Young offenders from ethnic minorities will become the next generation of criminals unless the Justice System is reformed, a new reports says. And a 13 Year Old Girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped eight different people through Organ Donation thats a record number. Good morning. Its friday 8th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A state of emergency has been declared in the British Virgin islands after the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. High winds and storm surges are continuing to ravage the caribbean, with dozens known to have died and buildings destroyed. Aid agencies are warning of spreading disease after the break down of water and sanitation services. Later, a military plane carrying relief will take off from raf brize norton in oxfordshire a royal navy ship, the rfa mounts bay, is already in the caribbean. She has already delivered assistance to anguilla, and is now on her way to the British Virgin islands. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the hurricanes toll so far. At least 14 people are known to have died, but there are warnings that the death toll could rise. Over a Million People have been affected that figure could soon rise to as high as 26 Million People. Hurricane irmas windspeed has now dropped slightly but the storm is still pounding the caribbean with winds of up to 165 miles per hour. These are some of the latest pictures these were shot from a Dutch Military helicopter as it attempts to provide some level of assistance to victims of the hurricane in dutch saint martin. These pictures show the scale of the disaster theyre dealing with. The dutch Prime Minister says 250 troops have been deployed there to deliver aid, food, medical supplies and Building Materials but also to maintain security. Heres what the storm looks like from satellite imagery you can see Hurricane Irma there in the middle over the caribbean as it makes its way towards the United States. Thats hurricane katia to the west, in the gulf of mexico and to the east, hurricanejose, heading towards the already devastated caribbean. With the latest heres andy moore. This is what its like to look out of your hotel room in the turks and caicos, knowing that one of the strongest storms in recent memory is heading your way. Starting to hear the noise of the wind as well, through the doors and windows. And from all around us, really. But were not even close to the worst bit yet. Which is a bit scary. On the British Virgin islands, there have been an unknown number of deaths. With communications severely disrupted, the governor issued this audio message declaring a state of emergency. All of us have been affected by irma, and some more than others. Apart from the structural damage, there have sadly been reports of casualties and fatalities. I am truly heartbroken by this news. My thoughts and prayers are with each and every one of you. At least one person is believed to have died on the british territory of anguilla, where residents sheltered in the strongest part of their homes for safety. We were in the bath with a mattress above us. Thats how we sort of managed to keep safe and dry. I think a lot of people were in a similar situation. Weve seen houses with cars that have beenjust picked up and thrown through the house. Barbuda was one of the first islands to be hit by irma. It is now less than 48 hours away from the impact of a second hurricane. Jose has sustained wind speeds of 120 mph and it looks likely to gain in strength over the next day or two. Andy moore, bbc news. Authorities in the us state of florida have told half a Million People to leave their homes and seek refuge. Lets speak to meg oliver whojoins us from miami. People have been stocking up on supplies across the state. Meg joins us supplies across the state. Meg joins us from outside a petrol station. Clearly nothing going on there. Have they sold out . Thats exactly right. This gas station has sold out, the gas station across the street has sold out. Three others that we passed on the way here have also run dry but for the people who spend hours in lines yesterday getting gas and have hit the road, now its all about the race to out run this terrifying storm. Miamis man called ita terrifying storm. Miamis man called it a nuclear hurricane. Look over here. This gas station is boarded up but it is still open and thereafter supplies inside, so there are different pockets throughout the city where you can find some things. Today is it. This is the last day. If youve been ordered to evacuate, authorities are telling you to get out, but if you have waited until today, it may be a safer option to go and stay with friends and family in florida instead of hitting the highways. They dont want anyone to get stuck when this monster hits. Meantime, there are a lot of shelters open but they are asking people to bring three days supply of food and water. We have this catastrophic storm coming and then theres the aftermath. We have no idea what thats going to look like but if it resembles anything we have seenin but if it resembles anything we have seen in the caribbean, its going to be devastating, so it could be days before we see supplies coming into any of those shelters. Do you have any of those shelters. Do you have any sense of how many people have decided to get out of the path of the hurricane . How many people have decided to hunker down . We dont have exact numbers. What we do know, it was slow going on the highways yesterday travelling north. We were in south beach, which is about 25 miles south of here yesterday and we had no problem evacuating and coming inland into miami. We do know that there are several people, if they live in a house that was built in the 1990s or later and they feel that it the 1990s or later and they feel thatitis the 1990s or later and they feel