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
Welcome to Bbc News. First of All of course we dont see Cross Border Fire from hezbollah and from the Israel Defense forces, so on the ground, any talk of a ceasefire seems very very remote. Let me ask you about your take on what is happening on the ground first of All. Is happening on the ground first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of fire first of All. Well on Ground It | is this exchange of fire which will continue and sometimes intensifies, both sides think that they can get an advantage, israel particularly, in that it is claiming to knock out hezbollah positions, particularly Rocket Launching Site and Command And Control posts, it is striking into beirut at times, which is causing a lot of Collateral Damage but they seem to be targeting commanders, the intelligence is working well at the moment, as far as israel is concerned and the hezbollah leadership is concerned, t
Has been whipping up too, creating wild conditions. In birmingham, cars have been caught out. In selly oak, its been a busy time for the Emergency Services helping rescue drivers. Public transport has been doing its best to keep on running, but at birmingham new Street Station there have been delays and cancellations. The Environment Agency has this advice for anyone heading out. There will be a lot of water out on the roads and travel might be really difficult, so we need them to make sure they pay attention to any Emergency Services. And later in the day we are expecting further rainfall in areas through the midlands. Telford United Football club says its been deluged after a thunderstorm. Its appealing to fans to come and help dry out their flooded pitch. This nearby street shows any clean up is going to take some time. With Rain Falling onto already saturated ground, the warning is that there is more disruption ahead. And simon updated us from one of the worst affected areas. Im in
Of the northern napa valley, not only to here in angwin, but to the towns of st. Helena, and calistoga, 1500 feet below. The fact is, this is a big fight, and this is a fight to the finish. Unfortunately nobody knows where the finish line is. The fight against the glass fires eastern flank took place uncomfortably close to angwin, population 3,400, already under mandatory evacuation. This is largely an intense and relentless aerial battle, putting aircraft including Air National Guard helicopters against the fire that could still make it way to angwin should continues make it possible. Thats because this part of the glass fair is too big and too close to ignore. Angwin is higher and a little further up the road from deer park, which was destroyed fire coming up slope towards angwin from below. We mote john be a both, an evacuationee in st. Helena, who loves the angwin, but has been staying in the valley for the last threes. I monday afternoon about noon, i went to a mandatory evacuatio
Equipment and providing security. Its the common set up for a wildfire investigates vest team. The vineyard is almost impossible to reach by vehicle. Its down a steep hell from the top of the north fork of Crystal Springs road, just east of the silverado trail north of st. Helena. Almost nothing survived on the firescared mountain. The vineyard is surrounded by an electrician fence, and there are no power lines near where investigators were set up. Im in shock. Im devastated at the loss of my neighborhood. Reporter pam was startled awake around 4 00 a. M. Sunday when the fire first broke out. She took this video of the flames marching down ll side wh are now looking. Reporter i could see northeast here, big blaze up on top of the mountain. Reporter soon the fire would engulf everything around her, including several of her neighbors homes. When i felt my hair was going to startsen knowledging if i didnt just evacuate, you know. Reporter the first calls about the fire came in around 3 50