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I examine an extraordinary day of reported Ukrainian operations: strikes on four oil depots in Krasnodar Krai, defense plants in Tula and Voronezh, and Russian drone, radar, electronic-warfare, air-defense, and maritime assets. Ukraine says seven refineries were hit over the preceding week at ranges of up to 1,600 kilometers behind the front. I assess why sustained pressure on fuel distribution, air defense, and drone infrastructure could impose costs well beyond any single strike.

I also break down Operation Vivaldi near Liman, where Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps says it captured more than 250 Russian personnel after trapping forces west of the Zherebets River. Ukrainian reporting listed 2,090 Russian casualties for the day, alongside major equipment losses, while Russian attacks killed civilians and damaged sites across multiple Ukrainian regions. The strategic issue is whether deep strikes and battlefield deception can translate into lasting operational leverage.

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02:45 Russian Air Defense, Drone and Radar Targets
05:15 Ukraine’s Expanding Long-Range Strike Campaign
08:25 Reported Russian Casualties and Equipment Losses
09:45 Battlefield Pressure Across Key Sectors
11:40 Deception, POWs and Russian Unit Losses
13:10 What These Events Mean for the War

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US intelligence has warned several European governments that Russia may be preparing a drone operation targeting Spain, France, or Italy. The suspected plan involves concealing Gerbera drones inside containers aboard merchant ships and launching them from the sea. The threat is particularly serious because these countries are far beyond the range of drones launched from Russian territory. Merchant ships could provide Russia with covert, mobile launch platforms much closer to southern Europe, allowing drones to approach targets from unexpected directions, which Nato countries didn’t expect any attacks from. This could bring normally distant European targets within range without requiring Russia to establish a permanent military base abroad.

To conduct these strikes, Russia would use Gerbera drones that can fly around six hundred kilometres and carry a five kilogram explosive payload. These drones could be launched against airports, military facilities, or critical infrastructure near the coast. Because of the relatively small payload, the drones wouldn’t cause widespread destruction, but it is more than enough to damage key parts of Nato’s infrastructure and paralyze them. A ship positioned several hundred kilometres offshore could launch the drones without entering a Nato country’s territorial waters, making preparations for the attack more difficult to detect. 

Russia’s broader objective is not to start a full scale war with Nato, but to test how the alliance would respond to a limited attack while exploiting existing divisions within Europe. A carefully controlled drone operation could create public fear and expose weaknesses in southern Europe’s air defenses. Depending on its scale, an attack could force Nato members to move additional air defense systems towards southern Europe, leaving fewer systems and interceptors available for the eastern flank and Ukraine. Launching the drones from a civilian ship would also make it harder to prove that Russia ordered the attack, creating uncertainty over how Nato should respond. Moscow could use this political uncertainty surrounding such an attack to test Nato’s willingness to invoke Article five, the collective defense clause, and assess how united European governments would remain under pressure. 

This type of drone attack would cause major problems for Nato because finding one armed vessel among three thousand regular merchant ships that sail through the Mediterranean Sea every day would be almost impossible. This tactic would also give Russia plausible deniability, because it could deny controlling the ship after an attack, while Western investigators would try to trace the vessel and its ownership. A foreign flagged vessel, several companies involved in its ownership, and cargo moved through different ports could make the operation more difficult to trace back to Russia. Nato would therefore need strong evidence before seizing the vessel or responding against Russia, as its members could not simply search every suspicious merchant ship travelling through international waters. Detecting the operation beforehand would require Nato to track suspicious cargo, port visits, and changes in ship ownership across several countries. Russia could move the drones through companies or intermediaries in third countries before loading them onto civilian ships, greatly expanding the number of routes Nato would need to monitor.

