a huge rescue effort is taking place in the us state of florida in the wake of hurricane ian. fears are growing that there may have been many deaths. at least ten have been recorded since the storm struck. president biden said ian could prove to be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. it is expected to crash into south carolina on friday. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150 mph. residents who had ignored warnings to evacuate were told to shelter in place. with the biggest risk coming from the storm surge, well over six feet in places, that left homes and businesses quickly flooded. you re looking at a storm that s changed the character of a significant part of our state. i me
in the uae, some of the worst flaring is hidden away from the public on rigs out at sea. across the gulf from iran and iraq to kuwait we will reveal how the health of millions is being put at risk by the toxic flares. coughing samira is one of the 20 million people walking as part of the annual shia pilgrimage of arba in, which starts in basra, southern iraq. this part of the 700km route is highly polluted, as it crosses through areas just metres from gas flares, including the town where samira lives. in 2022, our bbc arabic investigation exposed how oil giants toxic air pollution puts children living next to the flares at risk of cancer. now we re investigating how this almost entirely avoidable pollution spreads across the region, and how it impacts people s health hundreds of kilometres away. volunteer nurses on the arba in route say that many pilgrims are reporting health issues. the biggest source of flaring here is from a giant oil field called rumaila, managed b
All of theirflaring in their official emissions reports, but don t report flaring separately where they re not the operator, and they ve not committed to producing that flaring. there are a range of solutions to tackle gas flaring. the first and most obvious is to cap the gas and put into a nearby gas pipeline, which can be initially expensive. but if all the gas was captured, it would be nearly as much as the eu s total gas imports from russia. back in iraq, those living under the polluted skies hope the burning will end. you can find the full bbc news arabic investigation on the bbc website. just go to bbc.com and search under poisoned skies. three weeks after queen elizabeth died, her death certificate has been published with the cause of death given as old age . it records that the queen died at ten past three in the afternoon of the 8th