Eight different people. Well speak to someone who received an organ transplant from Jemima Layzell, whose parents say they are proud of her special legacy. And, on track to do the double can chris froome add the vuelta a espana title to his Tour De France victory earlier this year . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. At least 1a people have been killed and more than a Million People have been affected by the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma as it barrels through the caribbean. Millions of people are still under threat. The storm one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded was over haiti yesterday and caused widespread damage in the British Virgin islands overnight. Cuba is the next country in its path. Its due to hit the island later today. Irma is then expected to make landfall in the United States over the weekend. Jon donnison has the latest on the destruction across the region. Hurricane irma is proving to be relentless. The british territory of the turks C
I n the director great. Welcome everyone. Im the director for the Americas Program. Its great to have you all here today. We need make requirement of csfs an emergency announcement. Im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given were having a problem on hurricanes one never knows. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous dama agage that been done on barbuda, the u. S. And British Virgin ielteneds and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. They give us an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where were doing well and where efforts need be improved. Theyve been tested like never before in the u. S. And parts of the caribbean. We organize to bring greater attention to both the impact of the hurricane sdwhz critical local and international response. This is the latest in the series of panels weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago we published a report with the most important aspects of the caribbean. With mexico and canada, the caribbean represe
Great. Welcome everyone. Im the director for the Americas Program. Its great to have you all here today. We need make requirement of csfs an emergency announcement. Im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given were having a problem on hurricanes one never knows. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous dama agage that been done on barbuda, the u. S. And British Virgin ielteneds and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. They give us an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where were doing well and where efforts need be improved. Theyve been tested like never before in the u. S. And parts of the caribbean. We organize to bring greater attention to both the impact of the hurricane sdwhz critical local and international response. This is the latest in the series of panels weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago we published a report with the most important aspects of the caribbean. With mexico and canada, the caribbean represents our third bor
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