With just hours to go until Hurricane Milton makes landfall in florida, millions of people are rushing to leave their homes. Its currently a category five hurricane , the highest possible classification with ferocious winds of up to 270 kilometres an hour. Forecasters say Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall within the coming hours, and has the potential to be one of the most destructive recorded in the region. President biden says President Biden says getting out was a matter getting out was a matter of life and death. Of life and death. Millions of people have been millions of people have been told to leave there homes. Told to leave there homes. Its less than two weeks its less than two weeks since another powerful since another powerful hurricane hit the state. Hurricane hit the state. These are live pictures these are live pictures from florida which as you can from florida which as you can see if already being battered see if already being battered by strong winds and heavy rain. By strong winds and heavy rain. We can show you another part of florida here. You can see theyre behind the lens rainfall, but i believe that is a highway there. Much less traffic of you may not survive. We can rebuild homes, we can rebuild businesses, we can get people back on theirfeet, but only if theyre safe and they survive the storm. Were not going to be able to bring people back who stay behind in 10 or 15 feet of Storm Surge. Hurricane milton is intensifying now a category five with speeds around 165mph. This crew from the national Oceanic And Atmospheric Association Dubbed Hurricane Hunters flew through it yesterday and felt its power. Damn on the ground, residents are doing what they can to protect their properties before they leave. But theres real fear here. Apprehensive, really anxious. We have two young kids. Its scary. Over 50 counties are now under a state of emergency, but not everyone is deciding to flee. We got four, five gallon cans. Tommy hall and his family live near venice beach, and theyve chosen to weather the incoming storm. We got gas, food, two generators, portable Air Conditioners to push around to room to room, so i think we might do ok. But Weather Forecasters are now warning of the Severity And Danger of this storm. Voice breaking it has dropped 50 millibars in ten hours. Tracking Hurricane Milton, Forecasterjohn Morales broke down on air because of fears of whats to come. Everything thats going on really does affect you emotionally. And, yeah, my delivery of, um, trying to carry an audience through these type of emergencies, i think its become. Certainly not the same non alarmist style it was before. I am alarmed. Miltons strength has already brought flooding along the mexican coast and downed Power Lines and trees. But the us is bracing itself for much worse, with officials saying that milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record when it makes landfall later today. Steve knibbs, bbc news. This is the live hurricane this is the live Hurricane Tracker from the national tracker from the national oceanic and atmospheric oceanic and atmospheric administration. Administration. You can see the eye you can see the eye of the storm moving of the storm moving pres steve paris lives in pres steve paris lives in tampa, which is expected to be tampa, which is expected to be our Weather Presenter Tomasz our Weather Presenter Tomasz schafernaker saying it could be schafernaker saying it could be particularly destructive as particularly destructive as its likely to hit Tampa Bay on its likely to hit Tampa Bay on the West Side the West Side of the sunshine state. It the West Side of the sunshine state. , �. , state. It wasnt easy. There was a lot state. It wasnt easy. There was a lot of state. It wasnt easy. There was a lot of different was a lot of different variables. One of those decisions was financial. We really dont know if we can come back if the Storm Hits really bad. Our area come back if the Storm Hits really bad. Ourarea might come back if the Storm Hits really bad. Our area might be fine but the Pathway Back might not be. To risk not having that cheque every week that we depend on would just be a major issue down the line. Some people will think that maybe thats the wrong way to think but its really hard to leave everything behind, pack everything behind, pack everything up, take everything, yourfamily orfriends everything up, take everything, your family or friends your animals and go somewhere there safe. On top of that if we had left we would need to have gone to a three days ago according to a three days ago according to many of the people reporting the storm. I know the governor has said different things and other officials have said youre still safe to go but, there is also reports recently saying that people were running out of gas and there wasnt enough gas stations with fuel to stop and fill up. And putting ourselves at risk to being on the highway, not sure if we get a get out in time, and then being in the storm, it