and water is rising. were you looking at the screen? just some of the scenes as hurricane ian made a devastating land fall in southwestern florida. the category 4 storm left a large path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report for you. rescue crews are busy trying to get to people who decided to ride out the storm and were then stranded by rising floodwaters. and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida at this hour. welcome to way too early on this thursday, september 29th. thank for starting your day with us. it made land fall as a category storm. there is widespread flooding and damage as the powerful storm batters the state with torrential rain and wind. more than two million people are without power across florida. in naples, authorities said that more than half of the streets were not passable. this video released by the naples fire department shows a power line bursting into flames as the hurrican
probably worth describing in a live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. little bit more detail, for it s newsday. those many people who are not on twitter, what exactly that looks like. it is essentially a tick, a white tick on a blue background, which is confusing to some, that shows that you are verified, that you are who you say you are, whether you re a journalist there is a tick it s 8am in the morning here next to my name, a tick next to in singapore and 9pm in brazil, where the far right president your name whether you are a jair bolsonaro has finally broken his silence after being politician, whether you re the defeated in sunday s election. he didn t mentioned his rival, chief of a public department luis inacio lula da silva, who won the vote by a narrow like the police, so in los margin, and stopped short angeles for example, the lapd of conceding but said he would have a tick next to their name, information they tweet out is respect the constitution
the crisis continues at the overflowing uk migrant centre. an asylum seeker says the conditions are like those of a prison camp. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 8pm at night in brazil, where the far right president jair bolsonaro has finally broken his silence after being defeated in sunday s election. he didn t mentioned his rival, luis inacio lula da silva, who won the vote by a narrow margin. and there was no acknowledgement of defeat. but he did not contest the result either. it follows two days of protest from his supporters, where truck drivers blocked roads in all but two states, causing widespread disruption. let s take a listen to what he had to say. translation: i want to start by thanking the 58 million - brazilians who voted for me on october 30. the current popular movement are the result of indignation and a feeling of injustice on how the electoral process took place. peaceful demonstra
it s 7:00 in the morning in singapore, and 4am 5am in pakistan where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million and the catastrophe isn t over water is still surging down the indus river and will flood the low lying sindh province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the country s cotton crop has been washed away. pumza fihlani reports from the city of sakur. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our houses have collapsed because - of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings are buried under 12 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i saw my house collapse. the river
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in south asia. a third of pakistan is underwater. that s according to the country s climate change minister, who called the devastation caused by extensive flooding a crisis of unimaginable proportions. at least 1,000 people have been killed, and 33 million are affected. that s 1 in every 7 pakistanis. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in khyber pakhtunkhwa have also been badly hit. 0ur correspondent pumza filhani sent this report from the city of sukkur. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our houses have collapsed because - of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings are buried under 12 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i s