Out of florida, millions of people under threat from Monster Size Hurricane milton. That powerful Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour has come ashore. The eyewall made landfall half an hour ago in siesta key, which is a Barrier Island off of the coast of sarasota. Right now, the storm with a diameter of 450 miles, is bringing lifethreatening winds and potentially devastating Storm Surge up to 13 feet. Earlier today, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, took steal drones on the gulf of mexico. They showed 40 nautical miles away from meltons eye, the winds were gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. That powerful storm is hitting land. For those not in the eyewalls direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical Storm Watch or warning. The national Weather Service also issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. Airports,
Florida is braced, for what many have described as the storm of the century. Our correspondents are there. We will speak to one resident who has decided to stay. And will they ever fully recover . In the wake of Hurricane Ian, 95 of the damage assessments, were downgraded by the insurance companies. This could be a disastrous 12 hours, for Tens Of Thousands of american families. Welcome to the programme. There is driving wind and torrential rainfall that has already arrived in florida, several hours before Hurricane Milton is due to arrive. The national Weather Service has confirmed in the last hour there are at least ten active Tornado Warnings in the region. We have been tracking an extremely dangerous tornado heading north near fort myers. And thats not the half of it. Right now milton is 150 miles south west of tampa with sustained winds of 145 mph, and very soon it will be pushing water onto the coast, with a Storm Surge of 15 feet expected in the worst hit areas. That is likely t
Could be too late. JoInIng me tonIght on the panel we wIll get to our panel shortly, but before we do that, lets get to the latest bbc news. PresIdent bIden and the IsraelI prIme mInIster, BenjamIn Netanyahu, have held a Telephone ConversatIon In whIch theyre thought to have dIscussed Israels Response to Irans MIssIle Attack last week. In Israel today, two people were kIlled by hIs brother rockets In the northeastern town of kIryat shmona. The IsraelI MIlItary saId It had struck more than 180 targets In lebanon; four people were kIlled near the southern cIty of sIdon. RobertjenrIck and KemI Badenoch are through to the fInal round of the conservatIve LeadershIp Race after knockIng out james cleverly. The shock result, was met wIth gasps from some mps who had expected cleverly to get through to the last two. The partys members wIll now vote for theIr preffered leader. Ratan tata, the chaIrman of the sentIence conglomerate, tata, has dIed aged eIghty sIx. He Is credIted wIth dIversIfyIng
SayIng that It should be restarted. He also dIscussed the ImperatIve of gettIng people back to the north of gaza. We told you In the last hour theres a huge operatIon on the Ja Palyer Refugee camp. They agreed to remaIn In close contact over the comIng days. Most dIrectly through theIr natIonal SecurIty Teams. That was InterestIng because were waItIng for that response to the IranIan ballIstIc mIssIle attack. Note mentIoned that In the readout from the WhIte House. Youre up to speed wIth that. It has been saId before, that the parlIamentary ConservatIve Party, Is the most duplIcItous electorate In the country. But even by theIr standards, No One was quIte predIctIng the kInd of outcome we got thIs afternoon, In the fInal ballot to decIde whIch of the LeadershIp CandIdates would go through to a vote of the membershIp. Three were remaInIng. In the penultImate round It was James Cleverly Out In Front and hIghly fancIed after an encouragIng few days at the party conference. But In the fIna