00:00Welcome to a new episode of your show, What's Happening.
00:05Today is Saturday, September 26th, 2026 and the 15th of Rabi Al Thani.
00:13What on earth is happening in Europe? What is happening in Italy?
00:20Specifically, what has been happening on the Italian island of Sicily over the past few hours?
00:26We have made several clips about what happened in Libya, about the massive storm that struck Libya.
00:33The Mediterranean Sea is the source of this storm and this low-pressure system, as I mentioned to you.
00:39Just as it affected the southern part of the Mediterranean Sea, Libya from its north to its south,
00:45it also affected the northern part north of the Mediterranean Sea opposite the Libyan coast.
00:50That is Italy, of course, and the island of Sicily, which suffered one of the worst weather-related disasters on
00:59record.
01:00Of course, in terms of floods and massive inundations.
01:03Let me go check it out with you, for example.
01:07This clip shows the massive floods that swept through the province of Palermo on the Italian island of Sicily,
01:15where the water, the floods submerged cars and motorcycles and even entered homes, causing widespread damage.
01:29Palermo wasn't the only one.
01:30For instance, let me go and take a look with you.
01:34This clip is also from Catania on the Italian island of Sicily,
01:37where floods suddenly struck and overwhelmed the market.
01:43The city flooding the market, the shops, the cars, the motorbikes, causing damage,
01:51or rather, these floods caused extensive damage there in Catania.
01:56And, as I mentioned to you, this is due to the massive El Niño phenomenon
02:01that is striking, will strike, and will keep on striking.
02:05And we are still just at the beginning.
02:08We must all prepare.
02:10Civil defense teams and emergency management agencies worldwide must prepare for a terrifying autumn season
02:16and a winter season that will also be terrifying, very terrifying.
02:20Unfortunately, because of the monster lurking down there in the depths of the Pacific Ocean,
02:25which I have talked about extensively before,
02:28the United States of America is certainly not isolated from what is happening.
02:33Let me take you to America, specifically to the state of New Jersey.
02:42Where water levels in the state rose up to 120 centimeters submerging roads and homes,
02:50specifically in Surf City, New Jersey.
02:55As you can see on the screen in front of you,
02:58this occurred in Surf City, New Jersey,
03:01as a result of coastal flooding
03:05and the surge of massive amounts of seawater towards the nearby island,
03:10which is Long Beach Island, in the state of New Jersey.
03:15What the world is going through is difficult, extremely difficult, unfortunately.
03:19This was Ahmed L.D. with you on the What's Happening Show.
03:22Stay safe.
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