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It is 8 00am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8 00pm in florida, which is being hit by the terrifying force of Hurricane Irma, with high winds, torrential rain and widespread coastal flooding. The storm made landfall on the us mainland after smashing its way across the atlantic, destroying thousands of buildings in the caribbean. Some small caribbean islands have been completely flattened, and at least 25 people have been killed. In the us, 6. 5 million residents across the state of florida have been ordered to leave their homes, and more than three million buildings are without power. Aleem maqbool begins our coverage, from miami. They warned miami would flood, and it has. In the hours before it finally hit the florida keys, Hurricane Irma became even more powerful. Brian tribble is one of those who defied the orders to leave his home, and was live on social media as the eye ....
The spotlight on chinese hip hop. Live from singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 5 30am in bangladesh. Many thousands of Rohingya Muslims are spending the night without food and shelter after fleeing persecution in neighbouring myanmar. The Prime Minister of bangladesh has called for myanmar to take back the estimated 400,000 refugees that have poured across the border since an upsurge in violence at the end of august. The un will hold an urgent meeting later on wednesday to discuss the crisis. Justin rowlatt reports from teknaf near the border. Roshida is nine months pregnant. She is expecting any day. But this is where shes living with 15 other family members and it is almost certainly where shell have to give birth. Translation im worried. There is no help. Nobodys getting any food. Here, th ....
The spotlight on chinese hip hop. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. It is newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1 00 in the morning in london and 6am in bangladesh, where many thousands of Rohingya Muslims are spending the night without food and shelter after fleeing persecution in neighbouring myanmar. The Prime Minister of bangladesh has called for myanmar to take back the estimated 400,000 refugees that have poured across the border since an upsurge in violence at the end of august. The un will hold an urgent meeting later on wednesday to discuss the crisis. Justin rowlatt reports from teknaf, near the border. Roshida is nine months pregnant. She is expecting any day. But this is where shes living with 15 other family members and it is almost certainly where shell have to give birth. Translation im worried. There is no help. No ....
And the clean up efforts after Hurricane Irma have just begun. In the caribbean, which was hit last week, some areas still need food and basic supplies. In the British Virgin islands, there has been criticism over the uk governments slow response but 1,000 british troops are now there helping with the relief effort. 0ur correspondent laura bicker has been to the Remote Island ofjost van dyke in the British Virgin islands and sent this report. The idyllic shores and secluded bays ofjost van dyke were no match for Hurricane Irmas wrath. She tore through the island, stripping away years of hard work in just a few hours. This would normally be a place to escape to. Some may now describe it as a place to escape from. ....
The worst affected areas are in the caribbean where 17,000 people desperately need shelter, with some still short of food and drinking water. Its believed that 37 people were killed on the islands. Nick bryant reports from one of those territories, the turks and caicos. This church was supposed to protect people from irma, a sanctuary from the storm. Butjust hours before the hurricane hit, the plan changed. People went elsewhere, and just as well. Like many buildings here, it was destroyed. In the turks and caicos islands, low lying coastal communities were worst hit, beach side homes now unlivable. Basically, my family, we lost everything, everything. Its going to take some time to get back on our feet again, but, through the strength from god, we will. Long bay beach is routinelyjudged to be one of the most beautiful in the world, a bucket list location, but this is what a category five hurricane can do to a five star hotel. Whats striking here is the determination to rebuild notjust ....