To bring high water to coastal communities, and several tornadoes have been sighted. There are also concerns that debris from Hurricane Helene which struck the same region less than two weeks ago may become airborne due to high winds, creating added danger. As weve mentioned, Hurricane Milton is now a category three storm as It Collides with the coastline in Sarasota County. The city of tampa is also in the path of the storm. Floridas Governor Ron Desantis gave this update on the storm a few hours ago. At this point, its too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down. Category three storm for most places in florida, particularly newer construction, likely the building is going to be able to withstand it, but if you start to get into a situation where trees are snapping, power� s popping, you have to treat it like a tornado. If you are in a tornado warning, that is a Duck And Cover in a place thats safe in your structure, those can be very, very dangerous, even in cover. Already 116 tornado warnings, with 19 confirmed touchdowns throughout the state. Nine Flash Flood warnings and four additional flood watches, with many, many more to come. Numerous counties have reported tornado damage. The Peak Storm Surge is predicted to be between 5 13 feet, depending on where you are. Right now, the Peak Storm Surge looks to be between Charlotte Lee County line, up to Anna Maria Island in manatee county. We can speak now to andy white, who lives in sarasota, south of tampa, and has been in the direct path of the storm. You are speaking to us from your Ground Level Unit there. I understand you have had to move into a different part of the accommodation to be further away from the windows . Yeah, were all right, away from the windows . Yeah, were all right, weve away from the windows . Yeah, were all right, weve had away from the windows . Yeah, were all right, weve had to. Were all right, weve had to move to a different area of our house. The eye passed right above us, so with the wind blowing in the other direction, we have had to move from where we have had to move from where we were to a safer spot. You can see the windows behind me. There is not as much wind hitting them as in the other room. We are safe in here at The Moment. D0 room. We are safe in here at The Moment. The moment. Do you have neighbours The Moment. Do you have neighbours on The Moment. Do you have neighbours on higher The Moment. Do you have i neighbours on higher levels The Moment. Do you have neighbours on higher levels who have stayed put rather than moving . Have stayed put rather than movin . , have stayed put rather than movin . ,. , moving . Er, we are actually all on one floor moving . Er, we are actually all on one floor where moving . Er, we are actually all on one floor where we moving . Er, we are actually all on one floor where we are. Moving . Er, we are actually all on one floor where we are. Its| on one floor where we are. Its a new build community, so the good thing about being here is the homes are quite strong. They are made up to a much better standard than some old homes are. As the Housing Codes got better over the years and all the other hurricanes came through. All the other hurricanes came throu~h. , i. All the other hurricanes came throu~h. ,. , ~ through. How did you make the decision not through. How did you make the decision not to through. How did you make the decision not to leave . Through. How did you make the decision not to leave . There i decision not to leave . There were very strong warnings being given by president biden, by the authorities. How come you chose to stay put . 50 the authorities. How come you chose to stay put . The authorities. How come you chose to stay put . So they have evacuation chose to stay put . So they have Evacuation Warnings chose to stay put . So they have Evacuation Warnings depending | Evacuation Warnings depending on where you are. It starts down by the coast. Where we are, it would be the Siesta And Longboat key area. We are about seven or eight miles from the coast. So we are not in an evacuation area. It goes from a down to e. We are just outside of that. We are a 3k feet elevation, and because the Storm Surge is going to be less than that and we are a little further inland, we actually didnt have to leave. So we decided to stay here. A lot of our neighbours did leave, they went over to the east side. But actually the people who have moved over to the east side, they have already lost power, they have already lost power, they have already lost power, they have had a lot worse rain than we have had here. But the wind here is really bad. Ive never seen anything like it. Interesting, the wind really being bad. Right now, are you pleased with your decision . How are you feeling . Are you feeling . Right now, i feel confident. Are you feeling . Right now, i feel confident. Because are you feeling . Right now, i feel confident. Because the l feel confident. Because the first part of the storm has gone through. One thing i would say is we went outside during the eye. That was the weirdest thing. Itjust went quiet. You could hear the birds. There was such stillness. But now that has passed and we are back inside, we only went outside for a brief moment right next to our door. The winds are much worse, i think probably down to the angle of where our houseis down to the angle of where our house is rather than the wind speed. Its hard to tell. Sending you regards and i hope you stay safe. Jay recher, is a local Sports