Overall, turning merchant ships into mobile launch platforms would allow Russia to threaten southern Europe without building permanent bases or openly deploying military forces abroad. Nato would then have to connect naval surveillance, port inspections, coastal security, and air defense because stopping these attacks would begin long before the drones entered European airspace. However, stricter inspections of suspicious vessels could slow commercial traffic and create disputes with neutral countries, meaning Moscow could cause economic and political pressure even if only a few drones were launched. The lasting effect would be to erase the old division between military threats in eastern Europe and civilian shipping routes in the south, forcing Nato to defend both at the same time.

In this exclusive interview, intelligence analyst Ryan McBeth breaks down concerning reports that Russia's shadow fleet could launch maritime drones against soft civilian targets across Southern Europe.

We dive into the strategic calculations behind these potential hybrid attacks, the practical difficulties of anti-drone defence in densely populated European cities, how NATO might respond with targeted strikes or a no-fly zone, and the severe domestic risks Putin faces if he expands military conscription.

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00:35 - The high stakes of Russia’s NATO gamble
01:35 - Soft targets: forcing NATO's hand
02:35 - How NATO could respond: retaliatory strikes & no-fly zones
04:55 - The reality of setting up anti-drone security in Europe
07:15 - Why mobilisation is Putin's biggest political threat

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Today, there are important updates from the Liman direction.  

Here, Ukrainian forces are increasingly shifting their counterattacks toward the forests southeast of Liman by transferring reinforcements with their improved logistical lines. The initial Ukrainian goal is to clear the forests west of Dibrova to consolidate full control over the village itself before pushing down the railway line and recapturing the strongpoints along the way, while other Ukrainian units secure the lakes northeast of Dibrova. Russian infantry had repeatedly exploited this difficult terrain to infiltrate toward Liman and Yampil, using the vegetation to conceal tiny assault groups from Ukrainian reconnaissance. 

Now Ukraine is attempting to reverse that pressure and clear the forest belt that supported Russia’s southern approach to remove the Russian infiltrators before they can accumulate into meaningful positions. Clearing the adjoining forests would consequently do two things simultaneously: strengthen Liman’s southeastern defenses and provide Ukraine with better conditions for stabilizing Yampil.

The forest has already suffered enormous destruction after years of artillery, drones, and close-range fighting. However, the autumn season creates an advantage for the Ukrainians, because as foliage disappears, Russian soldiers who previously relied on it for concealment become increasingly vulnerable to thermal-equipped reconnaissance drones.

As part of their clearing operation, Ukrainian drone pilots systematically scan the tree lines for heat signatures before directing FPV drones or infantry toward suspicious positions. Russian soldiers sheltering beneath trees, inside dugouts, beside wrecked vehicles, or underneath ruined structures remain difficult to identify visually, but thermal optics can reveal signatures that ordinary cameras miss.

Fiber-optic FPV's provide another useful tool in the area because, unlike radio-controlled drones vulnerable to electronic warfare, they maintain their connection through physical fiber, allowing operators to penetrate wooded terrain where trees interfere with conventional signals. Using them, Ukrainian operators can follow paths between trunks, investigate suspected shelters, and attack positions concealed beneath the remaining vegetation.

Once the Ukrainian drones located a Russian group and narrowed down their exact location, Ukrainian assault troops moved forward, while strike drones suppressed or destroyed individual hideouts. Due to these advances, Russian forces mostly withdrew from their salient southeast of Liman and are attempting to defend a small bridgehead west of the Zherebets River, northeast of Yampil.

The broader development becomes particularly significant when combined with Operation Vivaldi, as Ukraine has already eliminated the large Russian salient north of Liman, undermining Moscow’s attempt to create a northern pincer around the city. Clearing operations in the forest southeast of Liman now collapsed their southern flank. 

At the same time the terrain severely restricts what Russia can do next, as dense forests make the use of armored vehicles almost impossible, and those vehicles that can still go through are channeled onto predictable roads and tracks, making mechanized assaults vulnerable to mines, artillery, and drones. The Russian command can continue sending small infantry groups through the forests, but the increasingly improved Ukrainian positions make those movements easier to detect and eliminate.

