Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
Welcome back to bbc news. Lets get more on our top story. Hurricane milton which is making its way towards the West Coast of florida. Five million people have been told to get out of its way. President biden says leaving was a matter of life and death. Nicole maul is the national spokesperson for the American Red Cross. Nicole is in tallahassee, florida and told us how theyve been preparing for something of this magnitude. Ican i can tell you that the American Red Cross has been on the ground in florida and the South East for more than two weeks in response first to Hurricane Helene and now milton. We need to understand what the impacts will be across florida. There are shelters across the state for folks who are evacuating and i cannot stress enough how important it is, if you are being told to evacuate you absolutely need to follow his orders. We do not know what the storm can bring, we know it will be dangerous and they want folks to stay safe as possible. I5 and they want folks to
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When the nation woke to the horror of the Grenfell Tower fire almost four months ago now, a report quickly emerged of a baby apparently thrown out of a window by a desperate mother. Miraculously, the child was caught by a man on the ground below and saved. It was a moving tale and it had currency because it encapsulated the tragic choices that those trapped by fire might have to confront. Above all, it was a glimmer ofjoy on a terrible night, with a hero in the man who caught the baby. Stories like this are a big part of news reporting. They help us to form judgements on larger events. And the specific stories that catch on, often Say Something about us. But given that this account of the baby was so seized upon, in a night of total confusion, its worth asking if it was all as it seemed. David grossman was moved by it as soon as he heard it, and he has been trying to find out more. Listen to him. We need to leave now. Straight to that breaking story in west london. London fire brigade
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