like a freight train. we re seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho seven hours. let s get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles east of punta gorda. it will stay at hurricane strength through orlando. this will rake the entire peninsula. we had grove city a gust of 128. when we talk about the southern kind here, a better picture on radar will give an indication what we re looking at. here is the new track. keeps it as a 4 of course now moving inland but notice it s a category one. it will lose strength now that it s interacting with a land mass. that s typical. however, the winds have expanded now as these storms do. in fa
exploration to the moon and beyond. the un nuclear watchdog makes it official that a team is going to ukraine s powerplant, amid fears of a catastrophe. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church . thank you for being with us. we will start in the southern u.s. in jackson, mississippi and neighboring communities are keeping an eye on the river. expected to crest well above flood stage in the coming hours. water has already swamped parts of the city and some neighborhoods lost power. the state has distributed more than 100,000 sandbags and is stippling drones to assess water levels along the river s path. the jackson mayor has been sounding the alarm for days, telling those in flood prone areas to evacuate. he told cnn that the city learned critical lessons from flooding two years ago that took weeks to fully reseed. if we risk the life of one individual, that is one too many. we want to make certain that we know that both people and individuals to
bumper day here at the commonwealth games, the penultimate day, with 45 gold medals to be one, easily the busiest games day that we have had so far. the women s road racing, england s anna henderson among the competitors and matt. as for last night. well, we were hoping for a super saturday in the athletics stadium but it failed to materialise. nick miller did win gold for england in the hammer, but other hopefuls were pushed down the medals. here s our sports correspondent natalie pirks. every sinew strained, every effort made, but gold remains elusive. keely hodgkinson won silver at the world championships and hopes were high in the 800 metres, but when kenya s mary moraa turned the burners on, there was no stopping her. bronze for scotland s laura muir and boogie wonderland for moraa. 10 years ago, keely hodgkinson watched super saturday at london 2012 and decided to focus on running. she now has world silver, 0lympic silver and commonwealth silver. i m not quite sure i co
more than a third of doctors whojoined the nhs in england last year came from overseas, according to bbc research unions say it s unsustainable. the first hosepipe ban of the year comes into force shortly, in southern england, after the driestjuly in more than 80 years. 0h! superb! and it s commonwealth gold for england s jack laugher and andrew harding in the men s synchro three metre springboard. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, targetting herfirst commonwealth games medal. scotland s laura muir qualifies for the women s 1500 metres final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there is a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded. the bank has forecast that the uk economy will fall into recession in the last three months of this year and that it will last well into next year. it also anticipates a further climb in inflation to more than 13%, t
the b2/b3 mixed pairs bowls. and later in the hour. brad pitt is back, in bullet train. does his new film hit the mark? find out in the film review at 5.45pm. hello, a very good afternoon. a series of hosepipe bans has come into force in parts of southern england as a lack of rainfall continues to put pressure on water supplies. this means that using hosepipes to water gardens, clean cars, fill ornamental ponds and swimming pools will not be allowed, following the driestjuly in england since 1935. today s ban has just come into force at 5.00pm and affects customers of southern water in hampshire and the isle of wight. people who break the rules could receive a warning or in extreme cases, a fine of up to £1,000. abouti million south east water customers in kent and sussex will face measures from next friday 12th august. companies in other parts of the country are planning similar moves in the coming weeks. 0ur correspondent, zoe conway, has the latest. i ve actually used t