doesnt make really much sense to us. For me, and my girlfriend we figured it would be safer to stay instead of going out into the unknown. Earlier i spoke to cbs correponesdent Nicole Valdes who is in the city of Fort Myers on the Florida Coast where Hurricane Milton is due to make landfall in the coming hours. So many people taking the storm very seriously. In fact many people have already evacuated. We are just a few hours south of tampa where your corresponding was speaking to you and, for some context, there are some areas here that are very close to the water. If not by the river by the coast. Or potentially barrier islands. All of those at the mandatory evacuation. Several of them with curfews as of last night. Downtown Fort Myers where we are standing right now where we have seen catastrophic Storm Surge, severalfeet have seen catastrophic Storm Surge, several feet of water covering the street behind me. Businesses like this one not wanting to take a who own businesses here to try and protect as much as they can knowing what could happen in just a matter of hours. Its closing in on florida, thats for sure. Its just passing to the northwest of the western end of cuba. And were talking about a landfall in a matter of hours now. So all the Computer Models have been very consistent in where this storm is going to strike. And the ominous thing is that it is heading forfor the Bay Area of tampa. So saint petersburg, tampa and some of the surrounding areas, its a very populated part of florida. The core of the storm itself isnt huge, but the impacts will cover most of florida and beyond. And were talking about a couple of days, a couple of days of of awful weather across that part of the world. But the crucial thing will be where exactly the the core of milton hits, and that will have a very big bearing on how bad this Storm Surge is going to be in in tampa. The Storm Surge thats being forecast currently is expected to be historic around 10 to isft. Thats what the Hurricane Centre in florida is predicting. Their Computer Models generate these results, but it will only take a little shift, a wobble of that storms core, maybe to the north or to the south to change the height of that surge. But the point is, the storm is heading for the coast. Itll probably impact the coast pretty much at a 90 degree angle, almost, which is the worst Case Scenario when it does come to pushing a mound of seawater inland. And 90 of the time the deaths come from these Storm Surges, which are which the national Hurricane Centre often describes as unsurvivable. You talk about Storm Surges. A lot of this sounds familiar. Nearly 20 years ago now, hurricane katrina, of course, that was a category five storm. But actually, crucially, when it made landfall, it did weaken. Is that possible with milton then . Yes, thats thats exactly whats predicted with milton. So over the next few hours, milton is going to be moving into a somewhat different part of the gulf of mexico. Were not talking huge differences distances here, butjust enough. And itjust so happens that ahead of miltons landfall, very close to florida through the depth of the atmosphere, if you like. There is something called wind shear. Wind shear is basically wind, as the word suggests, but its varying wind in Direction And Height through the atmosphere. Now, hurricanes dont like that. Even though hurricanes are very powerful and destructive systems, they thrive in what we would describe as a very calm and still atmosphere, very unstable in terms of the storms forming. But they dont like any wind to disrupt them. Its like blowing out a flame on a candle. So this is whats going to happen with this wind shear. Its going to slowly start to disrupt this intense circulation. And when that happens, the thinking is that milton will weaken somewhat. But heres another point to make. Even using the word weaken is probably not the best term. The storm will be maybe less intense. Itll still be very powerful. So yes, it wont be a five, but it will probably be still a major hurricane, a three, maybe a four. And that is still catastrophic for coastal areas. Tomasz schafernaker the Bbc Weather Presenter there. Lets take you live to to Weather Presenter there. Lets take you live to take you live to to the tracker. Take you live to to the tracker. You take you live to to the tracker. You can take you live to to the tracker. You can see i take you live to to the i tracker. You can see the take you live to to the tracker. You can see the eye of the storm there. Lets take you to the scene live in Tampa Bay. Thats where milton which is a category five storm is expected to hit. Packing strong winds. Here in hillsborough county. This is a highway, as you can see there, The Rain falling on the camera. Lets take you to Fort Myers. And this is the scene there. People are bracing themselves for Hurricane Milton, expected to land in the next few hours as a category five storm. Unclear whether it will weaken as it makes landfall. We will have more on the bbc website, or the app. