plate, cup or change of clothes. not even sheets or towels. nothing. clothes. not even sheets or towels. nothing. this was the strongest towels. nothing. this was the strongest hurricane towels. nothing. this was the strongest hurricane to - towels. nothing. this was the strongest hurricane to hit - strongest hurricane to hit mexico s pacific coast at this time of the year since records began. flash floods, mud and rock falls continue to threaten mountain communities and with communications down, the vulnerable will be harder to reach. gail mclennan, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news still to come: fourteen and counting we ll tell you about one queen and a lot of american presidents. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfo
translation: when we were told to leave we wanted i to take something but we could not. i did not take a single plate, cup or change of clothes. not even sheets or towels. nothing. this was the strongest hurricane to hit mexico s pacific coast at this time of the year since records began. flash floods, mud and rock falls continue to threaten mountain communities and with communications down, the vulnerable will be harder to reach. gail mclennan, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate victory over scotland in the world cup qualifiers. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given,
down. what this does is just generate more income or more revenue for consumers to buy more gas. the concern is that it s going to drive the price at the pump even further. neil: thanks, lydia. why should i say thank you? it s very depressing but you did it so well. thanks, lydia hu for that. meantime, you know, it s the first of june. it s a new month for the markets. that didn t go well. it s the start of hurricane season. in fact, in the case of agatha, it s kicked off early. let s get the read with rick reichmuth. what are we looking at now? just ending your show on depressing news. that s what you re doing. neil: right. yeah, start of june is the beginning of hurricane season. the beginning of hurricane season in the atlantic. it starts may 15 in the pacific and the storm that hit mexico, which was hurricane agatha now
it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone a quarter past 11. here are the headlines. british defence officials say seven more people have died outside kabul aiport as thousands desperate to leave afghanistan crowd round the area. former world leaders criticise the us withdrawal, with former british prime minister tony blair accusing president biden of following an imbecilic policy. a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. at least eight people, including children, have died after hurricane grace hit mexico for the second time in two days. the deaths and the worst damage occurred in the state of veracruz, where the storm uprooted trees when it made landfall early on saturday. the major category three storm swept onto the country s gulf coast and moved inland, causing rivers to overflow, mudslides, and small towns to flood.
if you re not ready yet, make sure you begin final iegz those plans because henri will be here in a hurry. it s extraordinary that we re talking about the new england area where hurricane henri is about to bear down. it s there. it s only happened last time it happened was three decades ago. i was reading that. i was wondering if it s ever happened before. so in the meantime, hurricane grace hit mexico this morning. what s the latest there? yeah. so grace has now dissipated but grace made landfall in mexico and what it s done is it s basically rained itself off over an area of mexico that is very mountainous and when you take nearly 10 inches of rain, which is what we re seeing in mexico, where grace made landfall, well, when that happens you re going to see a lot in the way of flash flooding and we have gotten some reports of that, and that could lead to the potential for