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 of rain, some of which could fringe into Northern Ireland later. Four includes wales, a lot dry weather and sunshine. Temperatures around ten to 13. For the weekend, low pressure firmly in charge and, for the north and west, saturday will be particularly wet, with something a bit brighter to come along on sunday. Thanks, chris. And thats Bbc News at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. Now, its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello an
Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
People in the area have been told to evacuate with the mayor of tampa saying with the mayor of tampa saying if you stay, you will die. If you stay, you will die. Long queues of traffic have long queues of traffic have been seen on the highway been seen on the highway as people try to leave before as people try to leave before the storm hits. The storm hits. Fifty one florida counties Fifty One florida counties are under a State Of Emergency are under a state of Emergency Ani and 202 Health Care Ani and 202 Health Care facilities have been facilities have been and 202 Health Care and 202 Health Care facilities have been facilities have been according to florida governor ron de santis. The fresh warnings come less than two weeks less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit after Hurricane Helene Hit Florida and nearby us states florida and nearby us states killing at least 225 people, killing at least 225 people, and bringing widespread damage. And bringing widespread damage. President
At what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Good evening. This is what Hurricane Milton looks like from space. It is gathering strength as it heads towards the West Coast of florida tonight. The worst storm there in a century is how President Biden is describing it. And it comes less than two weeks after another Storm Hurricane Helene brought terrible devastation to the area, leaving more than 200 people dead. The mayor of tampa said Hurricane Helene was a wake up Call Milton is literally catastrophic. Scientists say Climate Change and warmer seas are fuelling these increasingly dangerous storms. Our correspondent Gordon Corera reports from tampa in florida. An exodus from tampa. Long lines of Traffic Snaking out of the city tell you that the warnings are being taken seriously here. Florida is used to hurricanes, but the message has been that this time is different. The city is still recovering from the last hurricane, helene, which hitjust two weeks ago and killed more than 20
Per hour. And its barreling straight toward florida as a Cat Category four storm. People have across the state are trying to evacuate before it makes Landfall Tomorrow Night the city of tampa is in the storms bull bullseye. And later this hour we will get an update from the mayor. Shes already issued a blunt warning. If you stay in the Evacuation Zones, you who are going to die President Biden echoed that sentiment from the White House moments ago a potential for this storm to both enter florida as hurricane and leave Florida Hurricane on the atlantic coast this could be the worst Storm Hit Florida in over a century. And god willing, it wont be, but thats what its looking like right now. If youre under Evacuation Orders, you should evacuated. Now. Now now i should have already evacuated. Its a matter of Life And Death, and thats not hyperbole. Its a matter Life And Death the president just canceled his planned foreign trip this week so he can oversee the response to the second hurrican