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Theres been fresh fighting on the border between lebanon and israel. Attacks, too, On Haifa and beirut. And the Israel Defence forces have just issued new warnings for people in southern lebanon. A quarter of the country is now under evacuation orders. Our chief internerational correspondent, Lyse Doucet is in the city of haifa in Northern Israel. You join us here in haifa. At least a dozen interceptions with rockets, there have been rockets fired by hezbollah several times this week. We think they were targeting a suburb of haifa. The Air Ride sirens didnt sound. But they did sound earlier. Haifa, israelss third largest city. These salvos against Heart Haifa are the first time its been happening since 2006. Its a measure of how hezbollah is trying to set up its attacks into Northern Israel even as it comes under unprecedented pressure from the Israeli Military. There was also a salvo of rockets into the north which landed around these rear where president. Prime Minister Netanyahu has a residents. So, a lot of frenetic activity here in the north at the moment. Meanwhile as weve been reporting, israel has extended its operation in southern Lord Lebanon across the border. Along the mediterranean coast. Israel continues to assist it is a limited operation. Earlier today i spoke to the founder of the israeli civilian Defence Forum and i asked him about the campaign. Forum and i asked him about the cam aiun. ~ forum and i asked him about the camaiun. ~ ,. , forum and i asked him about the camiain,. ,. ,. , campaign. When israeltalks about this campaign. When israeltalks about this it campaign. When israeltalks about this It Talks campaign. When israeltalks about this It Talks about campaign. When israeltalks about this It Talks about the | about this It Talks about the Ground Operation. Its operating very close to the border. In order to launch a massacre as hamas did on the 7th Of October they needed ammunition. Israeli forces are dismantling this network. Israel is hitting the huge Terrorist Organisation all over lebanon, including beirut, its never targeted to civilians. But we know that like hamas, hezbollah put their headquarters in civilian populations. His rail is trying to pinpoint the attack on hezbollah, while hezbollah are shooting deliberately at civilians on purpose. In haifa. Luckily, their defence is managing to cope with that. And also the citizens are going into shelters. And this is how we minimise israeli casualties. You know very well the the history of Israeli Military operations in lebanon. The Israeli Military is now discussing the risks of the Ground Invasion continuing to expand, and with it all of the risks of confronting hezbollah on its own terrain. Do you see these risks . I on its own terrain. Do you see these risks . These risks . I dont see the round these risks . I dont see the Ground Incursion these risks . I dont see the Ground Incursion expandingj these risks . I dont see the Ground Incursion expanding much more than what it is already. Israel from my assessment doesnt have a plan to go into the area of South Lebanon and beyond. The Ground Operation is really concentrated on the few kilometres along the border where hezbollah built this infrastructure so it can be dismantled. Israel will try to create a Buffer Zone that will be able to reach the goal of war. The goal of war is to return 60,000 israeli citizens who have been displaced for ii who have been displaced for 11 month while hezbollah was shocking their town. This is what is israel is doing. Shocking their town. This is what is israel is doing. What is israel is doing. Israel emphasising what is israel is doing. Israel emphasising that what is israel is doing. Israel emphasising that there emphasising that there operations are limited. We are also hearing that those targeted operations are also hitting civilians. Yesterday we spoke to a spokesman for peacekeepers who maintain what is called the Blue Line between Israel And Lebanon and they say that israel is pushing on that line and asking some of the peacekeepers to leave, which some of which they are refusing to do. Later there is a Phone Call between netanyahu and joe biden. Biden clear that any targeted strikes should not target nuclear installations. Will keep an eye on all the developments but back to you. Tiktok is being sued by more than a dozen us states, which allege the app has knowingly contributed to a mental Health Crisis among children and teenagers. The company denies this. Michael malone is a veteran Silicon Valley Journalist and gave us more information about this case. I think the conversation has briefly shifted to the states. What we have is a number of states who have bought a suit against tiktok claiming that it is causing mental Health Problems because of its addictive features. Among these Health Problems they list. These are the attorney general� s of the states who are saying this. They said impact includes disrupted sleep, depression, loss