Broadcaster for wdae, Tampa Bays sports radio. He has evacuated from Tampa Bay ahead of the hurricane Making Landfall. Hes now in miami and hejoins us now. We spoke a couple of hours ago. You also volunteer and have done so for the last ten years to broadcast notices around hurricanes, to give people the information they need. Whats the latest information you are telling people . Telling people . One of the Bi Est telling people . One of the biggest things telling people . One of the biggest things that telling people . One of the biggest things that just biggest things thatjust happened, the roof of Tropicana Field, the home to the Tampa Bay rays, the major League Baseball Team in the Tampa Bay area, the roof has shredded and flown off. We are starting to see pictures and videos from that. They are insane, its just a horrifying video for everybody. There was a lull in the action and all of a sudden you see this and its just, oh, my goodness. We have joked for many years that there is no rain in Tropicana Field because of the dome, and now the roof is shredded. Also a crane has fallen into a building. Emergency Flash Flood warnings everywhere in the Tampa Bay area. It may not have been as bad in the Tampa Bay area when it comes to the Storm Surge, but the Wind And Rain has been catastrophic. You have been doing has been catastrophic. You have been doing this has been catastrophic. You have been doing this for has been catastrophic. You have been doing this for ten has been catastrophic. You have been doing this for ten years. I been doing this for ten years. How does that destruction you mentioned compared to what you have seen in previous Storm Surges . Bi; have seen in previous Storm Suraes . � ,. , have seen in previous Storm Suraes . J. , � , surges . By far the worst. Its kind of ironic, surges . By far the worst. Its kind of ironic, because surges . By far the worst. Its kind of ironic, because in kind of ironic, because in Tampa Bay we expected a Storm Surge and we are actually seeing the waters recede and go back out into the bay. We will see it come back later on. But this distraction of Tropicana Field and seeing cranes, its as bad as anybody could have imagined. This destruction. As we are speaking, the viewers can see live pictures from Tampa Bay. Its exactly as you mention. The sheer volume of Wind And Rain. It looked horrific. As you say, this is one of the worst youve experienced. How does it feel seeing these images . You are a Sports Broadcaster, you know the stadium. How does it feel seeing images like this of your city . Seeing images like this of your ci . , seeing images like this of your ci . ,. , i, city . Yeah, i mean, for myself who evacuated city . Yeah, i mean, for myself who evacuated on city . Yeah, i mean, for myself who evacuated on Monday City . Yeah, i mean, for myself l who evacuated on monday night, to be part of the Operation Storm Watch team. I Go On in about two and a half hours. Its weird, i guess its like a survivors guilt thing. I feel so bad because i have so many friends and family in camper braving the storm, im trying to keep my spirits up and make sure i disseminate the information. In tampa. Sending wishes to my loved Ones Backin sending wishes to my Loved Ones back in the Tampa Bay area. It is rough and absolutely task. The wind is going to be like this for at least the next six orseven this for at least the next six or seven hours. Almost 2 Million people without power in florida, and a good chunk of those nearby. St petersburg, the closest city to tampa, over a foot and a half of water from the rain so far. More astonishing numbers. You mentioned astonishing numbers. You mentioned people astonishing numbers. You mentioned people reaching out to you for information on Loved Ones. What are you hearing from people . How are they finding it, the ones who have chosen to remain and not heed the Evacuation Warnings . Unfortunately Evacuation Warnings . U nfortu nately we Evacuation Warnings . Unfortunately we havent heard from those specific. We have heard from some people a little more inland, in those primary evacuation zones a and b. They are looking out and seeing the water, shocked at what they have seen. A lot of people have evacuated and in a similar spot to me, wondering what kind of home they are going to go home too, whenever that may be. After this storm passes through, everything has to be assessed. We dont know when we are going to get back to our houses, when we are going to have power, we dont know how we are going to get gas. A lot of questions that need to be answered after the storm passes through. Unfortunately we are still in the middle of it. Sending my regards to you in miami and yourfamily and friends who have remained. The latest line is currently Hurricane Milton is 100 miles, 165 kilometres South West of cape canaveral. Winds reaching 105 mph. We will update the story as it develops on the bbc website. There is a live page. Please follow along. Thats bbc. Com news. