This is al jazeera live from london thank you for joining us coming up on the program mugabes exit deal reports zimbabwes former president has been granted immunity from prosecution. This belief and despair in argentina as families of forty four people on board a missing summary are told their relatives may have been the victims of an explosion and bangladesh and myanmar agree on a deal to repatriate range of refugees but on the ground there is skepticism. Yemens Main International airport has not reopened the despite the Saudi Led Coalition saying that it would the military alliance had announced it would be allowing humanitarian aid into sana airport and the seaport of data theyve been facing increasing pressure from the u. S. And u. N. To lift the blockade mohammed reports. Seem here just days ago many expected that come thursday aid would be flowing once more through her data one of yemens major ports. Saudi arabia announced on wednesday it would ease its blockade of yemens air and
Good afternoon the big story on action news is the death and destruction from Hurricane Irma. The powerful storm is now barrelling towards the bahamas and south florida after leaving some caribbean islands in shambles. Officials say that 90 of the homes on anguilla and barbuda are destroyed. And at least 10 deaths are confirmed. And we are live in miami where people are evacuating ahead of a possible direct hit. This storm is no joke, it reduced the island of barbuda to rubble and is expected to head this way. Floridas governor is telling people to leave their home as soon as the evacuation is in place. Hurricane irma is suppose to be the most powerful storm to travel across the atlantic ocean. And half of puerto rico are without power. And on saint martin scenes of widespread devastation. 185 Miles Per Hour winds tore through the island paradise. Up to eight deaths being reported. And on the tiny island of barbuda, officials report 95 of the structures are damaged. The entire country
Hard to forecast. As we go gur they are vulnerable beaches in the carolinas. Storm surge and flooding will be an issue. The days of Hurricane Force winds that could potentially effect the coastline then perhaps make a recurve. Thats five days out. Right now 120 mile per hour sustained winds is literally offshore off Cape Canaveral ladies. I am seeing Hurricane Force winds of over 80 Miles Per Hour along the coastline. Again the storm surge. Thats one of the biggest threats from this. 6 to 11 feet. That would be devastating for northern florida as well as georgia. Storm surge, flooding, winds, we are not done with matthew yet. I have an aunt in North Carolina keeping an eye on it as well. This will be their story next the carolinas and georgia. Thank you janice. North of melbourne in daytona streets are already under water the worst yet to come with the storm surge as you heard janice welcome at least 11 feet expected. Leland is live with the police chief. It has gotten more significant
Afternoon. Go tribe. It looks like the weather is going to be amazing. So a lot of sunshine this morning and into the afternoon. 72 degrees by lunch and again we are talking well above normal highs for this time of the year. And with that 80 degrees at 5, i think we are living the good life this friday and with the game being earlier you know lot of you probably thinking dinner plans downtown, and stuff like that. You can hit the patios east 4th street will be great. So many options football tonight. Lets not forget about football. The weather is going to be fabulous for that too. Clear skies as we wake up. We are tracking that cold front all week. We have been talking about cooler air for the weekend and its going to pass through overnight into tomorrow and maybe a little sprinkle kind of passing by a few spritz a little light shower. I dont think thats a big deal but you will notice the temperature difference for sure. We will see how low we get but first, lets get a check on the com
Seen heart breaking images of what this storm can and did do, there was a bridge collapse making it impossible for survivors to get help and the death toll continues to rise, into the hundreds. Good day it is a friday, tgif, october 7th, 2016 and this morning the storm is our big story. We have Live Team Coverage of the effects, time line and we have dave kinchen at Philadelphia International with the flight updates. Jenny joyce over at peco where volunteers are heading south to help those in the path but lets begin with sue serio with the forecast, sue. Karen, even though we are not getting the hurricane, itself, just about all of us know people down to the south, in florida, georgia, South Carolina, being affected by this storm and this is it, Hurricane Matthew, live 3t satellite picture and through can see the eye, it is still moving in the northwesterly direction but this thing has continued to move parallel to the coast all night, and continuing this morning, well it make land fal