Overall, Ukraine has an opportunity to further exploit Russia’s setback rather than merely consolidate it, as Ukrainian pressure is now moving southeast toward Yampil. If Ukrainian forces can systematically clear the remaining forest positions around the settlement and stabilize this flank, Russia will lose much of the terrain that allowed infiltrators to approach Liman under concealment. From there, Ukraine can increasingly turn eastward and transform what began as an operation to save Liman into a broader effort to push the frontline farther away from the city.

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Financier and activist Bill Browder breaks down why Vladimir Putin is running out of options as mass draft-dodging and soaring casualties rock Russia.

With confirmed Russian war dead surpassing 250,000, public desperation is escalating into a mass exodus to avoid conscription.

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251. Winter’s Grip: When Homelessness Turns Deadly - It's Worse Than You Think - Homeless in America

Winter’s Grip: When Homelessness Turns Deadly – It’s Worse Than You Think – Homeless in America exposes the brutal, often invisible war thousands of unhoused Americans fight just to stay alive when temperatures plunge. This documentary follows people sleeping in tents, cars, alleyways, and abandoned buildings as deadly cold transforms everyday struggles into life-or-death survival. Through raw street footage, emotional firsthand accounts, and an unfiltered look at overwhelmed shelters and failing support systems, the film reveals how frostbite, hypothermia, and silent overnight deaths have become routine tragedies. It also exposes how slow government response, limited resources, and harsh winter sweeps push vulnerable individuals even closer to danger. This isn’t just a winter story—it’s a warning about a nation where people freeze to death in the shadows while the world walks past.

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01:55 Winter in America – The Season That Tests Humanity.
05:03 Alaska – Where Survival Becomes a Prayer.
07:51 North Dakota – The Wind That Doesn’t Forgive.
10:31 Minnesota – The Politics of Cold Compassion.
13:13 Maine – Where Silence Freezes Too.
16:33 Wyoming – The Invisible State.
19:13 Addiction – The Fire Within the Cold.
22:40 The Cost of Indifference – What the Cold Reveals About Us.
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300. ❄️ The Winter of Desperation in Duluth, Minnesota : Homeless By The Superior Shore.

The Winter of Desperation in Duluth, Minnesota: Homeless By The Superior Shore is a quiet, unflinching portrait of survival along the frozen edge of Duluth, where winter arrives early and mercy arrives late. As Arctic winds sweep off Lake Superior, the cold turns sidewalks into endurance tests and nights into life-or-death calculations. Tents stiffen with ice, breath crystallizes in the dark, and every decision—where to sleep, how to stay warm—carries weight.

This film listens closely to lives often passed by. It reveals how the homeless crisis tightens when temperatures plunge, and how limited shelter capacity forces impossible choices. Beneath the snowbanks lies a deeper emergency: untreated trauma, mental illness, and the ongoing fentanyl crisis that shadows streets and shelters alike, claiming lives quietly through the long nights.

Yet this is not only a story of loss. It is also a record of resilience—of neighbors sharing heat, outreach workers braving the cold, and individuals holding onto dignity when the world feels indifferent. Set against iron-gray water and frozen rails, Duluth becomes a mirror for homeless in America today, asking a simple, urgent question: what does compassion look like when winter shows no mercy?
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01:11 Introduction: The Chill From The Giant Air Conditioner.
05:08 The Terrain, The Culture, And Those Silent Deaths.
09:35 The Ice Wall And The Collapse Of The System.
15:17 Frozen Policies – The Cruel Irony Of Winter.
19:34 Conclusion: When The Snowfall Melts, What Remains?
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264. The Homeless Surge: Why Americans Are Falling Faster Than Ever - Documentary

America is experiencing a homeless surge unlike anything seen before, driven by soaring housing costs, collapsing wages, untreated addiction, and a public-health system stretched beyond capacity. This documentary follows ordinary Americans who are falling into homelessness faster than the nation can respond, revealing how quickly stability can disappear. From cars to tents to roadside encampments, the stories in this documentary show a country where millions are slipping through the cracks — and the crisis is only accelerating.

