Florida is braced, for what many have described as the storm of the century. Our correspondents are there. We will speak to one resident who has decided to stay. And will they ever fully recover . In the wake of Hurricane Ian, 95 of the damage assessments, were downgraded by the insurance companies. This could be a disastrous 12 hours, for Tens Of Thousands of american families. Welcome to the programme. There is driving wind and torrential rainfall that has already arrived in florida, several hours before Hurricane Milton is due to arrive. The national Weather Service has confirmed in the last hour there are at least ten active Tornado Warnings in the region. We have been tracking an extremely dangerous tornado heading north near fort myers. And thats not the half of it. Right now milton is 150 miles south west of tampa with sustained winds of 145 mph, and very soon it will be pushing water onto the coast, with a Storm Surge of 15 feet expected in the worst hit areas. That is likely t
Could be too late. JoInIng me tonIght on the panel we wIll get to our panel shortly, but before we do that, lets get to the latest bbc news. PresIdent bIden and the IsraelI prIme mInIster, BenjamIn Netanyahu, have held a Telephone ConversatIon In whIch theyre thought to have dIscussed Israels Response to Irans MIssIle Attack last week. In Israel today, two people were kIlled by hIs brother rockets In the northeastern town of kIryat shmona. The IsraelI MIlItary saId It had struck more than 180 targets In lebanon; four people were kIlled near the southern cIty of sIdon. RobertjenrIck and KemI Badenoch are through to the fInal round of the conservatIve LeadershIp Race after knockIng out james cleverly. The shock result, was met wIth gasps from some mps who had expected cleverly to get through to the last two. The partys members wIll now vote for theIr preffered leader. Ratan tata, the chaIrman of the sentIence conglomerate, tata, has dIed aged eIghty sIx. He Is credIted wIth dIversIfyIng
A bit of Mist And Fog possible across some western areas early in the morning. Those temperatures not changing a great deal again, typically a cool 11 or 12. This is Bbc News. The latest headlines Hurricane Milton, the biggest storm to hit florida in a century, heads towards the coast. President biden warns residents to leave for safety. Already, dangerous tornadoes are developing over florida as the storm continues to approach. Deaths following Air Strikes on both sides of the border, as Israel And Hezbollah continue to exchange fire. And then there were two James Cleverly is knocked out of the tory leadership race. Kemi Badenoch And Robertjenrick remain. The end of the Linejudge Why Modern Technology is bringing to an end nearly 150 years of tradition is bringing to an end nearly 150 Years Landfall on is bringing to an end nearly 150 Years Landfall to where we expect landfall to happen. Somewhere between Fort Myers and sarasota. They are about 77 miles apart, and just south of tampa,
SayIng that It should be restarted. He also dIscussed the ImperatIve of gettIng people back to the north of gaza. We told you In the last hour theres a huge operatIon on the Ja Palyer Refugee camp. They agreed to remaIn In close contact over the comIng days. Most dIrectly through theIr natIonal SecurIty Teams. That was InterestIng because were waItIng for that response to the IranIan ballIstIc mIssIle attack. Note mentIoned that In the readout from the WhIte House. Youre up to speed wIth that. It has been saId before, that the parlIamentary ConservatIve Party, Is the most duplIcItous electorate In the country. But even by theIr standards, No One was quIte predIctIng the kInd of outcome we got thIs afternoon, In the fInal ballot to decIde whIch of the LeadershIp CandIdates would go through to a vote of the membershIp. Three were remaInIng. In the penultImate round It was James Cleverly Out In Front and hIghly fancIed after an encouragIng few days at the party conference. But In the fIna
Storm of the century. Benjamin netanyahu speaks with President Biden as a senior Israeli Minister says this countrys response will be precise, deadly and surprising. And a record breaking Day Forjoe Root as he becomes englands top Test Match Run scorer ever. On newsnight at 10. 30pm tonight well bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters and of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Good evening, welcome to the Bbc News at ten. Hurricane milton is now only hours away from reaching the West Coast of florida, but ahead of it high winds and torrential rain have already caused damage and destruction. President biden s calling it the worst storm for 100 years and its forced more than 7 Million people out of their homes and into shelters or safer areas. From space, this is from space, this is what it looks like what it looks like as captured in these as captured in these images filmed from the images