of analytical skills, conversational depth, Empathy And Increase anxiety. Which i think is a pretty accurate description of this generation as a whole. It seems as if they are Litigating Tiktok as a source of all the problems of the young generation. Every social Media Platform in most video games, they are all designed to be addictive. They actually use the techniques of tech casinos. They use that site to get kids involved and now we look at our children and they are looking at their phones for 15 hours a day. I dont think this is going to work. I do think that the states that are putting a spearin the states that are putting a spear in the sand for individual lawsuits in those states, based upon injuries to kids, changing behaviour, that sort of thing. An 18 year old mountaineer from nepal has become the youngest person to climb the worlds fourteen highest pea ks. Nima rinji sherpa achieved the record by reaching the top of Mount Shishapangma in tibet early on wednesday. He started his challenge to climb all the worlds peaks over Eight Thousand metres when he was sixteen. Nima rinji has dedicated the World Record to his project to support young sherpa climbers. Now lets end with some beautiful photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the year award. Taking away the top prize marine Conservation Photojournalist Shane gross captured this shot of a swarm of Toad Tadpoles after snorkelling for hours through Lily Pads in Cedar Lake on canadas vancouver island. This image of a Leopard Seal below Sea Ice was the winner in the underwater category. It was taken by matthew smith. While filming a Wildlife Documentary in indias western ghats, robin Darius Conz saw a tiger on a hillside overlooking a town. He used a drone to track the tiger, to highlight the contrast between protected areas and those affected by human development. And this was the winner of the young Photographer Competition 17 year old Alexis Tinker tsavalas, from germany, took this Close Up of fruiting Slime Mould and a tiny springtail. He used a technique called focus stacking and combined 36 images into one. Hello again. Its been a cloudy start to the day start to the day whats been happening start to the day whats been happening is start to the day whats been happening is low start to the day whats been happening is low Pressure L Start to the day whats been l happening is low pressure has been driving a red our weather. Establishing a weight to the North Sea but we still have some remnants of rain. We have more of a northerly component of The Rain, so feeling cold across the north of scotland. Through the afternoon we hang onto The Rain across the north and the east but it will brighten across southern England And South wales and. Some of those showers in scotland could fall as snow. Temperature is 89 in scotland but generally were looking at 12 to 17. 17 will but generally were looking at 12to17. 17 will feel quite pleasant if in sunshine. That band of rain continues to sink southwards clear skies follow one behind. You can see where we got The Blue charts temperatures could fall to 3 or 4. As we head through tomorrow the cold Weather Sink southwards is represented by The Blue. Eventually chasing away the yellow through the day. We are all going to be in for this northerly wind. We start with a cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain in the far south west. Then a lot of dry weather, fewer showers around. A lot of this will be on windward coast. Temperatures low for the time of year anyway, add on the Wind Chill and it will feel much colder than that. Its going to be a frosty start on friday. A widespread frost. But a lot of dry Weather England and wales and northern ireland. We got some outbreaks of rain. We got more of a westerly wind but the cold air is still in place so it film will still feel like a cold day. Then as we had from friday into the weekend there is a ridge of High Pressure and a Weatherfront Crossing is a ridge of High Pressure and a Weather Front crossing us. But essentially, On Sunday the High Pressure will keep Weather Fronts at bay. During the course of saturday there will be some rain in the north. Dry in the south. Is looking like a decent day for most as we into sunday. Renewable energy is surging capacity is forecast to triple by The End of the decade, but can our grids keep up . Well speak to the head of the international Energy Agency. Elon musk backs down his X Service is back online in brazil after paying hefty fines and abiding by a Court Order to block accounts that spread misinformation. And nordic wine how Climate Change has uncorked a Growing Business in scandinavia. Welcome to business today. We start with Climate Change, and some good news about the worlds Renewable Energy capacity. A major new report by the international Energy Agency says that Renewable Energy from sources such as wind and solar is on course to meet almost half of global Electricity Demand by 2030. The iea expects 5,500 additional gigawatts of renewable capacity to come