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impacted by the storms bands and we are seeing that particularly in the northern part of the state. so are seeing that particularly in the northern part of the state.- northern part of the state. so far there have northern part of the state. so far there have been northern part of the state. so far there have been 262000 - northern part of the state. so far there have been 262000 and - northern part of the state. so far - there have been 262000 and accounts that have lost power, have been restored. and there are more than 250,000 accounts that are currently out of power and in need of restoration. as you imagine the counties that have the highest percentage of power outage other counties that were in the main pathway of the storm, dixie, suwanee, madison and jefferson and columbia. utility workers are actively working to restore power in all affected areas. they have started doing that is soon is it was safe to do so. those restoration efforts are ongoing. we do ant ....
good afternoon. people in florida are bracing themselves for a hurricane which the authorities say could be catastrophic . these are some of the latest pictures of hurricane idalia, with possible winds of 130 miles an hour and the danger of a storm surge of sea water overwhelming low lying areas. pilots on an evacuation mission filmed these pictures of the rare electrical weather phenomenon known as st elmo s fire. more than a million residents have been told to leave their homes and the hurricane is making landfall about now in northwest florida. our correspondentjon sudworth has the latest from tampa. as you can say, the straits of tampa are pretty quiet this morning for a city of 400,000 people but the hurricane has largely passed by this stretch of coastline is now coming ashore in an area of the state known ashore in an area of the state known as big bend. the realfear is the storm surge, with warnings it could bring waves as high as 16 feet. the unusually warm co ....
that £400 we all got from the government last winter that s gone. standing charges the kind of line rental for your energy supply is going up. so most people won t see much difference and some analysts say the worst off amongst us will, again, be disproportionately hardest hit. the government say they have provided unprecendented support to families, £40 billion worth and that help now is more targeted. labour has accused them of siding with oil and gas companies to the detriment of consumers. so we can get into the politics, how we got here and what next for our energy market. we ll have various experts on hand, eager to answer your questions on that. but more importantly, it s getting darker out there, so what are you making of the months ahead? how did you cope last winter? are you dreading facing up to that again particularly if you re already struggling? the debt charity stepchange says the trouble is you can count the pennies as much as you like ....
special postdebate show anderson, a lot to unpack here, and what just transpired on that stage. i will join you in just a few moments for that. all right, come on over, abby if, we will see you in a second. welcome to everyone joining our special coverage eight. republican hopefuls tonight at the first republican presidential primary debate of 2024 trying to distinguish themselves from each other as well as the front runner, who is not there. i m here with dana bash at the debate site in milwaukee. anderson, in our live coverage tonight we are hoping to hear from the candidates themselves. we are also going to hear from the supporters. we are going to be joined by our team of political analysts, commentators, fact checkers and veterans of the same kind of verbal clashes we saw on the debate stage right here in milwaukee tonight. there are certainly a lot of those. also, tonight, we will be checking in with a group of republicans, most of them undecided, who no ....
there is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. they will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. later, some rain in northern ireland. details coming up. good morning. it s monday, 18th march. vladimir putin has claimed victory in russia s presidential election. without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. at least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising polling stations. foreign secretary david cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. he said, this is not what free and fair elections look like. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjail ....