SImultaneously exploded across lebanon In what appeared to be a sophIstIcated remote attack. Hezbollah, whIch has Been desIgnated a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by the uk, Israel and other western countrIes, has called It the bIggest securIty breach. At least nIne people dIed and nearly 3000 were Injured. Blasts were reported In supermarkets, homes and on the streets of the country, whIch shares borders wIth Israel and syrIa. Lebanons Health MInIstry says 200 people are In a crItIcal condItIon and that hospItals are beIng Inundated wIth the wounded. 0ur Correspondent Graham satchell reports. It was an audacIous, unprecedented attack. All across lebanon, thousands of pagers explodIng at the same tIme. Many were on the street. Some, lIke here, In peoples homes. Some In supermarkets. Emergency servIces struggled to cope wIth the scale of the attack. Thousands of hezbollah members sufferIng InjurIes In the same Instant. Israel hasnt commented, but few have any doubts about Its role. So how was I
A dam has burst. And the rest of northern ireland, with temperatures the pressure is increasing. Around 22 celsius. This Evening Nysa has already flooded, but it could get much worse, and overnight, cloud and so residents like teresa have Northern Scotland continues to been told to get out thin and break put across east to higher ground. Wales, central and eastern england, we will see more misty and Blue Clad developing so it will not be as cold across southern areas compared with last night, Clear Skies in its the weather, its nature, what can you do . She tells me. But nature is powerful. Southern scotland, North Wales and northern ireland, but lots of sunshine in these areas to start tomorrow, some mist and it smashed up the main bridge in the next Town Fog patches gradually cleaning. And plunged it underwater. He mist and low cloud in when the floods subsided, there was chaos. Eastern england will break up. And filth everywhere. In the early morning and afternoon, some patches rema
Emergency Evacuation Order and a there were volunteers here all Night Stuffing Sandbags like this and forming human chains, to bring the bags down now near to the embankment, where a section of the River Bank had subsided and there was a danger according to the mayor of that River Bank collapsing completely at the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. You can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. They have plugged the gap and in fact the River Water Level has begun to fall back. It seems according to the authorities that the immediate danger has passed. They are prepared if the Water Level rises again. There is talk of another problem with the Embankment A little further up but after a dramatic night lots of helicopters in the skies, lots of sirens and huge numbers of volunteers to bring these sandbags to the spot to try to protect their town. It does seem like this morning The Sun has come out and people are more hopeful, that perhaps the worst has pas
Thousands have been left homeless, and more bad weather is forecast. Slovakia and hungary are bracing against floodwaters moving down the River Danube and its tributaries. These are the pictures from nysa overnight where people have been helping protect the flood defences. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, is there. I am in nysa now, just a few miles from where we were for that report and here in nysa it was a pretty dramatic night overnight. The mayor, as you heard in that report, had given an Emergency Evacuation Order and then there were volunteers who are here all Night Stuffing Sandbags like this, forming a Human Chain to bring the bags down here to the embankment where a section of the River Bank had subsided. And there was a danger, according to the mayor, of that River Bank collapsing completely and the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. You can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. They have plugged the gap and in fact the River Level or W