storm in florida s history. right now, more than 1.2 million people are still without power. duke energy, which provides flower power to central florida, says it could be days until it s restored. here is ron desantis earlier today, on the latest efforts. over the last 72 hours, there have been over 1100 confirmed rescues made by first responders and likely many more than that and those are the reported ones as of 6:00 this morning. we have called in the army corps of engineers at the request of the counties to help with the damage to the water system, and i know that some of this is lee county water utility. some of it may be the platinum line as the core is working with all of those groups. they are meeting again today to figure out what the best ways to go forward. clearly, having those core services, like the water and like the electrical, are really top priorities after the life rescue mission. one of the most hard-hit cities and florida was fort myers. check out thi
Time. That matters. Oh, yeah, and we are expecting high tide again later tonight, around 9 00. So thats the next time well see the water inch up. The mornings high tide around 9 00 a. M. In the heat of this, so that made matters worse for people across the northeast dealing with the rain trying to get to work or drop their kids at school. Sandra thank you, katie. John joining us again by phone, onika williams, she works at a daycare in coney island, she was on a bus earlier today and took amazing video, when we spoke with you last hour you were trying to make your way home as we watch your video here. Are you there yet . No, im Down The Street from my house. Im almost home. John whats it been like trying to get home . Its been better. Its still raining but the road is clear, its not as bad as this morning. Which tells me the trucks the drains are being cleared so its making going home a little easier. Sandra onika, you dont sound as energetic as you did before. Youve had a long commute
of the tunnel area, where the focus of the tunnel area, where the focus of the tunnel area, where the focus of the operation has been. you cannot see the exact area where, finally, those hand drillers managed to actually get through the debris, pushed through just to actually get through the debris, pushed throughjust a to actually get through the debris, pushed through just a small pipe, and that was the pipe that was actually used to bring out on stretchers, one by one, the men. let me show you some of the pictures from some of the moments after the men got out. the chief minister there welcoming, one by one, as the men came out. some beaming smiles, some looking shell shocked after what they had been through. there is one of the huge smiles, but it has been such a desperate rescue operation at times, with huge setbacks and, as the days stretched out, for the families it was absolutely agonising. but of course, there was good news along the way because they did manage to ge
Windows werent, and there were people in there. You could see the silhouettes. And then the next thing, explosions. The London Fire Brigade desperately struggled to reach the upper floors, but were repelled by the heat and falling debris. This is a completely unprecedented fire. In my 29 years in the London Fire Brigade, i have never seen a fire of this nature and i have seen many high rise fires. Residents are sheltering in nearby Community Centres, some are missing family members. The investigation begins into how the fire started, and how it was allowed to take hold with such devastating effect. Around 70 people are being treated in six london hospitals, 20 people are in a critical condition. The fire is still burning firefighters say it will still be some hours before its out. Well be bringing you the latest, in this extended programme. Stay with bbc news for all the developments from our correspondence. Good evening from west london where a huge fire is still burning after it engu
Tottenham make it seven Premier League wins in a row to keep up the pressure on table topping chelsea. And from the countryside to the classroom. Well be looking at the lamb cams helping to teach children in inner city schools about life on the farm. And philip avery has the weather. Good morning. Happy easter. That doesnt look bread promising. Already raining in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland but is it heading your way . Ill have all the details shortly. Good morning. First, our main story. An attempt by north korea to launch a test missile has failed, a day after it issued a Nuclear Warning to the us. American officials believe a land based Ballistic Missile exploded within seconds of take off, close to the east coast city of sinpo. The test, which is in violation of un resolutions, came just hours after a massive Military Parade was held in pyongyang as a show of force. Us Vice President mike pence will arrive in the south korean capital this morning for talks on the norths n