welcome to bbc news. ten of thousands of people living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes, as flooding, caused by tropical storm harvey, continues to cause devastation. it s expected up to 30,000 people may need temporary emergency shelters, with more than two and a half feet of rain fallen on the city of houston alone. unconfirmed reports suggest up to five people may have drowned, but officials say they can t confirm figures until the floodwaters recede. thousands of people have had to be rescued, many plucked from rooftops by helicopter. what began as a category four hurricane in the gulf of mexico has become a tropical storm, meaning that the winds are much less than they were, but the rains are still causing devastation. 0ur correspondent laura trevelyan is in la grange, 100 miles west of houston in texas for us. welcome to la grange in texas. look at the water levels. you can just see how fast the water levels are rising here. the colorado r
the roads are crammed, the horn is omnipresent, and the rules are. well, the rules are here somewhere, i m sure of it. and that s why we won t be doing a piece about self driving cars in india any time soon. despite the fact that it seems like everyone in india owns a car, that s not true by any means. many people choose to travel by train instead, but if you think that s any less intense, think again. yeah, about those rules. mumbai central station is a massive, heaving hub, connecting the city to the north and east of india, but if you look closely, you ll see something else connecting the computers to the rest of the world 116 wireless access points provide free wi fi to anyone with an indian phone number. it s been provided by google, which, at the moment, says about two and half terabytes are being downloaded here every day. and here s the interesting part this is notjust about this station. along india s railway tracks live 115,000 kilometres of optic fibre and goog
ireland and scotland. also high wind in northern england. further south, plenty of sunshine and feeling warm. it cool feel across the north west under the cloud and rain. in some sunshine, a little more cloud, and across western areas. very warm across western areas. very warm across the south east of england. hurricane harvey, now been downgraded to a category one hurricane and will soon become a tropical. the winds easing but the rainfall is our concern over the coming days. up to one metre of rain in places. that will bring devastating flooding, life threatening flooding. we will keep an eye on this story. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 3:30pm. eight people have died and four others are injured in a crash involving a mini bus and two lorries on the m1 near milton keynes. three officers have been injured while arresting a man with a four foot sword outside buckingham palace. police say he repeatedly shouted allahu akbar during the incident last night. hurricane
the shift in policy would mean continuing to accept the free movement of people after 2019. the notting hill carnival is under way in west london. it began with a special ceremony as a small act of remembrance for the victims of grenfell tower. a minute s silence will also be held this afternoon. tropical storm harvey continues to lash texas, as officials warn of catastrophic flooding to come. more than a0 inches of rain could fall before the storm subsides midweek. now on bbc news, click. this week, the second of our repeats from india. we are hitting the road, the rail and the water. there will be dancing, and singing, sort of. driving in india is an experience. the roads are crammed, the horn is omnipresent, and the rules are. well, the rules are here somewhere, i m sure of it. and that s why we won t be doing a piece about self driving cars in india any time soon. despite the fact that it seems like everyone in india owns a car, that s not true by any means. many peop
we are hitting the road, the rail and the water. there will be dancing, and singing, sort of. driving in india is an experience. the roads are crammed, the horn is omnipresent, and the rules are. well, the rules are here somewhere, i m sure of it. and that s why we won t be doing a piece about self driving cars in india any time soon. despite the fact that it seems like everyone in india owns a car, that s not true by any means. many people choose to travel by train instead, but if you think that s any less intense, think again. yeah, about those rules. mumbai central station is a massive, heaving hub, connecting the city to the north and east of india, but if you look closely, you ll see something else connecting the commuters to the rest of the world 116 wireless access points provide free wi fi to anyone with an indian phone number. it s been provided by google, which, at the moment, says about 2.5 terabytes are being downloaded here every day. and here s the interesting