caribbean, hundreds of thousands of people have no power or running water. it is difficult. the worst does appear far from over as we watch the track here with turks and caicos and bermuda. now in fiona s path. we are keeping a very close eye on that of course. also this morning new details on the 2020 election. surveillance footage showing what happened inside a georgia election office on the same day voting machines were compromised there. a republican county official and associate seen working with an attorney for former president trump spending hours inside of that restricted area. but let s begin in puerto rico where today marks actually five years since hurricane maria s catastrophic landfall on the island and now the same survivors of that crisis say the devastating flooding from this storm could be even worse. our lay low sanity thyago is on the ground in san juan with the latest. reporter: today the majority of people in puerto rico are waking up without power
very good tuesday mornm jim and i m poppy harlow. right now hurricane fiona strengthening as it sets its sights on another batch of islands. but as it moves past puerto rico and the dominican republic, the damage is devastating. look at those images. in puerto rico two people are dead this morning after most of the power on the island is out. it could be days before it is restored. we re looking for gasoline, water, ice. all of the supplies necessary for getting through this. we were hoping it wouldn t be so big. but, well, it was bigger than we expected. and you have to make do with what you have. been through this before. rescuers have saved more than a thousand people from the floodwaters. as much as 30 inches of rain fell on the eiisland. that is like two and a half feet. they try to get to people in more hard to reach areas. this comes five years, to the day after hurricane maria made landfall on the u.s. island. many people who lived through that catastrophe fear
after the spectacular pageantry in london, the day ended at windsor the home of the queen since childhood. crowds gathered to watch the queen being accompanied to her last resting place. in the last act of a day laden with ceremony, the wand of the lord chamberlain was broken, symbolising the end of the late queen s reign. of the late, most and most excellent monarch, elizabeth ii. the queen was then lowered into the royal vault and buried next to her husband, the duke of edinburgh. queen elizabeth has made herfinal journey from london to windsor, and has been buried with her late husband, the duke of edinburgh. it follows a day of the highest ceremony not seen in this country for nearly 60 years, mixed with private sorrow as the state funeral was held in westminster abbey, the building in which queen elizabeth was married and crowned. king charles, along with other members of the royal family, walked behind her coffin as it was taken into the abbey from westminster hall
prince harry walking behind her coffin. princess kate and duchess meghan. the jewelry worn in tribute to the queen. and the sweet moment between princess charlotte and older brother george. what she reminded him to do. the service concluding with two minutes of silence across the uk. an emotional charles wiping away a tear, and the moving note the king left atop his mother s coffin. what it said. then the final journey. tens of thousands lining the 25 miles from london to windsor. the queen s coffin lowered into the royal vault, later buried beside her late husband prince philip. tonight the grief, the pageantry, and the future as britain lays its longest-serving monarch to rest. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from london. behind me, westminster abbey, where queen elizabeth s state funeral was held today. thousands lining the streets here for a good-bye like none other. we ll have the sights and sounds of an emotional day i
an nhs health check at the age of 45 so they can discuss the menopause with their doctor. heartbreakfor the home nations as both scotland and wales fail to qualify for the women s world cup. a cold start the day in the southeast with patchy thrust, the rest of us do not have a skull to start as yesterday. with apache frost, the rest of us do not have as cold start as yesterday. it s wednesday 12th october. our main story. the value of the pound has fallen sharply after the bank of england confirmed it won t extend an emergency financial support package beyond this friday. the measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. our economics editor, faisal islam reports. the problems in uk financial markets are not solved. the bank of england has repeatedly stepped in to help the pensions industry since chancellor kwasi kwarteng s controversial mini budget. but the message from governor andrew bailey to the bbc is tha