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(MIAMI) — Bird enthusiasts are flocking to see flamboyances of flamingos popping up all over the Eastern U.S. after they were blown in by Hurricane Idalia.

More than 150 of the pink wading birds have ended up in unlikely states like North and South Carolina, Virginia, and even Texas and Ohio, since Hurricane Idalia passed through the U.S. last week, experts told ABC News, describing the event as incredibly rare.

Idalia is the type of storm that bird watchers get excited for, “because you never know what kind of species it will bring with it,” Nate Swick, digital communications manager for the American Birding Association and host of the American Birding Podcast, told ABC News.

Typically, the species that get blown in are ocean-going birds, such as tube-nosed seabirds and terns, Swick said. Flamingos, a wading bird, are the last species bird watchers would have predicted.

“No one really expected that flamingos would be the bird that Idalia was known for,” Swick said.

Almost immediately after Idalia made landfall near Big Bend, Florida, on Aug. 30, birders began seeing reports of flamingos all over the state, Swick said. The reports soon extended all over the East, as far north as Ohio and as far west as Texas.

Flamingos were once native to Florida, but fashion trends at the turn of the 19th century meant they were hunted for their feathers for women’s fashion, Jerry Lorenz, state director of research for Audubon Florida, told ABC News.

They still show up to South Florida every once in a while to breed, but the goal is to restore the wetlands enough for them to return as permanent residents, Lorenz said.

These flamingos likely originated from the Yucatan Peninsula, Lorenz said. Birders were able to decipher a unique alphanumeric code on a flamingo that had been banded at Río Lagartos, a breeding colony in Mexico, Lorenz said.

The birds likely got caught in Hurricane Idalia as they were traveling across the Yucatan Peninsula, the experts said.

Birds that reside in the Caribbean have had to deal with tropical storm systems since the dawn of time, but the mechanisms in which they travel within the storm are unclear. The experts don’t know whether they are in flight or which part of the storm they travel in.

One theory is that flocks get caught up in the front edge of the storm, in the northwest quadrant, which meteorologists refer to as “the dirty side” of the storm due to the stronger winds, Swick said.

Another theory is that the birds flew continuously in the eye of the storm until it made landfall, an exhaustive feat either way, Lorenz said.

While rare, this incident is not the first time a flamingo has been blown into the U.S. by a storm system.

In 2019, after Hurricane Barry made landfall on the northern Gulf Coast, a handful of flamingos were blown northward up the Mississippi River and found in Tennessee and Missouri, Swick said.

A bird that never made it back to its original home has been living at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge on the Florida Panhandle ever since, the experts said.

But birders have never seen an invasion of flamingos in these numbers, Swick said

“It’s been pretty phenomenal,” Swick said.

The excitement over flamingo sightings among the birding community has been “palpable,” Lorenz said.

A birder in North Carolina found the first flock of wild flamingos ever spotted in the state — in salt marshes in the Outer Banks, exactly where he expected to find them, because they are attracted to large bodies of water, Swick said.

Those flamingos were still being spotted in the Outer Banks as of Tuesday, Swick said.

For some of the birds who caught a ride on Hurricane Idalia, it may be a one-way journey. But flamingos are capable flyers and can travel for long distances, so they will likely soon return home.

“The hope is that a lot of these birds are close enough to their breeding grounds that they’ll be able to return there,” Swick said.

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(WASHINGTON) — Army attack helicopter pilot Larry Taylor scrambled to rescue a small patrol of soldiers surrounded by enemies on the ground in Vietnam, according to a dramatic account he and the men he helped save tell about the life-and-death moments more than five decades ago.

Flying them out seemed to be the only option, but there was a problem: his Cobra gunship had no room inside. With bold action and quick thinking, he found a way to get them out of danger.

More than 55 years later, Taylor’s heroism was recognized by President Joe Biden when Taylor was awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday, an upgrade from the Silver Star he originally received.

Biden recalled Taylor’s humility when he first spoke to him on the phone.

