Told to stay indoors. This footage, where residents were being rescued. This was the scene from the Pilots Seat flying in the eye of the storm as It Hurtled towards southern georgia. Our North America Correspondent David Willis reports. Hurricane helene touched down on Floridas Gulf Coast bringing with it winds of around 130 miles an hour. Officials had warned of potentially catastrophic and unsurvivable coastal Storms Surges, in places the height of a two storey building. Lashing rain proceeded helene s arrival, Flooding Streets and leaving more than half A Million florida homes without power. It was very scary. You know, it was coming in very, very fast, but steady across the island, and then all of a sudden, you know, it was outside. We had sandbags, we had prepared but we heard a Big Bang and the Garage Door caved in and the water came rushing into the house like a giant stream. So we grabbed the dogs and ran as quickly as we could with just what we had and our dogs and that was it
For the first time after hundreds of women made allegations of Sexual Abuse against former owner mohamed Al Fayed. Michael ward said in a statement the company failed our colleagues and that he wanted to make it clear that he was not aware of criminality and abuse. Our correspondent, helena wilkinson, is in knightsbridge. Helena. This is the first time we have heard from Michael Ward since the Bbc Documentary last week. Let me read you a bit more of the statement we have had in the last hour. He says he wanted to convey his personal horror at the revelations that have emerged over the past week. He says that we have all seen the survivors bravely speak about the terrible abuse they suffered at the hands of former owner mohamed Al Fayed. We failed our colleagues and for that we are deeply sorry. The statement also goes on to say, i feel it is important to make it clear that i was not aware of his criminality and abuse. While it is true rumours of his behaviour circulated in the public d
A boy caught in the votes and calling for civil disobedience in farewell to the original double 07 the scottish actor so sean connery has died at the age of 19. And in sport tennis world number one Novak Djokovic has suffered a shop defeat in vienna the serbian star was knocked out in the quarterfinals by a player ranked more than 40 places below head. But 1st to turkey were rescue workers are still searching for survivors in the city it is mere after a powerful earthquake parts of greece also felt the effects of the magnitude 7 quake on the aegean sea at least 28 people in or have been killed and hundreds more injured simcoe see all the reports from the city it is mere. This is the aftermath of a magnitude 7. 0 earthquake. Many buildings and as her province collapse within seconds killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds others were buried alive this woman was pulled out of the rubble 17 hours after the earthquake. There are similar stories throughout our province. Here a mother
Hes a bit of a cute childlike figure hes also a grown man with a hat who acts very responsibly when crossing the street when works for us day and night. I think its the combination that makes him so popular the standing man is also something balanced and calm about him and a clear design which clearer than other traffic right now. 30 years after reunification the im to mention is celebrated as an east german success story. The traffic light men were 1st introduced in east berlin in 1900. Traffic psychologist carl piccolo wanted to design a pedestrian signal that caught peoples attention. Difficult to appeal to children and older people when using abstract pictograms. So i simply tried to translate their clarity into personified symbols. Lifelike and likable in his 1st designs the figure even had fingers on a mouse and karl big losses wife helped when it came to the half. The i could mention became recognizable symbols which in the 1980 s. Were used to teach children about road safety o
A climate arsonist also on our show. Thousands of refugees left homeless by fire at the mori of migrant camp on lesbos protest against remaining on their greek island they fear theyll be worse off than before they want the e. U. To go. And territorial disputes over Energy Resources are inflaming tensions between greece and turkey 2 nato members in the Eastern Mediterranean. Island residents caught between the frosts. And life on venus Scientists Say theyve found what might be a clue talk to an astrophysicist to find out more. Brian Thomas Kocherry with a. Today u. S. President donald trump is back in washington d. C. After meeting with officials in california who are battling the worst wildfires on record there and then to other western u. S. States the president downplayed arguments that Climate Change is fueling the record blazes instead he said it was poor Forest Management thats largely to blame. These are some of his scenes providing the backdrop to the president s visit to califo