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
Im caitriona perry. Youre very welcome to this new, extended hour of World News America where well bring you a full hour of live News And Analysis from here in the us, the uk, and Around The World. Do you stay with us. First israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the israeli military has killed the man who was widely tipped to become the new leader of hezbollah, hashem safieddine, in an Air Strike in beirut on friday. The Israel Defense forces says it cant yet confirm the results of the strike. Safieddine, a relative of former leader hassan nasrallah, has been running The Movement alongside its Deputy Secretary general since nasrallah was killed by israel at The End of september. As Air Strikes continue in beirut, Israels Military has been stepping up operations on the ground in lebanon, now moving in the South West of the country, as well as the south east. The idf says at least 50 hezbollah members were killed in strikes in Southern Lebanon on monday. Syrian State Media als
Hello, i m lucy hockings, welcome to Bbc News now. Memorial events are taking place in israel and Around The World to mark one year since the attacks of October The 7th, the deadliest day in the nations history. Nearly 1200 people were killed and hundreds more taken hostage when hamas gunmen stormed across the border. In a moment, well go to Southern Israel and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who is at kibbutz be eri, where one in ten of the residents were killed by hamas. And to Anna Foster In Beirut, which has seen fresh israeli strikes overnight and into this morning. But first lets turn to todays events. At exactly 6. 29 this morning flags were lowered to Half Mast outside the knesset. That was the time when rockets from gaza started raining down on Southern Israel, followed by the deadly rampage by thousands of hamas led militants on israeli communities, Army Bases and the nova music festival. At the festival site, president Isaac Herzog this morning joined a me
We are still going to feel the effect of this time because, as it continues to drift its way steadily east, that is going to allow that Cooler Air to push the Wire Mayor back to the new continent so, as we go through the day on wednesday, there is still a risk of Heavy Rain and rough seas, and the northerly wind will dry and a few scattered showers across the North Sea Coast as well. The cool are not really arriving yet. 14 17 year but noticeably colder in scotland and, as we go out of wednesday into thursday, Gale Force gusts of wind are going to push plenty of frequent showers south. There will be sunny spells but it will be a Cooler Story for all and temperatures are likely to keep between eight and i2. All and temperatures are likely to keep between eight and 12. A little bit below par from where we should be at this stage in october. And then as we move through fire into saturday a brief Ridge Of High Pressure builds across england and wales, brightening things down. This is bbc n
And wet for some but a mild start. Single figures into the far north of scotland. That line of showers will continue to drift its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. More showers piling in from the South West pushing further inland so we keep that showery theme for tuesday but come on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly down to the South West. 18 and 19 degrees. When starting to swing Round And Cooler in the far north of scotland. It will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its Hurricane Identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. Still taking it towards Northern Spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the Wind Direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this northerly flow, turning colder. So it could be a glancing blow across the Channel Islands in the Kent Coast from kirk at the moment. A rash of showers coming of the