Moves along the northern coast of cuba. On saturday it will make a sharp turn northward, toward miami, as a category 4 hurricane. Its expected to move directly up through the Central Florida peninsula, moving up through floridas peninsula on sunday. Then monday, moving into southern and southeastern georgia as a category 1 hurricane, right around the savannah area. Its going to continue moving northward far, far inland as a Tropical Storm by tuesday moving through parts of tennessee, and kentucky. Even southern portions of indiana and ohio. Rainfall totals from this storm could be between 15 and 20 inches for much of the southern twothirds of florida, up into the jacksonville area, perhaps seven to ten inches, and beyond that into georgia and the southeastern u. S. , one to five inches of rainfall. Ive been tracking and covering hurricanes for four decades and never seen one quite like this. Amazing, spencer. As of this coming saturday, no one will be able to leave the miami and ft. La
Finishes churning through the caribbean where its leaving a trail of death and destruction. At this hour florida is bracing for a direct hit from the extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane that is irma. The governor of the state, along with his counterparts in georgia and south carolina, are pleading with residents in irmas path to evacuate and seek shelter immediately. The storms 185mileperhour sustained winds make it one of the most powerful ever seen in the atlantic. This is what we now know. Florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and lifethreatening winds. We expect this along the entire east coast. At least 13 deaths are blamed on the hurricane. All of them happening in the caribbean islands. 59 of the buildings in barbuda have been damaged. Of course, abc 7 news weather meteorologist Spencer Christian is following irmas path. Heres a look at it, Hurricane Irma, category 5 storm continuing to plow through the caribbean, passing directly over tonight as
Whether theyre too lenient. A doctor treating the russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny says no traces of poison have been found in his body. And, taylor swift makes a students wildest dreams come true the singers donated £23,000 to an 18 year old in the uk trying to raise enough money to go to university. For her to donate more than 50 of what i needed, itjust blew my mind. I never expected it to happen, if that makes sense. It was really. Different. And coming up on bbc news. Manchester united say captain Harry Maguire is fully co operating with authorities following an alleged incident on the greek island of mykonos. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Thousands of british holidaymakers are racing to get home before new Coronavirus Travel rules come into force in the early hours of tomorrow morning. From liam, anyone returning from croatia, austria, Trinidad And Tobago will have to isolate for two weeks, because of an increase in coronavirus cases in those count
In oldham, blackburn, and parts of pendle from midnight on saturday. People are told not to socialise with anyone from outside the household. The bbc understands the government is to extend the ban on rental evictions in england and wales until the 20th of september. A doctor treating the russian opposition activist alex a says no traces of poison have been found in his body. And taylor swift makes a students wildest dreams come true. The singers donated £23,000 to an 18 year old in the uk trying to raise enough money to go to university. To donate more than 5096 of what i needed itjust blew my mind, because i never expected that happen. It was really different. Hello, good afternoon. Thousands of british holiday makers are racing to get home before the new Coronavirus Travel rules come into fourth in the early hours of tomorrow morning. From liam, anyone returning from croatia, austria, Trinidad And Tobago will have to isolate for two weeks because of an increase in kvaerner cases in
Joe biden promises to lead america out of what he calls its season of darkness as he formally accepts the Democratic Party president ial nomination. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The mystery over the condition of leading russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has deepened. The fierce and outspoken critic of president putin collapsed while on a flight to moscow and is now in a coma in hospital. His supporters claim he was poisoned via a substance added to his tea but one of the doctors in charge of his care has this morning said that so far no traces of poison have been in his system. Mr navalnys aides have insisted he be transferred to germany for treatment, but the russian hospital chief says hes too ill to be moved. The hopsital say they have a diagnosis, which they have yet to reveal. They gave this update a little earlier. Translation today, from the tests we