And coming up on Bbc News, linejudges at wimbledon will be a thing of the past as the all England Club controversially update to electronic Line Calling for next year. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. This is the West Coast of Florida Tonight as millions of people brace themselves for the lethal Hurricane Bearing down on them. The category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 miles an hour is still about 12 hours away. Its expected to be the most powerful storm to hit florida in more than a century. This is where the hurricane is expected to hit before it passes right over the state of florida. Forecasters are warning of torrential rain, flash flooding, High Winds and possible Storm Surges of 10 15 feet. Surges happen when water moves inland from the coast. This is what it looks like from space, this was filmed from the international Space Station earlier today. It shows just how vast the hurricane is. Our correspondent Gordon Corera is in tampa. And conditions are alrea
Set to make landfall in florida roughly 24 hours from now, weve just gotten a new advisory this very Hour Milton is currently moving towards floridas gulf coast, tracking towards the Sarasota Area and potentially inching even further south and its going to get a lot bigger before it gets there. That means a life lifethreatening Storm Surge potentially reaching up to 15 feet but this hurricane is going to impact the entire state. Everyone on edge because any wobble in its trajectory could actually impact which part gets hit the hardest, and to make matters worse, the area, as you know, is still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Just to show you how strong this storm is, take a look at this video showing no current and hunters that are flying inside of milton, the turbulence is so severe their belongings are actually being tossed all across the airplane. And heres The View from even higher up in space in space itself a Nasa Astronaut sharing this time lapse that captures the growing size
Coast, with Heavy Rain and strong winds. A record Storm Surge, up to 13 feet possible. Already tonight here, an outbreak of tornadoes. More than 20 reported tornadoes touching down already. A confirmed tornado Crossing I75. And the images of one Tornado Tonight tearing right through a neighborhood. You can see everything as it goes dark. Tonight here, my interview with the Hurricane Hunters flying right into this hurricane what they want you to know about the strength of this storm. Tonight, authorities now warning there will be no rescues until the hurricane passes. President biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with fema. The president calling this a matter of life and death. Vice president harris calling into Cable News and to the Weather Channel to warn viewers about the danger. Ginger zee standing by with the new forecast just in from the national hurricane center. When this hits, where it will likely make landfall, and the strength of this storm. The other news this wednesday n
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Been cancelled, ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph, 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the southeastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean, making the sunshine state the only one to be affected twice. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death. Our correspondent gordon corera sent this report from tampa in florida. An exodus from tampa. Long lines of traffic snaking out of the city tell you that the warnings are being taken seriously here. Florida is used to hurricanes, but the message has been that this time is different. The city is still