that it is safe, they are staying. Authorities said they have some of the strongest hurricane codes here in florida but, again, we have never seen a in florida but, again, we have never seen a hurricane this big, fast or strong. A lot of these people survived hurricane andrew in 1992 but it looks like irma is really going to put andrew to the test. Meg, thank you very much. Make oliver in miami. For the latest on the path of Hurricane Irma and where its likely to head by the weekend heres Sarah Keith Lucas of the bbc weather centre. Well, a neater, this is a major hurricane still. It has ever so slightly weakened over the past couple of hours but it remains with gusts above 155 mph, so it is the category four hurricane now but its certainly going to be strengthening a little bit more perhaps as it heads over the warm waters over the next 2a hours or so. At the moment, the eye of the storm, as you can see here, moving in a north westerly direction. Its sitting still close to the turks and Caicos Islands. It has brought winds of 155 mph or even more as the very heavy rainfall and storm surge as well, so a real three pronged attack. If we look at the path of the hurricane as it continues over the next 2a hours or so, it will start to move in a north westerly direction, somewhere in between cuba and the bahamas. As it moves in this direction, it will move it moves in this direction, it will m ove over it moves in this direction, it will move over pretty warm water so it could strengthen once again, perhaps toa could strengthen once again, perhaps to a category five, and even if it remains a category four, we are still seeing catastrophic winds as well as the very heavy rainfall and the storm surge, up to perhaps 20 beat above normal sea level and that is passing over some very low lying areas. By sunday, it is sitting across the tip of florida, said the florida keys are likely to receive the catastrophic effects of this hurricane and then the most likely affected its going to continue moving northwards across central parts of florida. Once it does make an impact on land, it will start to wea ken an impact on land, it will start to weaken relatively quickly, but having said that, it is such a strong storm that those devastating winds will continue through the course of the weekend, pushing its way northwards, likely by monday to be somewhere across georgia or perhaps even tennessee as well. Even though the fuel for the hurricane, the warm, wet waters of the hurricane of the caribbean, they will be cut off as it moves on to land, it will still remain strong for a number of days so we will keep a close eye on it and of course it is followed by hurricane jose. Joining me now from haiti is ascension martinez, save the childrens director of Programme Quality and advocacy. Thank you very much for your time. It is less than a year, people may well remember, since Hurricane Matthew hit haiti with devastating consequences, killing more than 800 people. Many communities can barely have recovered from that and now they are bracing for irma . Yes, thats correct. One of the things thats correct. One of the things thatis thats correct. One of the things that is fortunate, however, is that matthew, if you can call it fortu nate, matthew, if you can call it fortunate, matthew struck the south and what we are experiencing at the moment is mainly directed to the north. That said, it doesnt mean that people are any better off. What preparations are in place in haiti for this . The government has declared that there are 800 shelters available. That is collective centres available across the northern departments that they believed early on in the week would believed early on in the week would be most effective. International organisations such as save the children, we have a connection with communities in a number, 176 schools, and over 100 clinics, so we have details of people on the ground in these areas so that we can call them throughout the day or night and get information from them and they can call us. We will be reaching out to them again this morning to see what the situation is and putting together any needs requests as they come in. We will have tarpaulins for breathing to give shelter, ropes and we will be stocking up on sanitation kits and jerry cans so people have access if need be to clean water. Kits and jerry cans so people have access if need be to clean waterlj know that save the children has also deployed emergency teams to the Dominican Republic. Just tell us a little bit about the epic battle and also why you say that these deadly storms have a bias against children. Yes, the Emergency Health unit has deployed to the Dominican Republic. They couldnt get flights into haiti and they are assessing the situation there to see whether greater need is, either the Dominican Republic or if they can make their way across to haiti when necessary. This team would be able to work with us on the ground and national staff, too, to have a mobile team quite quickly placed to go in and give care to communities as required. This disaster, along with any disaster that happens, does have a heavy impact on children and why in particular this year . School had just started. Schools were closed on wednesday in preparation for irma. That means that their schooling has been disrupted in the first week. Many of the collective centres identified our schools, which means that families go there, children will remain without a place to go to school for a number of days. The terrifying effects of rain, wind, gale force winds, that all has a psychological impact as well, so one of the things we were quite heavily on it in establishing child friendly spaces and Training Community and teachers as social support for children. Added to that here in haiti, there is extreme poverty for large numbers of the population as well as the continuing malnutrition that affects many, many areas of the country. Any disaster inadvertently has a deeper impact on children because of their vulnerability. Thank you very much. Ascension martinez there in haiti for us. The british relief effort for the Virgin Islands is ramping up there is already a navy ship, the rfa mounts bay, in the caribbean and heading towards the islands. Meanwhile, a military plane will soon take off carrying the british relief effort for the Virgin Islands is ramping up relief and supplies. