People are being urged to leave coastal and low lying areas of florida as Hurricane Milton, expected to be the biggest storm to hit the area in a century, moves closer to the states West Coast. President biden has warned evacuating is a matter of life and death. These pictures are coming into us live from the state of florida. This is the sunshine skyway bridge, the gateway to Tampa Bay, normally a very busy road even early in the day but pretty much deserted now, clearly very exposed and certainly not somewhere anyone would want to be as the hurricane approaches. Although those winds and rain not being really fully felt yet, if we look at this picture of some Palm Trees you can see they are moving a little bit in the breeze but those winds will get stronger and stronger. The national Hurricane Center saying that milton is bringing sustained winds of around 155 miles per hour, as we look at this track. It was downgraded a short while ago to a Category Fourfrom Category short while ago
Hello and welcome to todays verified. We start in florida, bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in 100 years. There are huge Traffic Jams across the state as more than 5 Million people respond to Evacuation Orders ahead of Hurricane Milton. We will be live on the ground in just a moment but i can show you first are the pictures from space. It gives you an idea of the size of this monster storm, officials think it could still double in size before making landfall. This is the live Tracking Shot from the national hurricane center. The category four storm is due to make landfall tonight. It is only brushed past mexico, causing flooding. On the florida peninsula, relative calm but they expect wind speeds of up to 160 mph and 3 4 Metre Storm surges. The pictures from tallahassee, where in the next few minutes we expect to get the latest briefing from the florida governor Ron Desantis and other emergency officials. We will carry that live when it starts. We can start this hour by
Welcome back to bbc news. Lets get more on our top story. Hurricane milton which is making its way towards the West Coast of florida. Five million people have been told to get out of its way. President biden says leaving was a matter of life and death. Nicole maul is the national spokesperson for the American Red Cross. Nicole is in tallahassee, florida and told us how theyve been preparing for something of this magnitude. Ican i can tell you that the American Red Cross has been on the ground in florida and the South East for more than two weeks in response first to Hurricane Helene and now milton. We need to understand what the impacts will be across florida. There are shelters across the state for folks who are evacuating and i cannot stress enough how important it is, if you are being told to evacuate you absolutely need to follow his orders. We do not know what the storm can bring, we know it will be dangerous and they want folks to stay safe as possible. I5 and they want folks to
Sunshine will come out, a few showers around coastal areas and, after the chilly start, temperatures quite a bit lower than weve been used to, but much closer to average for the time of year. The average for the time of year. The average for london is 13 and we will be at 12. The breeze making it feel more chilly. The cold air still with us on friday, with a few patches of frost on england and wales, something a bit more mild and wet coming to scotland, a weak area of low Pressure Ring outbreaks of rain, some of which could fringe into Northern Ireland later. Four includes wales, a lot dry weather and sunshine. Temperatures around ten to 13. For the weekend, low pressure firmly in charge and, for the north and west, saturday will be particularly wet, with something a bit brighter to come along on sunday. Thanks, chris. And thats Bbc News at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. Now, its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello an
A bit of Mist And Fog possible across some western areas early in the morning. Those temperatures not changing a great deal again, typically a cool 11 or 12. This is Bbc News. The latest headlines Hurricane Milton, the biggest storm to hit florida in a century, heads towards the coast. President biden warns residents to leave for safety. Already, dangerous tornadoes are developing over florida as the storm continues to approach. Deaths following Air Strikes on both sides of the border, as Israel And Hezbollah continue to exchange fire. And then there were two James Cleverly is knocked out of the tory leadership race. Kemi Badenoch And Robertjenrick remain. The end of the Linejudge Why Modern Technology is bringing to an end nearly 150 years of tradition is bringing to an end nearly 150 Years Landfall on is bringing to an end nearly 150 Years Landfall to where we expect landfall to happen. Somewhere between Fort Myers and sarasota. They are about 77 miles apart, and just south of tampa,