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03:06 The National Picture: A Historic Surge in Homelessness Across America.
04:54 The Forces That Push Households Over The Edge
08:52 Who Is At Highest Risk Of Becoming Homeless?
13:26 Three Myths That Keep Us Stuck
16:33 Many Places, Many Faces, But The Same Mechanics Underneath
19:45 Why Encampment Sweeps Don’t Solve The Problem, And What To Do Instead
23:00 Conclusion.
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196. Homeless in Skid Row: America’s Open Wound - It's Worse Than You Think

Homeless in Skid Row: America’s Open Wound – It’s Worse Than You Think exposes the brutal reality of a place where hope has vanished, and the streets have become the last refuge for thousands of forgotten souls. In the heart of Los Angeles lies Skid Row, a community that mirrors the true face of inequality in one of the richest nations on earth. This documentary takes you deep inside the daily struggle for survival — where tents replace homes, sidewalks become shelters, and humanity is tested every single day.

Through raw and unfiltered stories, Homeless in America reveals the pain, resilience, and despair of those living in the margins. Behind every face on Skid Row is a story — of lost jobs, mental illness, broken systems, and a society that looks away. Yet, even in the darkest corners, sparks of dignity and kindness still flicker.

This is not just about one neighborhood. Skid Row stands as a symbol of a national failure, where policy meets apathy and compassion fades under bureaucracy. As the cameras roll, the truth unfolds: the crisis is not shrinking — it’s spreading. From Los Angeles to San Francisco, from Seattle to Philadelphia, the echoes of Homeless in America grow louder every year.

Homeless in Skid Row is a wake-up call to a country that prides itself on freedom and prosperity but cannot protect its most vulnerable citizens. It asks the question too many avoid: how can a nation so wealthy leave so many behind? This is more than a documentary — it’s a mirror held up to the soul of a nation. Homeless in America is not just a problem. It’s a wound still bleeding in plain sight.

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02:04 The Cold Numbers: What the Data Reveals About Skid Row.
06:00 The Forgotten Faces: Personal Journeys on Skid Row’s Sidewalks.
10:57 The Poisoned Blade: The Crushing Toll of Addiction.
15:00 The Roots of Anguish: Society’s Unhealed Wounds.
18:51 Rays of Hope: Housing as Medicine.
21:45 Lingering Shadows: Barriers and Storms Yet to Break.
24:45 Conclusion.
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142. The Criminalization of the Homeless in America: A Crisis Fueled by Fentanyl and Systemic Failures

The Criminalization of the Homeless in America: A Crisis Fueled by Fentanyl and Systemic Failures exposes one of the darkest contradictions in modern society. Instead of receiving care, housing, or treatment, countless individuals living on the streets face punishment simply for existing in public spaces. Laws against loitering, camping, or panhandling do little to solve the root causes, but they do succeed in pushing vulnerable people further into invisibility. This pattern reflects a growing reality where survival itself is treated as a crime.

At the heart of this crisis lies the devastating spread of fentanyl. Cheap, accessible, and unimaginably deadly, fentanyl has tightened its grip on communities already struggling with poverty and instability. In cities nationwide, overdoses rise within encampments, while systemic failures—underfunded shelters, lack of healthcare, and scarce mental health services—leave few escape routes. The cycle intensifies: addiction feeds homelessness, and homelessness feeds criminalization.

To talk about the homeless in America is to talk about more than numbers. It is about people who are penalized for having nowhere else to go, people who slip through cracks in systems meant to protect them. Sacramento, Los Angeles, New York, and countless towns tell the same story: shelters at capacity, prisons becoming substitutes for treatment centers, and communities divided between compassion and enforcement.

