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rescue there. you can see these people absolutely devastated and so fearful that they werent going to survive this. so grateful to the people that are helping them. you have a baby there wrapped in a blanket. a family that is just trying to get to some dry land. winds and flooding. they ripped up asphalt. look at this highway. look at that. that is sanibel, florida. lee county is devastated in a way that we have not seen in a very, very long time. the sheriff there fears -- he said thi...

be there. thats my commitment to. >> neil: heres the thing. ian is not leaving. its down but not out. ian now a tropical storm is expected to make its way back to a category one hurricane after devastating the sunshine state. south carolinas governor will hold a news conference shortly. heres what we know right now. a storm surge up to seven feet predicted for charleston, south carolina as of tomorrow. in florida today, more than 2.6 million people are still without power across the st...

cuba saw significant flooding and, is just now getting power back in some areas after nearly the entire island was plunged into darkness. now this morning, is ethans world toward tampa, residents woke up to this eerie sight. nearly all the water had receded out of tampa bay. the storm pulled all the water from the shore as its winds whipped around, counterclockwise, before shoving it back towards land hours later. around the same time, the natural hurricane center increased their predi...

off of the gulf coast there. were not going to get a sense of it until tomorrow. but yes, it looks pretty path down in. >> and well be talking about this later in the hour. thanks, chris. and thank you for joining us. hurricane ian continues to create a swath of -- in made landfall just after 3:00 this afternoon in southwestern florida, near k oconnor, a island off of the coast of fort myers. ian came ashore as a category four hurricane with 150 mile per hour winds. just a few miles pe...

is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many citi...

earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. >> there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. -- i will take a knee. oops. ill have to take a knee there. >> -- >> okay. you guys got it -- im going back out. >> the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some are...

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chinas president xijinping has been defending his controversial zero—covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the irainian authorities claim a fire at a prison in the capital tehran is now under control as protests continue. more than a thousand paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uks new chancellor, jeremy hunt, will hold talks with...