Likely miss the rest of the season because of his ongoing hip injury. The world number 2 says its the best decision for his long term future. I did my first ever commentary for Bbc Television from this very gantry. And in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch for the fact that i did say once upon a time, its in the net. And, the unmistakeable voice of football for half a century john motson decides to call it a day. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Hurricane Irma one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic is now causing major damage on a number of caribbean islands. It first hit Antigua And Barbuda, before moving on to saint martin and st barts. Communications with those islands are down, but irma is believed to have caused widespread flooding and damage to buildings. The category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph, and gusts of up to 225mph is now heading towards the British Virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida b
Hurricane irma, a category five storm, is bringing with it gusts up to 320 kilometres an hour, thats 200 miles an hour. The hurricane has already battered several of the leeward islands. The Prime Minister of Antigua And Barbuda says 90 of buildings on barbuda have been demolished, barbuda now is literally rubble, he said. The centre of irma smashed into the island, which was home to about 1,600 people. Six people are reported dead on saint martin and the neighbouring french territory of st barts. The eye of the hurricane has passed over the British Virgin islands, President Trump has declared a state of emergency on the Us Virgin Islands and puerto rico as the storm approaches. Our correspondent, laura bicker, reports from the capital, san juan. This is what it sounds like to be at the heart of one of the strongest storms recorded in the atlantic. The winds, like a jet engine, roared through the eastern caribbean. The category 5 hurricane ripped roofs off homes and devastated parts of
Plus, high aspirations. We meet the pharmaceuticals chief pushing cannabis as the answer to americas opioid addiction crisis. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma threatened much, and its delivering on that threat. One of the most powerful atlantic storms on record has pummeled a number of caribbean islands, notably the leeward islands, with extremely heavy rain accompanied by winds of up to 320km h. Thats 200 miles an hour. The Prime Minister of Antigua And Barbuda has told the bbc 90 of buildings on barbuda have been demolished. He said the island, home to about 1,800 people, is now just rubble. A 2 year old child is believed to have died and 6 people are reported dead on saint martin and the neighbouring territory of st ba rts. The eye of the hurricane has passed over the British Virgin islands. Puerto rico awaits, as does florida. Andy moore reports. The island of barbuda, home to 1600 people, was one of the first places to be hit by irma, and it bore the full runt. To be
Inland. Do you get the sense that people are appreciating what might happen . I think the people that were here in andrew and people who understand the power of a hurricane, who have watched other hurricanes, like in texas now, houston, those people now have seen so much and they finally realize. Glor the biggest threat here in miami is not the rain. As you saw in houston, with harvey, it is the wind speed and the storm surge, and the storm surge is the most difficult thing to predict. Farther up the coast where irma could hit early next week, states of emergency have already been declared in georgia and the carolinas. And don dahler tonight is outside savannah. Reporter georgias governor nathan deal is taking no chances, ordering a mandatory evacuation for savannah, as well as other coastal areas. That order takes effect on saturday. Residents began boarding up and sandbagging houses and businesses in anticipation of the storms arrival late monday or tuesday. Even if it makes a glanci