Click hits the road as the team heads to india to see how the country keeps connected. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Ten of thousands of People Living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes as flooding caused by Tropical Storm harvey continues to cause devastation. Meteorologists say conditions are unprecedented, describing the storm as the biggest to have ever hit the state of texas. So far more than two and a half feet of rain has fallen in houston, with the city warned to expect to be deluged by up to a years worth within the week. Five people are reported to have died in the rising floodwaters. Emergency services in the area are overstretched and 3000 soldiers have been mobilised to help people to safety. 2000 people have been rescued, some plucked from rooftops by helicopters. President trump is due to visit the city tomorrow, to survey the damage. Richard lister reports. Taking only what they can hold, the people of huston are trying to escape the
Confounding expectations. With stokes toogood to concentrate, had he not seen Craig Brathwaite . Momentum turned. Barely 150 runs ahead, Jonny Bairstow chose invention over caution. Then the soothing strokes of moeen ali took hold. He changed the game. 84 runs as beautiful as they were valuable. When he went chris woakes remained. The england number nine pushing their lead beyond 300. When west indies solve one problem, and other prom ptly indies solve one problem, and other promptly appears. The west indies will be pleased they did not lose a wicket in that final session tonight. A bold declaration from the england captain, joe root. It was. Not what many people expected. He declared without letting James Anderson backed. Perhaps the first sign of him putting his stamp on the england captaincy, not something many people think that Alastair Cook would have done. England still well on top. James anderson will fancy his chances of taking his 500th test wicket tomorrow that he needs anoth
Makes landfall on the u. S. Mainland. Some hunkering down ready to ride out this storm at home. It is very serious. Is the miami skyline in jeopardy . And floridas southwest coast bracing for what could be a catastrophic storm surge. The frightening projections, plus, states of emergency all the way up to virginia. Our david muir and amy robach on the ground leading our Team Coverage with all you need to know. And good morning, everybody. Lets get right to the breaking news. Hurricane irma bearing down on florida. Theyre calling it the big one. Look at the satellite imagery. It is a massive, massive category 4. It is extremely powerful and extremely dangerous. Now, that view is the true from space but this is the the view from an air force reserve plane that flew right over the eye of the storm. As we come on the air, things are changing furiously including where its headed. Here are the major headlines. The track shifted significantly further west. The eye wall is now forecast to hit
Some hunkering down ready to ride out this storm at home. It is very serious. Is the miami skyline in jeopardy . And floridas southwest coast bracing for what could be a catastrophic storm surge. The frightening projections, plus, states of emergency all the way up to virginia. Our david muir and amy robach on the ground leading our Team Coverage with all you need to know. And good morning, everybody. Lets get right to the breaking news. Hurricane irma bearing down on florida. Theyre calling it the big one. Look at the satellite imagery. This storm is a massive, massive category 4. It is extremely powerful and extremely dangerous. Now, that view is the true from space, but this is the view from an air force reserve plane that flew right over the eye of the storm. And as we come on the air this morning, things are changeous fuhrously including where its headed. Here are the major headlines. The track shifted significantly further west. The eye wall is now forecast to hit the florida key
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