“When I called Larry to let him know he finally was receiving this recognition, his response was, ‘I thought you had to do something to receive the Medal of Honor,'” he said. “Let me say that again: He said, ‘I thought you had to do something to receive the Medal of Honor.’ Well, Larry, you sure as hell did something, man,” Biden said.

On the night of June 18, 1968, a four-man long-range reconnaissance team saw through its night-vision scope that it was completely surrounded by hostile forces on a mission northeast of Saigon. It seemed inevitable they would soon be discovered and overrun, David Hill, a member of the team, recalled during a roundtable with reporters Monday.

When Hill’s team leader, Bob Elsner, radioed for support, Taylor, his co-pilot, and another Cobra crew were put into action.

“Larry Taylor and his team had two minutes maximum to get off, strap in, turn the ship on, crank it up and get in the air and head in our direction,” Hill said.

Arriving above the patrol area, Taylor couldn’t see the team through the darkness. To avoid friendly fire, he radioed to the ground team leader to signal their location with a flare, though they knew this would also mean giving away their position to the enemy.

“He said ‘go,’ we popped the flares, and all hell broke loose,” Hill said.

Taylor and his wingman began strafing the surrounding enemies with rockets and mini-gun fire, keeping up their attack runs for 35 minutes.

But as the helicopters ran low on ammunition and fuel, the attackers continued closing in, firing small arms and rocket-propelled grenades at the team. Taylor learned that a rescue plan involving a UH-1 Huey helicopter had been cancelled “because it stood almost no chance of success,” according to the Army.

No other help was coming.

“Taylor decided on a bold and innovative plan to extract the team using his two-man Cobra helicopter, a feat that had never been accomplished or even attempted,” the Army release said.

He and the other Cobra pilot fired their remaining rounds along the team’s flanks. Taylor then switched on his gunship’s landing lights to distract the hostiles as the team moved to an area he had designated 100 meters away.

“We were able to make a breakout finally because he had directed us through the very weakest portion of the enemy envelopment,” Hill said.

The team was also out of ammunition, except for a dozen hand grenades. While moving, Hill lobbed them behind and to the sides of the team to keep adversaries at bay until they reached the site.

“I knew that if I didn’t go down and get ’em, they wouldn’t make it,” said Taylor, who also spoke to reporters on Monday.

“We feel this big down rush of Larry’s … rotor, and he lands beside us,” Hill said.

Elsner passed on a radio message from Taylor to his team: “I’m on the ground for no more than 10 seconds — you and your folks find a place on my ship and I’m gonna get us all out of here,” Hill recalled.

The team members clung to the skids and rocket pods of the helicopter. “And that was our seat for the night,” Hill said.

“They beat on the side of the ship twice, which meant, ‘haul ass,’ and we did,” Taylor said.

Despite flying out of small arms range, the team was not yet out of danger.

“They’re wet. You put them on the outside of a ship and fly it at 150 miles an hour and they’d turn into icicles; they’d cramp up and let go and fall off,” Taylor said.

Taylor decided to bring them to the nearest viable spot, dropping them off at a water treatment plant occupied by American forces.

“The four of them ran out in front of the helicopter, and then they turned around and lined up, and all four of them saluted,” Taylor said.

For his actions that night, Taylor received the nation’s third highest decoration for valor, an award Biden will be upgrading at a Medal of Honor ceremony scheduled for September 5 at the White House.

ABC News asked Hill what his team’s chance of survival was had it not been for Taylor.

“Absolutely zero,” he said. “We had only our Ka-Bar knives for defense.”

But Hill never met his rescuer face to face until more than 30 years later, when he, Elsner and Taylor attended a 1999 1st Infantry Division Long Range Patrol-Ranger reunion in Branson, Missouri.

“That was the first time I could actually meet him and thank him for his bravery,” Hill said. “We’ve been friends ever since.”

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(KAHULUI, Hawaii) — The rebuilding process has begun across Maui, following the devastating wildfires that killed at least 115 people and displaced thousands more.

Here is the latest news out of Maui as officials and residents alike trudge forward toward recovery following the tragedy.

This page will be regularly updated.

