correspondent rajini vaidyanathan correspondent rajini vaidya nathan who correspondent rajini vaidyanathan who has been there for the last 36 hours, and rajini, profound shock still the overriding emotion there? absolutely. ijoin you still the overriding emotion there? absolutely. i join you from still the overriding emotion there? absolutely. ijoin you from the campus at the university of nottingham. it is here that two of the three victims, i9 year olds grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber, were studying. they were in theirfirst year at webber, were studying. they were in their first year at university, they were just at the end of that year, taking their exams because they had been on a night out, they were walking home in the early hours of the morning yesterday, when they were stabbed to death. in about an hour or so there is going to be a vigil here at the site behind me, they arejust setting vigil here at the site behind me, they are just setting up for it now, we will hear f
where close to a million people live in makeshift homes. from cox s bazar, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports this school has become a cyclone shelter and throughout the afternoon we have seen families arrived, young children, carrying bags full of whatever they want to get them through the next few days of this terrible weather and even some people turning up with their livestock as well, with chickens and with cattle. the government has been telling people that they should come to one of these shutters to seek sanctuary, although away from here we have seen a lot of people who are carrying on with their normal lives, unaware of what might actually happen. as you can see here, this is one of the classrooms. there are lots of families here. the government in bangladesh is hoping that around half a million people will eventually be moved to the shutters to stay safe during cyclone mocha, which some forecasters say will be the worst such storm to hit
clarity and it is thought he is still going to ask his supporters to come out tomorrow apparently. it will be seen how they go about it but so far, it is far more peaceful thanit but so far, it is far more peaceful than it was two days ago. around half a million people are being evacuated to safer areas in south east bangladesh, ahead of a cyclone forecasters say could be extremely dangerous. cyclone mocha is predicted to make landfall on sunday, with speeds of up to 170kph, and storm surges of to 12 feet. from cox s bazar, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports well, this school has now become a cyclone shelter. and throughout the afternoon, we ve seen families arrive with young children, carrying bags full of whatever they want to get them through the next few days of this terrible weather, even some people turning up with their livestock as well, with chickens and with cattle. now, the government has been telling people that they should come to one
and many aid agencies have already been preparing for what they fear could be a humanitarian crisis as well in the aftermath. rajini vaidya nathan there. let s get some of the day s other news now. officials in somalia say about 200,000 people have been displaced due to flash flooding after the shabelle river burst its banks and submerged roads. the united nations says it is a perfect storm of overlapping crises for the country. the rain should help with the country s drought though which has been the the worst in a0 years. us regulators have demanded that a parts supplier recall 67 million car air bag inflators. they re concerned they might explode and even project shrapnel. the supplier, arc automotive,
health officials in pakistan have told the bbc they ve seen a sharp increase in waterborne diseases, in the wake of devastating floods which saw a third of the country submerged. the head of the world health organization has warned of a second disaster, as cases of illnesses like malaria, dengue and diahorrea rise rapidly, including in children. some of those affected say aid still hasn t reached them. one of the most badly affected regions is sindh province, from where our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidya nathan, reports. large swathes of pakistan remain under water. in sindh, the worst affected province, hundreds of thousands have set up shelter on this river bank.