hurricane ian? absolutely, although it s been downgraded to a tropical storm ida it was one of the most powerful to hit florida ranked it s not finished with its damage. there is still rain to fall in florida and as you can see it s very extensive, the rain heading into northern florida and into georgia and the carolinas so again a lot of storm surge potentially here, five or six feet, nearly two metres and several hundred millimetres of rain forecast for other states in the usa in the south east in the next couple of days. close to our shores nothing quite as stormy but we do have our first autumnal gale is coming quite widely tomorrow with some wet weather as well, so quiet today in contrast, we ve got few wish i was around, more sunshine. the wind, that chilly northerly wind, starting to ease a bit so in the sunshine away from the showers, 16 17 feels quite pleasant, we are still in september after all but it is all change. not tonight necessarily in the south and east, te
you have trees that are down, you have a lot of hazards right now. we do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the barrier islands and some of the coasts but some of those inland places of rivers and these inlets, you are likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead, so that is a hazard and just please be aware that that is something that if you have weathered the storm to this point, going on doing and getting involved in that is totally not worth it and we want to minimise any harm to anybody as a result of what we are seeing right now in the streets. it s gonna be put to use, i don t think we ve seen in effort mobilise for this minutes rate rescues this quickly, but we appreciate and we will make good use of it. we want people to be safe, those people who are in need of life supports, health is on the way help. they are able to see the areas that were hardest hit, and they are focusing assets there. obviously the
obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from emergency. and directions from emergency officials russia prepares to formally annex four more territories of ukraine with a signing ceremony in moscow. the west has condemned the vote as a sham. a fourth leak is discovered in the nord stream gas pipeline in the baltic. nato calls it a deliberate act of sabotage. #asl # as i walked to the valley of the saido of death, i take a look at my life. tributes are paid to the american rapper coolio, who s died at the age of 59. we have three major stories to cover tonight. parts of florida are being devastated by hurricane ian, the storm s being described as a once in a 500 year event. russia is preparing for a ceremony in red square on friday when it ll formally annex occupied ukrainian territories in defiance of international law. but first, we start here in the uk. the prime minister liz truss has been defending her econ
expect in this you can see, there has been substantial damage to property. the queen s death certificate is made public, it says she died of old age, at ten past three in the afternoon on the 8th september and tributes are paid to the american rapper coolio who s died at the age of 59 in los angeles. the prime minister has insisted that her tax cutting plans are right for the uk economy and she will not be changing course. in her first interviews since the chancellor s mini budget last friday, liz truss argued that record falls in the pound and rapidly rising borrowing costs in the uk are part of a global crisis that has been sparked by the war in ukraine. and she said the government s strategy would support people and businesses hit by rising energy prices. here s our economics editor faisal islam. an engine factory in darlington. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, out and about for the first time since his mini budget stalled, britain s currency slumped and borrowing costs s
of us. ahead of that a band of rain, some of that heavy, accompanied by squally, gusty winds but for much of england and wales this afternoon there will be some bright eclipses. the winds really starting to strengthen particularly in western scotland. those were the wind gusts and these are the temperatures, 9-14 , and these are the temperatures, 9 11; , above where we should be in early january. 9 11; , above where we should be in earlyjanuary. as 9 11; , above where we should be in early january. as we go into this evening this band of rain, this active weather front, will push southwards and eastwards with squally winds and as the low passes to the north west of scotland there will be some really strong winds, gusts of 60 70 mph for exposed western parts and strong winds funnelling through the central belt for a time. it s going to be a mild night generally, 6 10 the minimum temperatures. tomorrow, a plus to restart particularly in scotland where there will be some showers