The fires

The Upcountry fire is 90% contained and has affected an estimated 1,081 acres.

The Kula fire is 95% contained and has affected an estimated 202 acres.

The Lahaina fire is 100% contained and has affected an estimated 2,170 acres.

Officials say that containment indicates what percentage of the fire perimeter has been enclosed by a control line. This reflects the opportunity for the fire to spread beyond its original border into new areas, according to Maui County officials.

The fires do not pose a threat, according to the Maui Fire Department.

The death toll

The death toll stands at 115.

Of the deceased, 54 have been both identified and their families have been located and notified. Five others have been identified but their families have yet to be reached by authorities.

Fifty-six people remain unidentified.

Those who are unaccounted for

One hundred percent of the land area has been searched.

The Maui Police Department has 110 missing person reports relating to the Lahaina wildfire. Forty-one of these cases are actively being investigated and are considered to be open.

MPD urges those who have loved ones who are still missing to file a report by contacting the Maui Police Department at 808-244-6400 or emailing unaccounted@mpd.net.

Those reporting an unaccounted for person must be prepared to give the first and last name of the individual, their age, their last known location and last known physical place of residence. Those who are not on Maui but are the immediate family member of a missing person connected to the Maui wildfires, and wish to provide a DNA sample to assist in the investigation, call the FBI Honolulu Division at (808) 566-4300 or email HN-COMMAND-POST@ic.fbi.gov.

Scam calls claiming to be from “DNA Services” should be reported to Maui Police Department’s non-emergency number at (808) 244-6400.

The return of residents

Currently, the burn area is restricted to authorized personnel only as federal agencies remove potentially dangerous ash and other debris. This could take months, officials have said.

Officials say there will be “a coordinated effort to develop a plan for the safe return of residents.”

Anyone visiting properties in the burn area are urged to use Personal Protective Equipment for their safety. Visitors are urged by officials to check out bit.ly/WestMauiCaution to learn more about protective measures.

Residents of Lahaina, Kula and the surrounding areas should only use bottled water or potable water provided by tankers. The Department of Water Supply urges those on the island to check out the Water Advisory map for updates about drinking water quality: bit.ly/mauiwateradvisory.

The return of students

Officials have said they expect to start up schools right after the fall break from Oct. 9 to Oct. 13 if the air quality, water quality, soil quality, and electrical power supply proves that the three available campuses that still stand are safe for the return of students and staff.

Roughly 3,000 students from the four Lahaina public schools have been displaced in the fires.

Students from the unusable King Kamehameha III Elementary School will share a campus with the other local elementary school.

Resources

The Maui Disaster Support Call Center, launched by state and local officials, will act as a central assistance hub to inform community members in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires. The call center can be reached at (808) 727-1550 between 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time.

Similarly, an online centralized hub of resources and updated information can be found at mauinuistrong.info. There, people can find out how to donate, volunteer, or receive services in connection with the tragedy.

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(ATLANTA) — All 19 defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them in the Georgia election interference case and waived their in-person arraignment, which was set for Wednesday, according to court filings.

Former Trump Chief of Staff Meadows, ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, attorney John Eastman, former Coffee County elections director Misty Hampton, former Coffee County GOP chair Cathleen Latham, current Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still and former Georgia GOP chair David Shafer all filed documents Tuesday pleading not guilty.

Former President Donald Trump was one of 12 defendants to enter not guilty pleas last week.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee last week set the date of Sept. 6 for all 19 defendants to be arraigned on charges and enter their pleas in the case, but those court appearances are now unnecessary.

On Tuesday, McAfee scheduled a hearing on Wednesday afternoon to consider the issue of severing some of the defendants from the main case, according to a court order.

McAfee, in the order, said he intends to ask the state at the hearing for a “good-faith estimate” of the time it reasonably anticipates it will need to present its case during a joint trial of all 19 defendants, and “alternatively any divisions thereof.”

The order also said McAfee would ask about the number of witnesses the state would likely call, and the number of exhibits likely to be introduced.

Four defendants — Trump and attorneys Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and Ray Smith III — have filed motions seeking to sever their cases.

