Anderson cooper in braden florida, where the winds have really picked up significantly just in the last ten minutes or so, they are really starting to whip here in downtown by, by The River. I just want to get a sense of sort of the wins. Its sort of hard to tell when youre actually in it you get a sense in the light over there. Theres just been a steady downpour of rain and you can see it there. It reflected in the light as i was talking to erin in the last hour, there is a lot of along The River here. Theres a lot of Palm Trees, a lot of these really large branches of these Palm Trees are just ripping off flying through the air and there are sort of littered all over the ground. I want to walk if i cant over here a little bit and show you the Manatee River is over here. And nellis, is that way. About ten minutes ago, we could see lights over in pinellas obscures me in palmetto, we dont see the lights over there anymore. I dont know if theyre still there and just the visibilities. So
5,500 additional gigawatts of renewable capacity to come online between now and 2030. Thats more than the current Power Capacity of china, the european union, india and the United States combined. China is leading the pack, responsible for 60 of the additional output. And solar is winning the renewable race, making up 80 of the forecasted growth. But Electricity Infrastructure is not keeping up. Up to 10 of renewable energy is going to waste because its not able to be stored at times when more is being generated than needed. For more, joining me now the ieas Executive Director, dr fatih birol. This is a rare piece of good news and shows what can be achieved when a real effort is made. It is extremely good news for everybody, i would say, almost everybody, i would say, almost everybody around the world, because renewables are growing very strongly and there is huge potential for them to grow, and the main driver of this is very strong, massive growth is not necessarily climate policies.
In lebanon. Have you ever wondered whether an elephants swings left or right . The answer might be wrinklier than you think. Welcome to the World Today. Presiden biden has warned millions of people in florida to leave their homes if they still can, as Hurricane Milton, a lethal category 4 Storm Closes in on the states west coast. Those still left have been warned that miltons impact will be catastrophic. These are images of the storm from space. Its being described as potentially one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the region. These are live pictures from florida. The pictures from florida. Trees are already so windswept. Milton is expected to make landfall in the fort Myers Region in the next 12 hours or so, packing winds of up to 165mph, thats 270 kilometres per hour. The atmospheric conditions have started to trick or tornadoes like this when filmed in southern florida, that could affect areas beyond the reach of the worse of the hurricane. Tidal surges are expected t
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
Strength and makes landfall also tonight. Former president making the federal response to these lifethreatening hurricanes, political yet again, despite officials saying misinformation has made the Disaster Relief all the more difficult plus new Information Tonight on multiple Phone Calls between Vladimir Putin and former President Trump since he left office. The details from Bob Woodward in his latest book. Good evening. We start tonight with Hurricane Milton gaining strength at this moment and headed toward tampa, Florida Region still reeling from Hurricane Helene and that tonight for the second time in early as many weeks is expecting record Storm Surge, roads are jammed, Gas Running low in the area are not available in some places. I want to show you something that you dont see too often in florida. Take a look that Treasure Island near tampa and st. Petersburg and your Ghost Town after people evacuated, one person who is there, our Boris Sanchez will check in with him shortly. An