And longest storm on record anywhere. Its a very large eye. Right now its category 5 storm. It is expected to bring storm surge flooding of about 20 feet, drenching rains. 175 miles an hour winds right now. It will cross the turks and caicos as a cat 5. Friday afternoon its heading towards the bahamas and its south of there. Approaching southern florida and expected to hit the area. Continuing across florida and into georgia and the rainfall will continue with this. Rainfall amounts from saturday through tuesday 15 to 20 inches possible for parts of florida. There are three storms. Hurricane jose and katia. Jose is expected to hit the areas already hit by irma. Thats the Leeward Islands its heading for. Its a category 3. You can see it veering a bit away from the area. Most florida are heeding the advice to get out. They have already evacuated. This comes as workers rush to board up homes and residents pick up supplies and wait in long lines for gas. Despite the sheer size of Hurricane
Young offenders from ethnic minorities will become the next generation of criminals unless the Justice System is reformed, a new reports says. And a 13 Year Old Girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped eight different people through Organ Donation thats a record number. Good morning. Its friday 8th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A state of emergency has been declared in the British Virgin islands after the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. High winds and storm surges are continuing to ravage the caribbean, with dozens known to have died and buildings destroyed. Aid agencies are warning of spreading disease after the break down of water and sanitation services. Later, a military plane carrying relief will take off from raf brize norton in oxfordshire a royal navy ship, the rfa mounts bay, is already in the caribbean. She has already delivered assistance to anguilla, and is now on her way to the British Virgin islands. Lets ta ke lets take a look at
Of shelters and the states highways are clogged with a mass evacuation. Molly hunter is live in new smyrna beach. Reporter its relatively quiet on the east coast but the waves are getting progressively bigger as we wait for irma. Hurricane irma churned through the northern caribbean overnight devastating small islands. Its the strongest recorded storm to hit the atlantic. The worst time of my life. I would not want to see this again. Irma stayed largely offshore in port week but saint martin and turks and caicos and the tiny island of barbuda taking direct hits. The entire country has been decimated. Irma with wins of 150 Miles Per Hour taking aim for the bahamas and cuba and tomorrow south florida. And here on the coast of florida, people are boarding up their houses and many houses are actually empty and people are heeding the call to get out of town. People are ordered to evacuate and stocking up on water and food. I am trying to get as north as possible. Shelves wiped clean of bott
Were being very aggressive in our preparation for this storm and every floridian should take this seriously and be aggressive to protect their family. Possessions can be replaced. Your family cannot. This is serious and we cannot take chances. It is lifethreatening. This is not a storm you can sit and wait through. Bill miami is one of the major cities in the path of this storm. Four shelters open there already. Evacuation orders for parts of the state including miami beach. Phil keating is standing by. This is one of two locations on the beach. Lowlying area like the caicos being hammered by irma now. Sandbags to fill up. As you can see these are the crumbs left on the sidewalk on the parking lot. People are scraping that up because theyve run out of sand. Thats how high demand has been. The word is another truck is on the way. Let me run you over here to judith green in her white vehicle. Sitting here parked waiting for the truck to arrive. Much as is the case with gas stations aroun