The order for Wednesday, however, only names Powell and Chesebro — the two defendants who have filed motions seeking a speedy trial.

Chesebro, meanwhile, filed a motion Tuesday seeking to dismiss the charges against him, arguing the state prosecutors do not have the authority to charge him with what he described as alleged violations of federal law.

Chesebro, who the indictment alleges conceived “multiple strategies for disrupting and delaying the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021,” argued in his filing that the state of Georgia failed to adjudicate disputes regarding presidential electors by a set deadline, thus passing authority to Congress to resolve any remaining disputes.

“Thus, any action taken after December 8, 2020, if actually illegal, would be in violation of federal law and subject to the Supremacy Clause; wherefore, the State’s authority to bring any criminal charges would be null and void,” the filing said. Chesebro argued that only one of the overt acts alleged in the indictment — “his drafting of a legal memo” — occurred prior to the Dec. 8 deadline.

“Even if Mr. Chesebro agrees that drafting this memo was improper (and not subject to attorney-client privilege), this memo in no way touched or concerned Georgia or its rules, processes, or procedures it had implemented as a result of its congressional delegation via the [Electoral Count Act]. Therefore, the charges against Mr. Chesebro are wholly invalid as drafted in the indictment and should be struck accordingly,” the filing said.

Trump and the 18 others were charged last month in a sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia.

The former president says his actions were not illegal and that the investigation is politically motivated.

Clark, who is one of the five defendants seeking to move their case from state court into federal court, pushed back on the case in a lengthier filing by his attorney, calling it an “unconstitutional attempt, as to Mr. Clark, to penetrate into the sanctums of the superior federal government’s Justice Department, as well as of the Office of the President of the United States at the White House.”

“The Indictment is also an unconstitutional affront to the powers of the President, who is the sole head of the unitary executive branch,” Clark’s filing states.

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(WASHINGTON) — A jury has been selected in the trial of former Trump adviser Peter Navarro on charges that he defied a subpoena for testimony and documents issued in February 2022 by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Fourteen jurors were seated Tuesday, including two alternates.

The House of Representatives voted in April 2022 to hold Navarro in contempt of Congress. The matter was then referred to the Justice Department, and two months later Navarro was indicted by a grand jury on contempt of Congress charges.

According to the indictment, Navarro faces one count over his refusal to appear for a deposition in front of the committee, and another count for refusing to produce documents.

For several hours Tuesday, Judge Amit Mehta pressed potential jurors about their knowledge of the Jan. 6 attack and the House select committee’s investigation, as well as their knowledge about Navarro.

Dozens of jurors were stricken from the jury pool including a woman who said she recognized Mehta because he sentenced her fiancé to 13 years in prison when he oversaw that case.

“That’s a first,” Mehta said.

Three other jurors were stricken from the jury pool for serving together on a Jan 6. defendant’s trial last week.

Another potential juror was dismissed after he called Navarro’s trade policies during the Trump administration “out of the norm.”

Navarro has pleaded not guilty to both charges against him. If convicted on both counts, he could face a maximum of two years in prison and fines up to $200,000, according to the Justice Department.

Court will resume Wednesday morning.

Last week, Judge Mehta ruled that Navarro cannot argue to a jury that then-President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege to block him from testifying before Congress. Mehta said that Navarro’s claim that he spoke to Trump last year at which time “Trump clearly invoked executive privilege” provided no specific evidence that Trump had indeed done so.

“There was no formal invocation of executive privilege by [Trump] after personal consideration nor authorization to Mr. Navarro to invoke privilege on his behalf,” Mehta said.

After the pre-trial hearing, Navarro doubled down on his claim that Trump formally granted him executive privilege.

“It’s been the case where people like me, senior advisers, the president … cannot be compelled to testify,” Navarro said to reporters last week. “There is not a single White House adviser who hasn’t asserted executive privilege.”

Navarro, who was the director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy in the Trump White House, wrote a series of reports in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election claiming that the election was stolen from Trump.