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Youre live with bbc news. To the middle East Conflict now, and fighting continues between hezbollah and israeli forces in lebanon. At least ten people were injured and four killed in an israeli Air Strike on the village of wardaniyeh in Southern Lebanon on wednesday. Lebanons national News Agency says the strike hit a Hotel Housing displaced families. Israel has continued to bomb targets in the capital, beirut. Video taken wednesday shows serious damage in the citys southern suburbs, home to several hezbollah buildings. And israel dropped bombs on towns in Southern Lebanon, including khiam in southeast lebanon, and in tyre, the southwestern Port City. Senior international Correspondent Orla Guerin sent this report from tyre. The view from tyre israels ever expanding war In The Name Of self defence. Lebanon being pounded, Like Gaza before it. Israel says its targeting hezbollah. As we watch, the strikes get close, then closer still. Well, this strike has just come in right behind our hotel incredibly loud, incredibly close. We can hear sirens now, first aid rushing to the scene. And there are some civilians i can see very close to the area of the blast. Emerging from the smoke, a Mother And Child who had tried to escape the war with a trip to the beach. Israel hit this building just off the strand, which houses a pro iranian tv channel. There was one dead in the strike. Hezbollah, too, keeps striking, Firing Rockets across the border, killing a man and a woman in israel today. All the Air Strikes have not put paid to this. Neither has the ground invasion. This is the latest footage released by israel, said to show its troops on lebanese soil in the south. Here in tyre, a Crisis Unit is trying to keep the city alive, getting food and blankets to shelters and fuel to hospitals. This father appears with his children, desperate for help. The director, mortada mhanna, worries for his team, some of whom had to flee their homes. I think its a critical and very dangerous situation for us because israel, our enemy, israel didnt take care for any civilian people. They havent. No feelings . No feelings. But your decision is to remain, you will stay . I will stay. I will stay on my office, on my home, on my land. Others are staying, too, despite wrenching losses. Here, a sons grief. He is brought to his knees, and consoled by a grave digger. His elderly mother, leila, was killed by an israeli Air Strike the 18th Person to be buried here. War has destroyed the rituals of life and of death in lebanon. While prayers are being said here now, this is a quick burial for one of those killed recently. A Mass Grave has been dug here. Weve been told that people will be buried here temporarily, and theyll be exhumed and reburied when the situation is safer. He rages at israel. Until our last breath, we wont leave our land, he says. If we die, we will all be buried here. Then he helps to lay her to rest his last act for his mother. Orla guerin, bbc news, tyre. Now turning to israel, where a rocket fired from hezbollah killed two people in the northern israeli town of Kiryat Shmona on wednesday. The mayor said a Man And Woman in their 405 were walking their dogs when the rocket fell near them. Hezbollah also fired a barrage of rockets near the israeli Port City of haifa. Some were intercepted while others fell in the area, causing injuries. There was also a mass stabbing attack in the central israeli city of hadera. At least six people were stabbed, in four different locations, by a man riding a motorcycle. Local police took the suspect into custody. As israel expands operations against hezbollah in lebanon, there are growing questions over how it will respond, over how it will respond to irans multiple Missile Attack a week ago. The israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, says any response will be deadly, precise and surprising, and he called irans Missile Attack aggressive but imprecise. The us has called for restraint, but influential voices in israel want a powerful message sent to iran. A former israeli prime minister, naftali bennett, has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to go after iran 5 nuclear facilities, a suggestion that makes washington very nervous. Back to our top story now, and Hurricane Milton has made landfall in the us state of florida. It hit siesta key. The national Hurricane Center just released a new advisory. As of now, the hurricane is located around 75 miles or 120km south of the city of orlando. It is carrying wind speeds of 165km per hour. Milton was downgraded to a category two hurricane about 90 minutes after Making Landfall, but still remains extremely dangerous. Despite dropping in intensity, it is expected to remain at Hurricane Strength for the entire time it moves over land before dissipating over the atlantic in the next few days. Brenda griffiths is in sarasota, just south of tampa, where the eye of the storm currently is, and shejoins me now. Thank you forjoining me. Tell me what its like there at present for you. It me what its like there at present for you. Me what its like there at present for you. It is much Auieter Present for you. It is much quieter than present for you. It is much quieter than its present for you. It is much quieter than its been present for you. It is much quieter than its been for L Present for you. It is much i quieter than its been for the last three or four hours. The hurricane came ashore, we started feeling the impacts five hours ago. But the worst was at about 10pm our time, when the eye of the storm came across. Then it went very, very calm. We had a lot of Rain And Glass moving in our condo. Then it went very, very still. It was quiet for about an hour, thenit was quiet for about an hour, then it started again. And then weve had a lot of blackouts, with transformers bursting. Several blackouts in this building. As you can see, we have power at The Moment, i think we are on the generator of the building, actually. Hoof of the building, actually. How