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Barreling down the gulf coast straight into floridas west coast. 120mileanhour winds and violent water pummeling the bridge. And this is santa bell island where floodwaters appear to be swallowing a house. And in fort myers, a tornado rips through neighbourhoods, obliterating properties. The winds are ferocious, the storm churches unstoppable and floridians are worried. Lets go to her senior correspondent in tampa. Steve? jesse, we see rain come down in sheets. The wind is starting to pick up as...

This is going to be a catastrophic storm, it is going to be a potentially deadly storm. Florida prepares for landfall. This is going to be a punch to the base. Face. The fema administrator will join me live. Then it they give the money to illegal immigrants. The expresident using the disaster to spread his lies. What are they talking about? stop it. The dangerous consequences of using a tragedy to get yourself elected. Dont listen to anything or anybody who is trying to make you more afraid tha...

That storm surge could be the worst part of this storm. So we will be on that during this hour. Ill be watching. Thanks alex. Thank you. We are going straight to bill karins. Msnbcs meteorologist. Nbc news meteorologist for the latest on the situation there. Bill, what can we expect now in florida? this is when all the damage is happening. We cant show you where the worst storm surge is. But we know it is moving in. We have had reports of a ten foot storm surge in sarasota. As we go down the coa...

The evacuation process. It wasnt easy, first off. There was a lot of different variables, a lot of different factors that came into that decision. One of them was financial. Really dont know if we can come back or not. You know, if the storm hits really bad, you know, our area might be fine, but the pathway back down the home might not be. And to risk not having that cheque every week that we, you know, depend on, could just be a major issue down the line as well. Some people would think that ma...

5,500 additional gigawatts of renewable capacity to come online between now and 2030. Thats more than the current power capacity of china, the european union, india and the united states combined. China is leading the pack, responsible for 60% of the additional output. And solar is winning the renewable race, making up 80% of the forecasted growth. But electricity infrastructure is not keeping up. Up to 10% of renewable energy is going to waste because its not able to be stored at times when mor...

Room to say thank you. I guess an acknowledgement. England are batting in reply to pakistans 556. And root has scored his 35th test century. Harry brook is 79 not out. England are 386—3. A first ever meeting in womens cricket between scotland and south africa is the opening game of the day in the t20 world cup. Scotland need to win to avoid going out in the competitino�*s group stage. . . While south africa have designs on going above england into top spot. They won the toss and chose to bat...

Hello and welcome to todays verified. We start in florida, bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in 100 years. There are huge traffic jams across the state as more than 5 million people respond to evacuation orders ahead of hurricane milton. We will be live on the ground in just a moment but i can show you first are the pictures from space. It gives you an idea of the size of this monster storm, officials think it could still double in size before making landfall. This is the live tra...

Welcome back to bbc news. Lets get more on our top story. Hurricane milton which is making its way towards the west coast of florida. Five million people have been told to get out of its way. President biden says leaving was a matter of �*life and death. Nicole maul is the national spokesperson for the american red cross. Nicole is in tallahassee, florida and told us how theyve been preparing for something of this magnitude. Ican i can tell you that the american red cross has been on the groun...

And coming up on bbc news, linejudges at wimbledon will be a thing of the past as the all england club controversially update to electronic line calling for next year. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. This is the west coast of florida tonight — as millions of people brace themselves for the lethal hurricane bearing down on them. The category 4 storm — with sustained winds of 155 miles an hour — is still about 12 hours away. Its expected to be the most powerful storm to hit ...

Sunshine will come out, a few showers around coastal areas and, after the chilly start, temperatures quite a bit lower than weve been used to, but much closer to average for the time of year. The average for the time of year. The average for london is 13 and we will be at 12. The breeze making it feel more chilly. The cold air still with us on friday, with a few patches of frost on england and wales, something a bit more mild and wet coming to scotland, a weak area of low pressure ring outbreaks...