For Prime Minister rishi sunak. Just one defeat tonight would mean the government has clocked up more by election defeats in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. Well, lets begin with wellingborough. The seat now vacant after peter bone was found by parliament to have subjected a staff member to bullying and Sexual Misconduct. He, of course, has denied the allegations and his partner Helen Harrison is running to replace him as the conservatives hope to hold after winning with a majority of over 18,000 at the last election in 2019. Well, lets get more detail now with our east Midlands Reporter , will our east Midlands Reporter, will hollis. Will, whats the mood on the ground. 7 the ground . Yes. Well, were here just down the road, actually still inside northamptonshire shire, the county thats a part of where wellingborough is. But were just down the road in kettering. Thats because theyve got this massive Leisure Centre and this is where all the sorts of counts from
Millibars. Strengthening is possible. Weakening is not expected and a continuing track to the north is what they believe is going to happen. The keys have been hit and it continues to pound here 100mile an hour winds at the Miami International airport and headed in the general direction of southwest florida, marco island, naples, bonita springs, fort myers up the coast into charlotte county. Where it will make the next landfall is really unknown. Its possibility could in the southwest florida area, also possibility could in the tampa st. Pete area, also possible that it could go north and come in somewhere in the panhandle. So many variables now because as the storm moves, it wobbles left and right and the strongest winds right around that eye wall , those are the ones that are most destructive and where they hit, well it could be most anywhere. This storm is expected to move straight up the peninsula of florida, eventually into alabama and northeast alabama and eventually become a sto
In southwest florida, the time for evacuation has come and gone. Florida governor rick scott saying noon eastern, right now, it is the cutoff time for people to get out of irmas path. Across the state there are 260 shelters open with people pouring in. Of course we have reporters in place all across the state of florida covering all angles of this story from the evacuations and the preparations to the damage already done. Lets begin right now with nbcs Gadi Schwartz in homestead for us. Whats the latest from there no, we see Mariana Atencio and there is gadi. I guess well go to gadi since i introduced you first. Lets talk about whats happening in homestead. Lots of wind week see out the window but what about rain and any water . We just came down to key largo and were still 150 miles away from the storm. Theres been talk about how the storm, the hurricane has now been downgraded to a category 3, but i want to show you this. You can see were going down this street here in key largo and