the tide level in charleston harbour was reported as the fifth largest ever recorded. idalia made landfall in florida as a category three storm, before charging across georgia. at least two people have died due to driving accidents in wet conditions, and nearly half a million people are without power across florida, georgia and south carolina. now that the rain has mostly cleared in florida, the impact of idalia can be seen. this is footage from cedar key, filmed by our team on the ground there. as you can see, although the skies were blue and the sun was shining, the destruction is clear to see. live now to our correspondent helena humphrey, who is in ha rd hit cedar key. what are conditions like where you are now? you like where you are now? have to keep in mind, her on you have to keep in mind, here on the big bend of florida, this is the worst storm they have seen in over a century, want to show you some of the destruction we have seen on the ground, if i move out of shot
water of up to 16 feet or almost 5 metres, overwhelming low lying areas. more than a million people have been told to leave their homes as evacuation orders are in place for 28 counties. the us national weather service says idalia made landfall near the town of keaton beach. our correspondentjohn sudworth is in florida and sent this report. the unusually warm conditions in the gulf of mexico have fuelled the hurricane, though it s not the wind speeds that pose the greatest threat to life, but the storm surge, as large amounts of seawater are forced into florida s low lying coastal communities. with more than 20 counties under evacuation orders, for days, the authorities have been warning those residents unable to stay with friends or relatives to head for the emergency shelters. this is my first evacuation in my entire life and it s just difficult. in your neighbourhood, have some people chosen to stay, do you know? yes. some have chosen to stay. what do you think about that
many served with distinction in the british armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a better future for themselves and their families. when they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a profound and permanent contribution to british life. if you ever feel like you re in a room and you re the only one in the room, that s the way i feel, at that time. but then you start to meet friends, you know, and here and there, and little bit and that and then they get them together. and then they say, well, it s time we have a little thing about my people now, because lots of people didn t believe that. they didn t believe their dream would be such a horrible
through the second set. after rolling his ankle midway through the second set. alcaraz had won the first 6 2. meanwhile, the women s world number one, iga swiatek, has taken the first set against daria saville. plenty of grit and determination from the australian, but it s the defending champion, swiatek, who seals it 6 3. and it is currently 4 3. looking good to the next round. the women s second seed, aryna sabalenka, overcame a poor start on serve to win her opening match against belgium s maryna zanevska. she hit five double faults to lose her first two service games, but found her rhythm and won in straight sets. rangers are among the sides looking to qualify for the champions league tonight. they ve travelled to psv eindhoven, with the scores level from the first leg. in the other fixtures, aek athens of greece are up against belgian side royal antwerp and danish champions fc copenhagen take on polish side rakov chestochowa. that one also 0 0. not many goals to tell you
fell to ground in kyiv. as you can see, there was a large explosion when it came down. and this is more video from kyiv it s not clear if this is a separate incident, or the same debris filmed from another angle. this footage was filmed shortly after dawn in kyiv. you can see how there still appears to be smoke billowing from the area where the debris landed. our correspondent paul adams is in kyiv and he gave us this update on what happened there in the early hours of the morning. we had had a succession of air raid alerts for about two or three hours before that. when the alerts come, they appear on your mobile phone and people can track where things are being fired from. and so the country as a whole was braced for attacks. then at around 5:00 in the morning, we heard several explosions as we headed down to our secure bunker here in kyiv. and as we now know, those were, we think, all caused by intercepted missiles or drones. this was a combined attack using the smaller s