He was also in contact with Trump ally Steve Bannon about an effort to delay Congress’ certification of the election and overturn the results, a plan Navarro dubbed the “Green Bay Sweep” in his book, “In Trump Time,” the Jan. 6 committee wrote in its report.

Bannon also defied a House select committee subpoena and was subsequently convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress last year.

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(MADISON, Wisc.) — Police are urging people to send in surveillance footage after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was found beaten off-campus over the weekend in a “horrific” attack.

The woman was found around 3:20 a.m. Sunday on a block in downtown Madison, police said. A person who lives in the area called police after finding the victim “severely beaten,” the Madison Police Department said. The victim was physically and sexually assaulted, according to police.

No arrests have been announced in the attack, which police said appeared to involve a stranger.

The department is calling for anyone who lives within four blocks of the area where the incident occurred — in particular those who may have been away over the holiday weekend — to submit all surveillance footage, including from vehicles such as Teslas.

“Detectives and investigators over the weekend gathered physical, digital and biological evidence. We are still in need of any surveillance video from this area,” Madison police said in an update Tuesday.

The victim, who is in her 20s, was transported in critical condition to a local hospital, police said. She is expected to survive her injuries, police said Tuesday.

Police said they are making “significant progress” in the case, calling it a “top priority.”

“I have authorized a full complement of police resources to bring this person or persons to justice,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said during a press briefing Sunday.

Police continued to urge people to be on “high alert” in the area. Patrols in the area have been increased in the wake of the attack, police said.

“It was just kind of terrifying because I was like, that kind of could’ve been me,” Wisconsin student Azza Bayoudh told Milwaukee ABC affiliate WISN. “So that’s what scared me. So we have our doors locked now and we hope they catch whoever it was.”

Madison police said they are working with university leadership amid the investigation.

“We are deeply concerned for this individual, keeping them and their family in our thoughts and providing all possible support,” UW-Madison Dean of Students Christina Olstad and UW Police Chief Kristen Roman said in an alert to the school community regarding the “violent and severe attack.”

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(TOMS RIVER, N.J.) — A high-risk warning for dangerous riptides remained in effect Tuesday for the Jersey Shore after a series of drownings and rescues occurred at beaches over the Labor Day weekend, officials said.

The National Weather Service warning will stay in effect through Tuesday evening and swimmers are being advised to be alert for the dangerous rip currents being churned up by the remnants of hurricanes Franklin and Idalia, officials said.

Three swimmers died from drownings over the holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and many others had to be rescued by lifeguards, officials said.

A 22-year-old man, identified as Edwin Antonio Made Sanchez of the Dominican Republic, died on Sunday at Beach Haven in Ocean County after being hit by a rough wave, officials said. His death occurred despite a team effort to save him by lifeguards and beachgoers who formed a human chain to pull him from the water. Two other swimmers at Beach Haven were rescued by lifeguards, officials said.

In Belmar, New Jersey, in Monmouth County, about 50 miles north of Beach Haven, five swimmers were rescued Sunday from the rough surf off Fifth Avenue Beach, officials said. One of those pulled from the water alive, a 24-year-old man whose name was not released, was later pronounced dead at a hospital, officials said.

A rip current, which flows out toward the ocean, can quickly pull a swimmer away from the shore. Rip currents usually reach a speed of 1 to 2 feet per second, but some can clock in at 8 feet per second, which is faster than an Olympic swimmer, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The best way to survive a rip current is to not panic or attempt to swim directly toward shore but rather swim parallel to shore or tread water until one is naturally pulled out of the rip current, according to the Red Cross.

Surfer Stephen Houser, a former U.S. Marine, sprang into action to rescue one man he saw struggling in the water off Long Beach Island in Ocean County on Sunday. Houser said he raced out on a boogie board to save Gabe McCabe. Houser videotaped the rescue and later posted it on YouTube.

McCabe told ABC New York station WABC that he felt helpless against the strong current, saying, “I kept being pulled down and down and down.”

“I’ve never experienced anything like this. It just sucked, zapped the energy right out of you,” McCabe said. “Steve definitely was the man of the moment for me.”

