The Us State Of Florida is bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in A Hundred years. There are huge trafficjams across the state as more than Five Million people respond to Evacuation Orders ahead of Hurricane Milton which is expected to hit tonight. Flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled, with the Foreign Office urging britons already in the state to follow instructions from local authorities. Its moving across the Gulf Of Mexico, where warmer waters have contributed to its intensity. So far, milton has reached a Wind Speed of 160mph. Its already brushed past mexico where it caused coastal flooding. These nasa images from space show the eye of the storm as it heads towards the florida peninsula. With the latest, our correspondent Phil Mccann reports. So right now on seven news. Florida is bracing for Hurricane Milton this morning. Milton continues to be a dangerous category five hurricane, expected to bring life threatening Storm Surge and dangerous winds al
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
temperatures are 22 or 23. what about rain next week? very little, if any, and it may turn warmer as we head towards the end of the week, 25 degrees. and that s bbc news at six, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website from the six team its goodbye te news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. ronald welcome to wembley on the eve of a historic fa cup final. never before in its 152 year history has the competition s final been a manchester derby. and the first between city and united finds the two clubs at a unique point in their rivalry. coming up on sportsday. city, already pl champions, are attempting to win trophy two of a possible three, with united s treble from 1999 firmly in their sights. stopping that from happening may be motivation enough for united. but there s a chance of a cup double for them too. i m olly foster at the bbc sport centre also coming th
the m6,the manchester orbital ring road, some disruption there, and problems at the airports, these are top gusts from storm pia. gusts into the 70s in parts of scotland and also over the tops of the pennines, so some very strong disruptive gusts of wind. the centre of storm pia is actually quite away from our shores and it will be bringing some damaging winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. we ve got these north westerly winds which will continue to feeding, continue to be very blustery through the rest of this afternoon, gusts in the rest of this afternoon, gusts in the range of around 50 60 miles an hour, strong enough to cause some localised disruption and as well as those strong winds macro plenty of showers packing and across north western areas. temperatures for many others reaching double figures today, so on the mild side, but cold air looking across northern scotland where overnight tonight the show is pushing into shetland will turn increasin