Absolutely, wanted to give a perspective of how much rainfall has fallen in texas, historic rainfall, about over a metre, they could get another 0. 4 of the meter and if that happens it is two and a half to three times what london gets in a year. And that has come in just a few days. The red symbol is the centre of the storm, that is what drives the weather system so dreadful conditions continuing. A bit of blue skies and cloud across the uk, hit and bit of blue skies and cloud across the uk, hitand miss buta bit of blue skies and cloud across the uk, hit and miss but a lot more cloudy compared to what we had yesterday. Yesterday was the warmest Late August Bank Holiday monday in decades. Today the temperature has already dropped in many areas, quite already dropped in many areas, quite a lot of cloud, we are in the mid 20s, quite far north yesterday, today down to 17 but retaining some of the heat in the south east, could be up to around 26,27, of the heat in the south east, could be
To mark the symbolic handover of the project to the scottish government. Good morning. Its tuesday, 29th august. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Japan and the United States have requested an urgent meeting of the Un Security Council later today after north korea fired a missile that flew overjapan before crashing into the sea. The missile flew over northern japan before it crashed into the sea off the countrys east coast. The launch prompted an alert and people were told to take cover in basements or concrete buildings. The japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, said the launch was an unprecedented, serious, and grave threat to his nation. North korea has fired rockets over japan twice in the past, once in 1998 and again in 2009, but on those occasions pyongyang claimed those they were satellite launches, not weapons. Just before midnight, foreign secretary borisjohnson tweeted that he was outraged by what he called north koreas reckless provocation. The Chinese Governme
And the light fantastic a multi coloured show for the handover of the Queensferry Crossing, the uks tallest bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. North korea has ratcheted up tensions in the Pacific Region once again by firing a missile that blasted over northern japan before crashing into the sea. Japans Prime Minister, shinzo abe, described it as an unprecedented threat to his country. The communist state has conducted a flurry of missile tests recently but this is the first time its fired whats thought to be a ballistic weapon overjapan. The Un Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting in response President Trump has said all options are on the table. 0ur correspondent, Yogita Limaye is in the south korean capital and sent us this report. Siren a warning that a north Korean Missile has just flown over the country. This is what many injapan woke up to on tuesday morning. A rocket launch from near pyongyang flew over the Northern Island of hokkaido, before breakin
A multi coloured show for the handover of the Queensferry Crossing, the uks tallest bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A major dam outside houston, texas, has begun overspilling as storm harvey pushes the reservoir past capacity. Engineers have been periodically releasing water from the addicks dam to relieve pressure and try to limit the damage down to nearby homes. But now water levels are over the height of the reservoir edge. Six neighbourhoods nearby are being told to leave their homes if they can. Since the storm hit 30 inches of rain has fallen and forecasters warn more is on the way. Its estimated 450,000 people will need help and 30,000 people are likely to require Emergency Shelter. President trump is now on his way to visit the state. He has promised swift action to help those affected. Well, our correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in la grange, texas. This is a story thatjust keeps developing, the rain keeps coming. The storm might return to houston. What is going
Well be speaking to an industry analyst on whether network rail are to blame for the latest delays at london waterloo. Thats all ahead on bbc news. President trump has arrived in texas with his wife, melania, to see for himself the damage caused by Tropical Storm harvey. The authorities are urging residents, who live close to a levee which has been breached by floodwaters, south of the city of houston, to leave their homes immediately. The National Guard says more than three and a half thousand people have been rescued from their homes in the last few days. Donald trump has been receiving a briefing on the relief effort from local leaders and this is what the president had to say. Local leaders and this is what the president had to sayli local leaders and this is what the president had to say. I want to thank my staff and my cabinet, quite a few of them are here. When you add it allup a few of them are here. When you add it all up you will be helping a lot of people in texas and doing