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy sent us this from raf brize norton. We are on board what is going to be the first aircraft heading to the caribbean with aid. It will be loaded over the next couple of hours and then the flight will take off roundabout lunchtime, heading to the caribbean. It will take them eight 01 caribbean. It will take them eight or nine hours to get there, delivering all sorts of aid to the region and hoping ultimately to get to the British Virgin islands. They will have to do decide on the ground how and where that aid will be distributed. The man in charge of rf brize norton is tim jones. Distributed. The man in charge of rf brize norton is timjones. Tim, this is the first aircraft. What will go on board and when will it go . We have three aircraft going today and we have about 300 Royal Marines turning up here as we speak. We have aid from deathbed, water, medical aid, medics, engineers, so allthe things we need to get help in place very quickly and we can assess what is needed where. We have aid from the department for International Development. We can assess what is going on on the ground in the British Virgin islands and we will hope to move there, depending on the circumstances on the ground, and if it is possible to get there, we will be there for sure. And then to get the aid to the point of need and the people who need it as soon as possible. How many people are going on this flight . This morning, we have in the region of 300 people going. Its a big deployment, very quick getting it together out to barbados to then take stock and see how we can get the aid and support really effectively distributed. But if more support is needed, we are ready to provide it and we are ready to be there as long as is needed. The british have been criticised for not reacting quickly enough. Do you think they have reacted fast enough . Distance for us is on the constraint. It is about understanding the situation on the ground and we dont want to move in with the wrong kind of support. From a Military Point of view, we need to understand the effects of the hurricane, where is open to us, where we can get into, thats what we be doing the last 24 hours and now we think we know where we can most effectively deliver our aid and where to go to. Thank you very much indeed. This plane will be going out later this afternoon, another one later, all heading off within the next 24 hour is to be operational. We are hopefully going to go to the cotswold airport in gloucestershire later to talk about the dip disaster about the disaster Equipment Suppliers help there. First though, we are going to go to matthew. Following the initial criticism that the government should have done more earlier to try to mitigate some of the effects of this hurricane, what is the latest from there . There were a number of criticisms but it would be hard to criticise the governments response now. They are certainly bring everything they can behind it. We have already heard about the vast material and men on their way from rf brize norton. The department for International Development which is coordinating the aid has spent advisers to antigua and barbados to assess the damage and barbuda is being evacuated ahead of hurricanejose. Finally, the Foreign Office has set up finally, the Foreign Office has set upa finally, the Foreign Office has set up a hotline here for those who might be affected or who might have loved ones affected. They encourage you to call any time on 0207, 008, o 000. You to call any time on 0207, 008, o 0 0 0. That you to call any time on 0207, 008, o o o 0. That is the Foreign Office headline hotline for anyone who might be affected. Matthew, thank you for that. Disaster equipment supplies are held in readiness at costwold airport at kemble in gloucestershire. Our correspondent phil mackie is there. Obviously a very busy scene behind you there. Tell us whats happening. This is a massive warehouse, as you say, at the cotswold airport in gloucestershire. Huge palette all over the place carrying all sorts of kit that is sent over to disaster zones. This is going out to the caribbean, its going to be loaded onto trucks, driven out to gibraltar where it will be loaded onto hms ocean. This solar lantern also provides power, so you can charge your phone etc. Buckets, this, which is called a water box. It goes in this end that comes at the other end clea n this end that comes at the other end clean and drinkable. The secretary of state for International Development is here and meeting staff at the moment, priti patel. Im going to be asking how in a little while why this has taken so long to get out there because of course the government has been criticised and one of the question is, why wasnt this ready a couple of days ago . We knew Hurricane Irma was coming and that it would create the kind of devastation we have seen in the caribbean. At the moment, they are really trying to get things going. Nicky has been driving the forklift back, loading up pallets which are now stacked here. Eventually those are loaded onto lorries. You can see past priti patel who is doing another media interview in the background and they will head off later to gibraltar where they will meet up with the uk flagship helicopter carrier, hms ocean, which is being sent out as pa rt ocean, wh