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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 getti...

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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...

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Florida is braced, for what many have described as the storm of the century. Our correspondents are there. We will speak to one resident who has decided to stay. And will they ever fully recover? in the wake of hurricane ian, 95% of the damage assessments, were downgraded by the insurance companies. This could be a disastrous 12 hours, for tens of thousands of american families. Welcome to the programme. There is driving wind and torrential rainfall that has already arrived in florida, several h...

Could be too late. Joining me tonight on the panel we will get to our panel shortly, but before we do that, lets get to the latest bbc news. President biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, have held a telephone conversation in which theyre thought to have discussed israels response to irans missile attack last week. In israel today, two people were killed by his brother rockets in the northeastern town of kiryat shmona. The israeli military said it had struck more than 180 ta...

Saying that it should be restarted. He also discussed the imperative of getting people back to the north of gaza. We told you in the last hour theres a huge operation on the ja palyer refugee camp. They agreed to remain in close contact over the coming days. Most directly through their national security teams. That was interesting because were waiting for that response to the iranian ballistic missile attack. Note mentioned that in the readout from the white house. Youre up to speed with that. I...

Taking aim at the state of florida. Residents are now being urged by authorities to shelter in place. Milton is projected to be a category three storm when it makes landfall. Forecasters say its currently on track for the city of sarasota. The city of tampa is also near the path of the storm. Heres a live look now. This is fort myers beach in florida, you can see those powerful winds and lots of rain already striking the close there, and very large waves as well napping across the beach, you can...

Strength. Lets have a look at fort myers. You can see the sea level warnings of the storm surge that will come as a result of the high winds as a result of the heavy rainfall that is expected, and you can see already just rainfall that is expected, and you can see alreadyjust how wild of those conditions look right there. It is on course to strike just out of the of sarasota. You can see it here beneath tampa bay on floridas west coast. Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive ...

Well ask why a political battle over the massive storm has started. And shock at westminster as james cleverly is knocked out of the tory leadership contest. Kemi badenoch and robertjenrick are the final two. What does it tell us about the future direction of the conservative party? good evening. Welcome to newsnight. In florida, time has run out for more than 5. 5 million people who were ordered to leave their homes as hurricane milton closes in. As we go on air, the storm surges have already b...