i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you, i m never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 30th. joe is off this morning, but we ll get right to the latest with ian. intensing into a hurricane again, heading to south carolina after leaving a trail of devastation in florida. it is expected to make landfall near charleston around noon today as a category 1 storm. the national hurricane center is warning it could unleash life threatening storm surge, floods and strong winds. a state of emergency is in place for the carolinas, georgia and virginia. the damage from hurricane ian is
things the growth plan and making sure with things like the growth plan and making sure with things like energy intervention, that people right across this country are the queen s official death certificate has been published. it was signed by the princess royal and reveals the monarch died of old age. one of the most dangerous storms in us history hits florida, damaging buildings and submerging some coastal areas in floodwater. florida s governor, ron desantis, says the impact of the damage across the state will set records. tributes flood in from across the music world for the rapper coolio, famous for the 90s hit gangsta s paradise. hello. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has dug in to defend his mini budget, saying the government will stick to its plan to try to boost the uk economy. he s said they will also continue to pursue efforts to help people with their energy bills, despite criticism of the tax cutting schemes he announced last friday. his comments came after th
you have trees that are down, you have a lot of hazards right now. we do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the barrier islands and some of the coasts but some of those inland places of rivers and these inlets, you are likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead, so that is a hazard and just please be aware that that is something that if you have weathered the storm to this point, going on doing and getting involved in that is totally not worth it and we want to minimise any harm to anybody as a result of what we are seeing right now in the streets. it s gonna be put to use, i don t think we ve seen in effort mobilise for this minutes rate rescues this quickly, but we appreciate and we will make good use of it. we want people to be safe, those people who are in need of life supports, health is on the way help. they are able to see the areas that were hardest hit, and they are focusing assets there. obviously the
good evening. the weather will turn wet and windy tomorrow. at the moment it is pretty clear out there. calm winds and mist and fog forming but the rain and wind is in the forecast for tomorrow afternoon. the weather front sweeping across the country, pushed by a jet stream. we actually need the rain, it has been so dry over the summer, we don t want strong winds which will also arrive with this weather system but the rainfall is not necessarily bad news. here it is approaching north western parts of the uk. these are the gusts of wind we could see in the morning and afternoon, up to 70 mph and it will be a blustery inland as well once this band of rain suites right across the country and here it is moving through england and wales through three o clock in the afternoon. many parts of scotland and northern ireland turned writer with some showers following in behind. the rain will clear away east anglia and the south east by the time we get to midnight and then basically it is
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore, and 6 pm in the us, where the state of florida has been hit by one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the united states, with winds of up to 150 miles an hour. hurricane ian has torn a path of destruction through towns and cities, leaving more than 2 million homes and businesses without power, and experts warning of life threatening flooding. it could cause more damage as it heads north into the carolinas, the storm system has regained hurricane strength. 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