The homeless in America are not just casualties of addiction; they are casualties of systemic neglect. When fentanyl’s reach collides with punitive laws, the result is a humanitarian disaster. Unless policies shift from criminalization to compassion, the cycle will continue to expand. Ultimately, the plight of the homeless in America demands recognition not as a legal issue, but as a profound moral failure of a nation that has looked away for too long.

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01:58 The Growing Criminalization of Homelessness in America.
05:41 The Fentanyl Crisis , Fueling the Cycle of Criminalization.
08:48 The Root Causes Behind the Criminalization of Homelessness.
12:43 The Far-Reaching Consequences of Criminalizing Homelessness.
17:32 The Debate on Criminalizing Homelessness , A Divided Nation.
20:55 Pathways to Real Solutions.
23:57 Conclusion.
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371. Is Homelessness a Crime? - When Surviving is Also A Reason to be Arrested

In the United States, the rising tide of homelessness has become one of the most pressing issues of our time. As cities struggle to manage the homeless crisis, many people without homes find themselves caught in a relentless cycle of survival, only to be criminalized for their efforts to exist in public spaces. The question remains: is homelessness a crime? In a society where basic human rights should be protected, the reality is much harsher.

Across the country, individuals who sleep in public places, beg for money, or perform basic daily activities like washing in public restrooms are often subject to arrest. While these actions are born from a need to survive, the criminal justice system treats them as offenses. With the fentanyl crisis exacerbating the situation, the homeless population faces an even graver threat. Not only do many battle addiction and its devastating consequences, but they also encounter law enforcement’s heavy hand. Arrests for minor offenses related to their survival can lead to a vicious cycle of incarceration, further hindering their chance to escape homelessness.

What’s more tragic is that those affected by homelessness, including many who suffer from addiction, are often treated as criminals rather than individuals in need of compassion and help. The homeless in America are not criminals—they are survivors, struggling against the odds to find dignity in a system that seems to have forgotten them. This complex issue demands a shift in how society views and addresses homelessness, recognizing it as a public health issue, not a criminal one.
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01:33 The Scale Of The Challenge.
06:01 When Survival Becomes A Crime.
08:04 What The Law Says And What Cities Do.
10:02 The Hidden Cost Of Evictions.
12:36 Beyond Surface Anxieties: Tackling Root Causes.
14:55 How We Got Here: Housing, Wages, Health And The Drift In Public Policies.
17:28 Who Is Most At Risk?
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242. Homeless Crisis in America: If ACA Dies, Can Public Health Crisis Be Contained?

The Homeless Crisis in America is more than a housing issue — it’s a public health emergency. As debates rage over the future of the ACA, this documentary investigates whether the country can contain a crisis that affects millions of vulnerable lives. From overcrowded shelters to emergency rooms stretched beyond capacity, and from untreated addiction to preventable illnesses, the stakes have never been higher. This documentary examines the ripple effects on communities, healthcare systems, and social services, asking a difficult question: if key protections vanish, can public health withstand the fallout? Through raw, on-the-ground reporting and intimate personal stories, viewers confront the stark reality of what it truly means to be invisible in America today — and what might be lost if urgent action is not taken.

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05:44 Overview of the ACA and the Impact of Not Renewing.
08:46 What Happens to the Homeless If the ACA Is Not Renewed?
12:04 Scenarios if ACA is not renewed and solutions.
17:36 Solutions and Recommendations: Ensuring Healthcare Access for the Homeless in America.
21:13 Conclusion.
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257. ACA on the Brink: Homeless Lives Hanging by a Thread - Homeless in America

ACA on the Brink: Homeless Lives Hanging by a Thread – Homeless in America uncovers the deadly stakes facing unhoused Americans as the Affordable Care Act edges toward collapse. This documentary follows people who depend on ACA-covered emergency care, addiction treatment, mental-health services, and life-saving medications—support that could disappear overnight if the system fails. Through raw street interviews, hospital frontline footage, and stories of individuals already slipping through the cracks, the film exposes how fragile the safety net truly is. With shelters overwhelmed, Medicaid stretched thin, and winter pushing survival to the limit, the collapse of ACA could turn a crisis into a mass-casualty disaster. This documentary asks a chilling question: when healthcare falls apart, what happens to those who already have nothing left?

