and trajectory. it s expected to bring a catastrophic storm surge with winds over 150 miles per hour. the wind speed right now at 155 miles per hour. just shy of a category five storm. the eye of the storm is expected to churn somewhere between 40 meyers and venice, just south of where i am right now. hurricane ian has spawned multiple tornados in southern florida. a wide swath of florida is on alert through 5:00 p.m. today. already, alread more than 100,000 people are without power. more than 2 million people are under evacuation orders. hurricane ian is roiling seas. a big clue for what hurricane ian is capable of, cuban authorities has said the entire island has lost power. urgency and anticipation of the storm has mounted as we expect a very busy hour ahead. we ll hear from tampa s mayor in 30 minutes. we ll be speaking with sarasota officials on their own storm preparations and fema s assistant administrator. 30 minutes ago we heard from president biden. this storm is
And could englands Cricket World Cup win herald a new golden age for womens sport . Coming up on sportsday at half past on bbc news, adam peaty is on Top Of The World again. He has won great britains first gold in the pool in budapest. Good evening. The parents of the terminally ill baby Charlie Gard Have ended their legal battle to take him to the us for experimental treatment. Charlies father chris gard gave an emotional statement outside the high court, saying they were now going to spend their last precious moments with their son, who would not now make his first birthday in just under two weeks time. Earlier, their lawyer told the court that Time Had Run Out for the baby, as an american doctor who examined charlie had said he was no longer willing to offer the therapy, after seeing the results of a new mri scan last week. Heres our medical correspondent fergus walsh. The fight over charlie gards future is over. This desperately sick little boy will now be allowed to die. Justice f
Voters right here in tampa bay. They are paying attention to florida for good reason. Did you know that your vote actually carries more weight . According to the website 538, a vote cast in florida is worth 2. 5 times more than a vote in another part of the country. That means we really could have the power to choose the next president. The same website says florida has a one in five chance of being the Tipping Point in this years president ial election. It means that my voice, my to know that my voice is going to count. Reporter and we are already seeing a good turnout with mail in ballots and now people showing up to vote early. Our local supervisor of election offices are encouraging you to vote early because you can show up from 7 a. M. To 7 p. M. And avoid all the lines on election day. So that means over the next two weeks you have that option. The only place that isnt doing early voting starting today are pasco and highlands county. Marco rubio made a stop in Sun City Center tod
Into the water. They say that the county governments from pinellas to pasco have not been up front from the bacteria. They say that some areas smell of sewage and however they have respondented claiming it was at least partially treated before rushing into the bay when we got the water. And that 99. 993 of the water was found to b and Charlie Justice is demanding a taskforce bringing all of the municipalities together to get a handle on prevention. We can come together and identify the problems. There needs to be a true regional study about the infiltration of the water its not just in the pipes but the water attacking the pipes. Is there a fees able way to connect the systems better . We have heard. We saw that the city commissioner rice was on hand with the protestors, kelly, they will try to convince the city and counties to be a little bit more response responsive during the meeting. Well see what happens well check in with you later on. St. Pete is not alone. Nine utilities it gus
July two thousand and sixteen at times he felt in tacky since then the turkish government has crackdown on dissidents on perceived opposition and indeed it was under that premise that i was arrested thats going on. Time the fountains of people were arrested. Over one hundred pounds and lost their jobs. Freedom to demonstrate it is the right of all people i live by it. Tempers Court Rulings have been met with harsh disapproval from the west. End of it so im going to regarding the rule of law and i believe that turkey has substantial room for improvement. On good long. Spring two thousand and eighteen. Mashallah tolo wants to return home back to the city of boom in germany with her son and if possible her husband shes a german citizen but a Turkish Court ruling has banned tolan from leaving turkey but shes accused of producing terrorist propaganda and being a member of a terrorist organization and next hearing is in a week. Well tolo is a journalist and translator the ruling hasnt stoppe