a huge search operation is under way for at least seven missing people, and the ship is now wedged into debris from the francis scott key bridge. michelle fleury is our new york business correspondent. give us a sense of what we know so far? what is happening there? we had a ress far? what is happening there? we had a press conference far? what is happening there? we had a press conference a far? what is happening there? we had a press conference a short far? what is happening there? we had a press conference a short while - far? what is happening there? we had a press conference a short while ago i a press conference a short while ago in which the focus is very much on search and rescue and there are six individuals whose whereabouts is unknown and that very much as the priority, ahead of some of the business concerns, but if you want to look further down the line, there is no doubt that the ramifications of what has happened overnight will be felt for quite some time.
hello, i m lucy grey. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. the governor of maryland has declared a state of emergency after the collapse of a bridge in the us city of baltimore. it was hit by a container ship, and emergency officials have described the incident as a mass casualty event . baltimore mayor brandon scott says it s an unthinkable tragedy . a number of cars were on the bridge at the time of the impact. the city s fire chief said it s still an active search and rescue operation, which will last for some time . rescuers have already taken two people from the water, one of whom is described as in a very serious condition. the search is on for at least seven other people, and possibly as many as 20. this is the moment the collision happened you can see the ship hitting a column of the francis scott key bridge on the left of screen. the bridge quickly collapsed. the collision happened about 1:40am local time. there
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so, on thursday what we are looking at, basically bands of rain pushing northwards and eastwards. some of those wintry on the hills. some of them heavy and thundery with some drier interludes. windy across the north east, gales possible through the english channel. temperatures, 8 in the north, to ii or 12 celsius at best. then as we move into good friday, not as many showers around. there will be more dry weather, a bit more sunshine. there will still be some showers and again on the hills they are likely to be wintry in nature. a breezy day but light winds. temperatures 8 13 degrees north to south. that leads us into the easter weekend. fewer showers around on saturday. on sunday, at the moment it looks like we could see some rain later in the day coming into southern england, pushing northwards overnight, getting into scotland on easter monday. this is bbc news, the headlines. in the us, a state of emergency declared in maryland after a cargo ship hit a bridge in baltimore