Another add in some sunshine, another please nt add in some sunshine, another pleasant september day. This is bbc news the september surge, the World Health Organization warns coronavirus is spreading across europe at an alarming rate. The continent set a new record last week, with 5a,000 cases recorded in just 2a hours. The figures do reflect more comprehensive testing but weekly cases are now exceeding those reported when the pandemic first peaked in march. Some 10 Million People in britain are living under tighter, local restrictions, 2 million of them live in the north east where new measures will come into play at midnight tonight. Also in the programme. The fbi warns the russians are at it again. Director chris wray says theres been a concerted effort by russian proxies to undermine joe bidens campaign. More floods are forecast on the Us Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm sally leaves devastation in her wake. Hello im Christian Fraser in london and Laura Trevelyan is in washington. Cor
Dangerous storm. Downgraded over the weekend from a hurricane, tropical storm, then tropical depression unleashing more and more rain on the eastern seaboard. Good morning. Im bill hemmer in wilmington, North Carolina. Sandra, good morning to you. We tried and could not get out. Like so many others trying to get out and trying to get back in. Good morning, sandra. Sandra unbelievable images and rescues that played out over the weekend there. Thank you for your continued reporting on the ground there. Im sandra smith in new york this morning. Take us back and tell us what it looks like there now. Bill listen, this state has been hit very hard and South Carolina as well. Not as substantial as you see here in the wilmington area. We have 17 dead blamed on the storm. That number could go higher. The waters have risen. They continue to rise throughout the day today. If you think about it, were on the highend of a bathtub. You have the Atlantic Ocean on one side and all the rivers that surro
Miles. This is from one evacuee, caught in traffic out of north myrtle beach, South Carolina. See that traffic there. The carolinas are expected to get the brunt of florence, now a category 4 with 130 Miles Per Hour winds, forecast to dump as much as 20 inches of rain in some areas. So much water that the risk of flooding extends miles and miles beyond the coast of the carolinas, days into next week, and could impact places like ohio, maryland, west virginia, and georgia. More than 20 Million People face the threat of the storm. More than 1. 5 million are currently under a mandatory evacuation. Plus if the forecasts are accurate, florence will hit farther north on the east coast than any other category 4 hurricane in history. I canwe are planning for devastation. This is not a light storm, this is not a glancing blow. This is a category 4, category 5 storm, separated by Miles Per Hour. We get wrapped up in it. This is a major storm thats going to hit the coast, stay on the coast, dump
Slow march inland promises to bring days of catastrophic flooding. Victims, rescues, homes destroyed. Forecasters predict they will get a years work of rain before this is over. It was scary. Those hundred something Miles Per Hour gusts was frightening to watch. I think this street had some of the worst damage i have seen in wilmington so far. We have been monitoring the storm for days and days now. You never seen a could the 1 do this much damage. Its been so slow, its allowed the rain to fall and fallment you mentioned that 2 0. The winds dropped. If you are in that 60 Miles Per Hour wind, you have been there for so many hours. It continues to linger as the storm is moving 3 Miles Per Hour. It made landfall just outside of wilmington. Theres the center of circulation. Its been a slow mover. Only moved about 90 miles from yesterday morning. But very, very slow moving storm system. And thats whats allowed just round after round of rain, continue to drop that heavy rain. We continue to
Needed. National guard units from as far away as wisconsin are in the carolinas to help. Six people in north and South Carolina are confirmed to have lost their lives from falling trees, rising water, or electrocution. Those suddenly flooded areas are so dangerous. And what about any relief . What was Hurricane Florence doing that people feared the most. It stalled, dumping 40 inches of rain without moving at all. Some places have more than 30 inches of rain. We have cnn crews all along the storms destructive path, now in places where the worst may be yet to come. Officials are warning, the coming Flood Disaster may cost more human lives. Martin savidge joins us from wilmington, North Carolina. Martin, you have been there for the past 48 hours. You have seen as the storm has evolved. Whats happening now . Well, as you can see it is still raining here in wilmington. As you point out, 48 hours, the conditions have been like this. Winds have died down, that is a major blessing. It is rain