did ou of the building, actually. How did you make of the building, actually. How did you make the of the building, actually. How did you make the decision to stay rather than evacuate, as the warnings were issued by authorities there . We the warnings were issued by authorities there . Authorities there . We had personal authorities there . We had personal health authorities there . We had personal Health Reasons. Authorities there . We had i personal Health Reasons not authorities there . We had personal Health Reasons not to go. So by the time we could do, the planes were not going, they stopped on tuesday afternoon. And then the drive, the traffic was horrendous, you couldnt move on the highways, so we stayed. And we are in a very good building, a Hurricane Truth Building with 100 hurricane glass, which i am peering at. Hurricane proof buildings. Where you feel fearful of not being able to leave, and waiting for the storm to arrive . ,. , arrive . Yes, the fear is greater arrive . Yes, the fear is greater than arrive . Yes, the fear is greater than the arrive . Yes, the fear is greater than the actuan arrive . Yes, the fear is greater than the actual event, actually. I can say that as the storm is now under way to orlando. But for the last 2a hours, its been really scary, because we have been told it a hurricane five at 150 mph. Which is quite devastating. Weve seen what its done around here. We only had helene through the other day, which caused massive flooding here. 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Fine, thank you very much. Go on it fine, thank you very much. Go on. It was fine, thank you very much. Go on. Itwasa fine, thank you very much. Go on. It was a bit fine, thank you very much. Go on. It was a bit stressful. I on. It was a bit stressful. Its the on. It was a bit stressful. Its the noise on. It was a bit stressful. Its the Noise Factor on. It was a bit stressful. Its the Noise Factor of i on. It was a bit stressful. Its the Noise Factor of it, l its the Noise Factor of it, actually. Its very loud. And the rain swirling around, and the rain swirling around, and the wind. And then the power on and off, on and off. I watched areas blacking out. We are on the seventh floor of the very sturdy building, as i mentioned. So it was a bit scary. But, you know, there were people suffering far worse than we have gone through, out on the Barrier Islands and elsewhere, with flooding and stuff. , ,. , stuff. How is this storm different stuff. How is this storm different from stuff. 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I will ask you one more question and see if the audio has returned. In terms of the feeling there and in terms of the clean up tomorrow, what are you hearing from the authorities in terms of what this might look like for your community . This might look like for your communi 7�. ,. ,. , � community . Im afraid i havent soken community . Im afraid i havent spoken to community . Im afraid i havent spoken to Sarasota Community . Im afraid i havent spoken to Sarasota County i spoken to Sarasota County community at all tonight. All i can say is what ive seen out the window, that there is a lot of water over us from sarasota bay, from the harbour near here. Which is about 700 feet away from me. I can see its gone into the garages of other buildings, not ours thankfully. So i think tomorrow it would be quite interesting. It would be devastating for a lot of areas here in sarasota. Devastating for a lot of areas here in sarasota. Thank you for oinin here in sarasota. Thank you for joining me here in sarasota. Thank you for joining me and here in sarasota. Thank you for joining me and sharing here in sarasota. Thank you for joining me and sharing your i joining me and sharing your story, brenda. My thoughts are with you and your community. I hope that you remain safe. Just before we go, the latest live pictures. Fort myers, which as we mentioned is slightly south of sarasota, where the eye of the storm passed over. Hurricane milton Making Landfall in the last few hours. We will continue to monitor it. Check out our website to the latest updates, thanks for joining me. Hello. Our weather has started to turn a little bit cooler. You might have noticed the change, and the trend is set to continue as well. Well, here in north yorkshire, we had signs of the change, waves being driven onto the beaches here by the strengthening north to north easterly wind. Temperatures on tuesday in rhyl got up to 17 degrees, but it was just 12 on wednesday, a drop of some five degrees celsius. The drop in temperatures came as these northerly winds worked in. Now, over the next few hours, weve still got some patches of Cloud And Rain to come across england and wales, with Clearing Skies further north in scotland and northern ireland. And its here where well have the chilliest start to the day on thursday. Temperatures low enough even for a nip of frost in sheltered glens in scotland. So starting the day on thursday, expect a bit of damp weather for southern parts of england and wales. That should clear out of the way as we go through the morning, and then elsewhere, loads of Sunshine Draped around coastal fringes. Therell be a scattering of showers, and theyll tend to come and go, really, through the day. A chilly wind . Yes. Temperatures below where theyve been over recent days, 10 12 celsius. Although cooler, these temperatures are actually a little bit closer to average
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