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Right. Let's get to this morning's need to know headlines. We are going to start with Adalia. It's been downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall yesterday as a strong category three hurricane. According to power outage dot us, about 290,000 people across the southeast have lost power last night. Florida. Governor Ron desantis gave an update on how the state is recovering from a, we clearly have significant damage throughout the big Ben region but the response has been swift and people are getting help accordingly. The search and rescue operations have been ongoing from the moment that the storm passed in the hardest hit areas and they've probably gone through about 70% of the areas that they need to, to be able to check for people that are in distress. And so far, all signs have been positive. De Santis also said two traffic deaths in the state yesterday are still unconfirmed over in Georgia. Officials reported one storm related death. The National Hurricane Center warns that North and South Carolina will experience heavy rainfall and the risk of life threatening flooding. The storm is expected to continue moving offshore and another headline six people were hospitalized after a shooting in Peoria Illinois last night. According to Peoria police, they responded to two reports of nearly 30 gunshots fired in a statement. Police said quote, five of the victims sustained gunshot wounds and the other victims sustained the laceration. Two of the victims, one adult male and one juvenile male are in critical condition and the other victims, one adult male and three juvenile males have non life threatening injuries. No suspects have been arrested and the investigation is still ongoing. In Johannesburg, South Africa, at least 73 people have died. Dozens more were injured after a building fire in the city's central business district. Overnight authorities have confirmed at least seven of the victims were Children. Now, according to a city spokesperson, the five story building was home to hundreds of people who lived there in informal settlement without lease agreements. He also confirmed the fire has been extinguished and the emergency services are conducting recovery operations. The city's mayor confirmed the building was owned by the city and leased to a non profit that was meant to provide housing but that the organization had seized operations and a swimmer in Texas died after contracting an infection caused by a brain eating. Amoeba Austin Public health officials said the person developed an amoebic meningitis infection after swimming in Lake Lyndon B Johnson. Earlier this month, health officials warned people to be careful when swimming in natural bodies of water while swallowing water won't lead to amoebic meningitis. It is risky when water is forced up the nose. Health officials advise people to either keep their head above water, hold their nose shut or use nose clips. They also said people should avoid activities in fresh water during hot water and low water levels. A top official at the Department of Health and Human Services has recommended the drug enforcement administration reclassify marijuana as a lower risk drug. The recommendation would change marijuana's label from a schedule one substance which includes drugs that are high risk like heroin to a schedule three, which are defined as having a moderate to low potential for dependent. Hh Secretary Xavier Bera confirmed yesterday on that this was a response to a Biden administration directive. He wrote this we to ensure that a scientific evaluation be completed and shared expeditiously. In a statement, the D A DEA confirmed they are beginning the review process and the University of Nebraska set a world record yesterday for the biggest crowd turnout at a women's sporting event. 92,003 people showed up at the University of Nebraska's football field to watch a women's volleyball team play in state opponent Omaha Nebraska's volleyball team has won five national champions, sorry, five national titles and beat Omaha 25 14, 25 14 and 25 13. It beat the previous record for a women's sporting event back in April 2022 in Barcelona Spain. That's when 91,648 soccer fans gathered to watch a game between Barcelona and Wolfsburg. And police near Toronto warned drivers to keep their car windows closed yesterday after a truck spilled crates with millions of bees on the road. Police said about 5 million bees were in the crates which slid off the truck during the incident which happened in Burlington, Ontario. That's a little bit west of Toronto. A beekeeper on the scene was stung several times. Police put a call out on social media asking for other beekeepers to help and at least six showed up to help by 9:15 a.m. Most of the bees had been collected and taken away. Police say some of the crates were left behind for the uncollected bees to return to what a site that must have been. And last night was that rare blue super moon. We've been telling you about the closest full of the year and people all over the world went outside to watch. It was the second full moon of August which is what made it a blue moon and it's usually close distance to earth. That's what makes it a super moon. The moon was just over 222,000 miles from earth and people in areas where the clear sky could also see Saturn near the moon. Unfortunately, for those who missed it, the next blue super moon isn't expected until 2037. I was I live in the suburbs. So luckily I did have a clear view yesterday. It was absolutely beautiful. It seemed very close. I didn't see Saturn, but to be honest, I wasn't looking for it. So I feel like I missed that chance. But I'm seeing pictures from so many viewers and some of the pictures we show, they're absolutely beautiful. You know, and we talked a little bit yesterday how rare it is to have two full moons in a month. There's little superstitions around blue moons as well. It actually comes from the term blue, I think, which means to betray. So typically when people say there's a blue moon that means that you should keep your friends at a distance because someone's gonna betray you little superstitious for you. But I do all the betrayals are over. It's not, it's a new day guys and be sure to stick with us here at news. We headlines. You need to know.