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00:00 Homeless In America
01:40 When The Shutdown Ends But The Crisis Doesn’t.
05:03 When Politics Becomes Personal.
08:21 Why Aca Became The Center Of The Storm.
12:25 The Scenarios No One Wants To Face.
16:19 Who Gets Hurt The Most When Aca Falls Apart.
20:12 A Warning We Shouldn’t Ignore.
23:04 What We Must Demand , And What We Can Still Do.
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139. Sacramento’s Homeless and Fentanyl Crisis: A Warning Mirror of America - Homeless in America

Sacramento’s Homeless and Fentanyl Crisis: A Warning Mirror of America – Homeless in America reflects a tragedy unfolding in plain sight. Sacramento, once seen as just another growing city in California, has become a frontline in a deadly struggle. Tents line the streets, encampments spread into neighborhoods, and the air of despair is worsened by the rise of fentanyl—a drug so lethal that even tiny doses can end lives instantly. These two forces, homelessness and addiction, collide to create a crisis that mirrors the larger national reality.

The story of Sacramento is not an isolated event. It is a glimpse into the broader issue of being homeless in America, where thousands live without shelter, security, or hope. In Sacramento’s homeless and fentanyl crisis, we see what happens when social safety nets fail and when treatment and housing are scarce. These struggles ripple outward, showing that what happens here could happen anywhere in the nation.

What makes Sacramento’s situation so haunting is how closely it resembles the bigger picture of homeless in America. Across the country, cities both large and small face the same challenges—encampments growing faster than solutions, addiction spreading faster than treatment, and communities turning blind eyes. Sacramento is simply the most visible warning sign.

To understand Sacramento’s homeless and fentanyl crisis is to confront the moral question facing us all: will America address its failures, or will it allow this suffering to deepen? For every tent, every overdose, every family left outside, the crisis becomes more undeniable. In the end, Sacramento is not just a city in trouble—it is a reflection of what it means to be homeless in America today.

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118. Homelessness, Unpacked: What No One Tells You - A Glimpse Into Today’s America - Homeless in America

In this video, we take a raw and honest look at the hidden realities behind the rising homelessness crisis. While many see homelessness as just people on the streets, the truth is far more complex — shaped by broken systems, rising costs of living, mental health struggles, and the silent failures no one talks about.

We peel back the layers to reveal the human stories behind the statistics, showing how ordinary lives can unravel in ways most people never imagine. This is not just about lost jobs or addiction; it’s about how fragile stability can be, and how close anyone could be to becoming part of this hidden population.

As we journey through shelters, abandoned spaces, and the voices of those living through it, we also reflect on what this says about the state of today’s America. The question is not only why this is happening, but what it reveals about a society that allows it to keep growing.

This isn’t just a documentary — it’s a wake-up call. The phrase homeless in America is more than a statistic; it’s a reality playing out in every city, every day. By unpacking homelessness in this way, we hope to spark awareness, empathy, and action. Because understanding the truth about being homeless in America might be the first step toward change.

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01:41 The American Dream vs Reality.
06:29 The Unseen Crisis: Who Are the Homeless?
10:15 The Roots of the Crisis: Why It Happened.
15:21 The Economic Fallout.
18:22 Failed Solutions and Promising Pathways.
21:49 Beyond the Illusion: A Call to Action.
24:27 Conclusion.
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Great moment with representative representative Perry during the house foreign affairs committee February 13, 2025

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The National Hurricane Center is warning people on Hawaii's Big Island to find a safe place as Hurricane Nolo rapidly intensifies in the Pacific.


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