent this situation, but the worst case scenario has arrived," Alejo said, also thanking the first responders and county staff assisting with evacuations and relocations to safe shelters.

More than 8,500 people were under evacuation orders and warnings Saturday in Monterey County. Those under the orders and warnings include the unincorporated agricultural community of Pajaro, which is home to many Spanish-speaking farm workers, KPIX reported.

Streets, cars, homes, businesses, and schools were submerged, the outlet also reported.

Sunday afternoon, Alejo warned residents not to drink the tap water nor use it for cooking. Officials are concerned that flood water entering into the well casing may have contaminated tap water with chemicals. Boiling the water, he warned, will not make it safe.

Soldiers in the California National Guard worked to support first responders in 56 rescues near the Panjaro River, the Guard tweeted yesterday. In the video accompanying the tweet, a guardsman assists a driver as the driver exits his vehicle into the thigh-deep waters flooding the road.

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Northern California residents will face more bad weather, as forecasters warn that yet another atmospheric river is bearing down on the region. Beleaguered residents should expect more heavy rain and gusty winds that could exacerbate the flooding as early as Monday.

An atmospheric river is a long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transports water vapor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains. The vapor columns, like "rivers in the sky," move with the weather. Those with the largest amounts of water vapor and strongest winds can create extreme rainfall and floods, NOAA also explains.

California's Governor's Office of Emergency Services tweeted Sunday that flood fighting personnel are being pre-positioned across the state as they prepare for the predicted onslaught. Cal OES urged the public to have emergency plan in place, emergency preparedness kits at home, and vehicles fueled in case evacuation becomes necessary.

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Twelve dead after record-breaking China rains flood railway tunnels; trapped commuters said waters rose from 'our ankles to our knees to our necks'



Twelve people died after record-breaking rainfall in China flooded railway tunnels and trapped commuters as waters rose everywhere, BBC News reported.

What are the details?

Videos showed evening commuters trying to keep their heads above rising water, the outlet said.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

The clip also showed floodwaters bursting through an entryway and onto commuter platforms.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

BBC News said more than 500 people were rescued from the railway tunnels in Henan province, and days of rain led to 200,000 evacuations and widespread damage.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

More from the outlet:

Above ground, roads have been turned into rivers, with cars and debris swept along in fast moving currents. A number of pedestrians have had to be rescued.

In total, 25 people have died in Henan province and more than a dozen cities are affected. President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that there had been "significant loss of life and damage to property."

Several dams and reservoirs have breached warning levels, and soldiers have been mobilized to divert rivers which have burst their banks. Flights and trains in many parts of Henan have also been suspended.

In the provincial capital Zhengzhou, the equivalent of a year's average rainfall has fallen in just three days.

BBC News said some of the city's flood defenses were overwhelmed, after which water began flowing into the railway tunnels. Survivors said water leaked through train doors, rising slowly from "our ankles to our knees to our necks," the outlet reported.

"All of us who could, stood on the subway seats," one woman wrote on the Chinese social network site Weibo, BBC News said, adding that parents lifted their children out of the water while others threw off anything that might hold them down.

One passenger said after about 30 minutes it became "hard to breathe," the outlet added.

BBC News, citing a statement from Zhengzhou government officials, reported that the train line was shut down to enable evacuations, and five people were being treated for injuries, while 12 died.

Nursery school rescue

The outlet also said children had to be rescued from a flooded nursery school as state media aired video of them being floated out in plastic tubs.

"Never in my life had I seen so much rain," one witness said, according to BBC News. "There was one hour where the rain was just pouring down on us from the heavens, and everything went completely white."

Dam in danger of collapsing

To make matters worse, storm damage left a 65-foot breach in a Luoyang city dam, which army officials said could "collapse at any time," the outlet added.

And residents in Sishui were stuck on rooftops, BBC News also reported, with one witness writing on social media, "We don't know how to swim … the whole village is about to be washed away."

What's the background?

Henan province has experienced "rare and severe rainfall" since Saturday, the outlet reported, citing China's meteorological authority.

Zhengzhou saw almost 25 inches of rainfall on Tuesday alone, with a third of that amount falling in just one hour — an event that "smashed historical records," BBC News added.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

The outlet also said forecasts said parts of the region would continue to see "severe or extremely severe storms" and that the heavy rain was likely to end only on Thursday.

Anything else?

Last week, intense rain in parts of Germany and Belgium led to deadly floods that overloaded streams, washed away houses and cars, and triggered massive landslides, Science reported, adding that at least 196 people died as of Tuesday.

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