Houser said he has saved swimmers in the past, but described Sunday’s rip currents off Long Beach Island were especially strong.

“I’ve been in rip currents before, too,” Houser said. “It’s scary. Your first instinct is panic.”

Also on Sunday, six swimmers were rescued off Seaside Park in Ocean County when lifeguards spotted them struggling in the swift currents, officials said. A search continued Tuesday at Seaside Park for a 31-year-old swimmer believed to have been dragged out by a riptide, officials said.

The body of another 31-year-old swimmer, identified as Richard Boateng, who went missing in the water off Rehoboth Beach in Maryland around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, was recovered on Monday when his remains washed up to shore in North Shores Beach, just north of Rehoboth Beach, according to a statement from the Rehoboth Beach Police Department.

Two other Labor Day weekend rescues occurred in Strathmere, in Cape May County, New Jersey, where a teenage girl and her father were rescued by lifeguards around noon on Sunday. Upper Township Beach Patrol Chief Bill Handley said the father and daughter were swimming in an area unprotected by lifeguards.

“It’s about a mile down from where our lifeguards were,” Handley said. “We ran a chain of getting guards into vehicles to get them on the scene.”

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(NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday asked a judge to impose legal sanctions against Donald Trump and the other defendants in her $250 million civil lawsuit against the former president and his company.

James last year brought the $250 million lawsuit against Trump, his children and his company that accuses them of “grossly” inflating the former president’s net worth by billions of dollars and cheating lenders and others with false and misleading financial statements.

In her new court filing, James argues that Trump and the others deserve sanctions because they’ve made the same legal arguments the judge has repeatedly denied.

Since October 2022, the defendants have made the same arguments against the suit five separate times, the filing says. Three of those arguments have already been rejected by the courts, while two were filed in the past month and haven’t been ruled on yet, according to the filing.

On Oct. 26, the court rejected the defendants’ motion that the DA didn’t have standing or capacity to bring the claims, the filing said. On Jan. 6, 2023, the court rejected the same arguments for a second time in the defendants’ motion to dismiss the case, according to the filing. Then on June 27, the court rejected the same arguments in the defendants’ appeal, the filing said.

The defendants then made the same arguments in filing for a summary judgment on Aug. 4 and in their opposition to the AG’s partial motion for a summary judgment filed on Sept. 1, the filing said. Neither of those motions have been ruled on yet.

Trump has denied all wrongdoing.

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(NEW YORK) — United Airlines flights resumed Tuesday afternoon following a brief nationwide ground stop due to a computer issue, the airline said.

United said in a statement that “a software update caused a widespread slowdown in United’s technology systems.”

The issue prompted planes on the ground to be held while flights in the air continued on their routes as planned, the airline said.

About one hour later, United said the issue was resolved and the ground stop was lifted.

The ground stop delayed 211 flights nationwide.

“Our teams are working to get customers to their destinations as soon as possible,” United said.

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(ATLANTA) — Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is among six more defendants who have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them in the Georgia election interference case and waived their in-person arraignment set for Wednesday, according to court filings.

Meadows, as well as attorney John Eastman, ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, and Cathy Latham, Shawn Still and David Shafer all filed documents Tuesday pleading not guilty.

All but one of the 19 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, have now pleaded not guilty in the case and waived their in-person arraignment. Only former Coffee County elections director Misty Hampton still has to enter a plea.

Trump and the 18 others were charged last month in a sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia.

The former president says his actions were not illegal and that the investigation is politically motivated.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee last week set the date of Sept. 6 for all 19 defendants to be arraigned on charges and enter their pleas in the case.

Clark, who is one of the five defendants seeking to move their case from state court into federal court, pushed back on the case in a lengthier filing by his attorney, calling it an “unconstitutional attempt, as to Mr. Clark, to penetrate into the sanctums of the superior federal government’s Justice Department, as well as of the Office of the President of the United States at the White House.”

“The Indictment is also an unconstitutional affront to the powers of the President, who is the sole head of the unitary executive branch,” Clark’s filing states.

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