Sep 7, 2021

Northeast, Gulf regions healing from Hurricane Ida’s damage

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Also today: Supply chain issues are still plaguing the construction industry, which is also losing jobs. We also get an economic postcard from Africa, where the tourist destination of Victoria Falls is seeing a decrease in visitors.

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Post-Ida recovery underway for Louisiana and northeast

Nancy Marshall-Genzer shares more details about Hurricane Ida’s damage.

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Businesses in Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls anxious for tourists' return

by ish Mafundikwa

Sep 7, 2021

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a point of getting vaccinated there to stress the importance of the tourism industry.

More than 300,000 foreign tourists visited the Zimbabwean site in 2019. A mere 34,000 visited in 2020.

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Construction industry still hammered by supply chain issues

by Amanda Peacher

Sep 7, 2021

At the root of many of construction sector woes is the spread of the delta variant.

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David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Redmond Carolipio Digital Producer

Jesson Duller Media Producer

Brian Allison Technical Director

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