Death toll from Hurricane Ian exceeds 110 in U.S.

STORY: Death toll from Hurricane Ian exceeds 110 in U.S. DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Washington, D.C. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hurricane-hit areas in the United States STORYLINE: The death toll from Hurricane Ian in the United States has exceeded 110, while hundreds of thousands remain without power. A CNN tally on Wednesday showed that at least 110 people, including 105 in Florida and five in North Carolina, have died in the hurricane. U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to Fort Myers, Florida, to survey storm-ravaged areas. According to power outage tracking site PowerOutage.us., nearly 300,000 customers in Florida remained without power as of Wednesday afternoon. Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida last week as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing catastrophic storm surges, heavy rains, destructive winds, and dangerous flooding. According to U.S. research firm CoreLogic, estimated losses from Ian are between 28 billion and 47 billion U.S. dolla

NEW ZEALAND-AVERAGE PROPERTY VALUE-RECORD HIGH

NEW ZEALAND-AVERAGE PROPERTY VALUE-RECORD HIGH

(220106) -- WELLINGTON, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File aerial photo taken on April 9, 2021 shows a residential construction site in Wellington, New Zealand. The average value of a New Zealand home now exceeds 1 million New Zealand dollars for the first time, according to statistics released by CoreLogic's House Price Index (HPI) on Jan. 5, 2022. TO GO WITH "Average property value in New Zealand hits record high of over 1 mln NZD" (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

NEW ZEALAND-AVERAGE PROPERTY VALUE-RECORD HIGH

NEW ZEALAND-AVERAGE PROPERTY VALUE-RECORD HIGH

(220106) -- WELLINGTON, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File aerial photo taken on April 9, 2021 shows a residential construction site in Wellington, New Zealand. The average value of a New Zealand home now exceeds 1 million New Zealand dollars for the first time, according to statistics released by CoreLogic's House Price Index (HPI) on Jan. 5, 2022. TO GO WITH "Average property value in New Zealand hits record high of over 1 mln NZD" (Xinhua/Guo Lei)