one metre above sea level, and we are talking about storm surges of at least three to 3.5 metres, that has the potential for some catastrophic damage and it will also produce 500 to 600 millimetres of rain, which ails our rain into significance, really. but we ve seen sharp showers across the north and east. this rain down to the south west will slide away over the next few hours. we keep the show is going perhaps to the coast throughout the night. inland, clearerskies, the coast throughout the night. inland, clearer skies, a touch on the chilly side first thing tomorrow morning. but hopefully fewer showers around and the wind is not quite as strong as we go into tomorrow. this area could bring a rash of sharp showers by the end of the afternoon. we start with a few showers across aberdeenshire and with that northerly wind, although a little bit lighter, a few showers running down through wales and south west england. through edinburgh, down towards newcastle, some of the sho
newsroom, a sigh of relief. warmer temperatures are moving east, but the extreme winter weather threat is not yet over for millions of americans. i ll tell you about vladimir putin saying he s ready to negotiate over ukraine only if russia gets what it wants. the ukrainian s response to that ultimatum, and china once again down-playing its rapidly spreading covid outbreak. the end of brutal freezing temperatures might be in sight. relief possibly on the way for millions of americans after the historic winter storm left at least 37 people dead. conditions are beginning to improve. we saw that on sunday where emergency workers were able to get out to survey the extent of the damage. the governor of new york is requesting an emergency disaster declaration from the u.s. federal government to help the state cover the costs of the storm. at least 17 deaths have been reported in new york where officials say many of those who died were either homeless or stranded in their cars in
shinzo abe. mr abe who was japan s longest serving leader was shot dead during an election rally injuly. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist, susie boniface and sian grifiths, education editor for the sunday times. the financial times leads with comments by the bank of england s chief economist suggesting a big rise in interest rates could be on the way. the times believes such a rise could trigger a fall in house prices. the telegraph reports the highly unusual warning by the international monetary fund to liz truss to reverse her recent tax cuts. the metro focuses on keir starmer s speech at the labour conference and his plea to voters not to forget the economic turmoil when it comes to the next election. the guardian also goes with starmer s speech and his belief that this is a labour moment that will see the party returned to power. the mirror is similarly enthusiastic concentra
this could be the storm that we have hoped would never come to our shores. the one thing i hear most common after these disasters is if i had only known it would be this bad. and so i think that s my message to them is we re trying to communicate to you that it can be that bad. okay. many in florida are heeding those warnings with long lines for water, fuel, sand bags and other supplies. schools and parks are closing and tampa s international airport is set to suspend operations entirely tuesday evening. hospitals meantime are transferring patients and putting up these large barriers to protect them from the potential storm surge. now the nags wall weather center has a storm surge in effect for large swathes of florida. they re bracin g for the storm s. people need to heed the warning and get out now especially where the storm-filled waters surge and affect them. we re not going to have the ability to come out and get them. then there are these images from the gran
they have four shelters opening this morning at this hour here. they can hold about 4,000 people. but the evacuation order right now under way for zone a is about 40,000 people. so they re hoping that they will use those shelters as a last resort and go find family or friends on the east coast of florida or just get out of town. i spoke with the spokesperson for the emergency operations center here in punta gorda and he told me that their motto is hide from wind and run from water. he said a wall of water is not your friend. so you don t want to stick around here in punta gorda. certainly the north of here as you know, there is a lot of concern and the tampa area, the st. peterburg mayor certainly has been voicing his concern saying this could be the storm that they never hoped would come to their shores. and, of course, the director of the national hurricane center saying that this could be the storm of a lifetime and the near worst case scenario for tampa bay and that is be