this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 103m. hurricane harvey batters the coast of texas with winds of 130 miles per hour, the most powerful storm to hit the us mainland for 12 years. hurricane harvey smashed into the sure not far from here. hurricane harvey smashed into the sure not farfrom here. the winds are intense, it's difficult to stand up are intense, it's difficult to stand up at times and it's already causing damage. record flooding is predicted gci’oss damage. record flooding is predicted across texas. counter—terrorism police investigate after two officers were injured while arresting a man with a knife outside buckingham palace. thousands of rail passengers face disruption as major stations are affected by bank holiday engineering work. also in the next hour, the countdown to fight night in vegas begins. conor mcgregor vows to knock out the

unbeaten floyd mayweather in what could be the most watched boxing match in history. and in half an hour, swimming back to the bronze age. we are underwater in macedonia. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the most powerful storm to strike mainland america in more than a decade has made landfall in texas. hurricane harvey has brought winds of 130 miles an hour to coastal areas and is expected to move on to louisiana in the coming days. some residents are reported to be trapped inside collapsed buildings. the emergency services say it's too dangerous to respond to some calls. david willis reports. harvey hit texas hard overnight, bringing with it high winds and heavy rain.

a category four hurricane, capable of causing catastrophic damage. billed as the most powerful storm to hit the us mainland in over a decade. this is going to be a very major disaster. this is harvey from above, a malevolent storm system ten miles wide, capable of dumping up to a0 inches of rain. corpus christi, a city in the eye of the storm, has seen a rush to evacuate. fears of a power outage forcing the sickest babies at a children's hospital to be moved out of the hurricane's path. the national weather service warned of winds that could leave homes uninhabitable for weeks or even months. among those heeding the local mayor's advice to "get out of dodge", this woman and her three children. i try to be strong because i don't want my children to see. they get scared and i don't want to have them scared.

i have to be a strong mother for that. briefed earlier by his advisers, president trump is facing the first national disaster of his term in office. the lessons of hurricane katrina i2 years ago still serve as an indelible reminder of the political cost of underestimating a weather system such as this. the president urged texans to heed calls to evacuate, but, with several days of storm force winds and rain ahead, it's likely many of those who leave may not have much to come back to. david willis, bbc news, washington. and joined by matt taylor from the bbc weather centre. this is a colossal storm. it's the strongest storm to hit texas since 1961. it

arrived onshore as a category four storm. we had recorded wins of around 130 miles an hour. very close to that anyway. the winds have only eased a bit at the moment. if you look at that satellite imagery from when the storm arrived, it looks beautiful but see the core. the more well—defined it is the stronger the storm. it's around that we see the strongest of the winds. the storm surge is easing but it is not done. where is it exactly now? it has since moved inland. these are the latest shots from the national weather service. you can see that well—defined core. it's still hurricane status, it's going to produce an destructive winds. the storm surge will ease a bit but beyond that the story keeps going. what happens next? it becomes a rainfall story. 0ver what happens next? it becomes a rainfall story. over the next few

days, normally storms move east but this will hang around the same part of texas for a few days. up to a metre of rain. that's14 months of rain in the uk condensed into three 01’ rain in the uk condensed into three orfour rain in the uk condensed into three or four days. catastrophic flooding is expected and for some of the major cities including houston. in terms of people over there, who are worried and might be travelling, is that a defined area where it's going to move to? is still unpredictable. it will circulate around the same area, it might ease from the south but it's best to avoid the area. not just today but for a good few days yet. the impact will go on for months and months yet. thank you. let's talk live to cbs reporter don champion who's in corpus christi in texas. tell us how bad is it there at the

moment? good afternoon. certainly hurricane harvey is still showing little mercy on this part of the texas gulf coast. the storm is making to land falls, the first one last night at around 10pm local time, the second one a few hours after that. the storm is nowjust to the north of us. basically will be stalling out through the weekend. folks aren't expecting rain in inches by ten feet. through the next few days in this region. certainly this is a slow—moving disaster that is farfrom this is a slow—moving disaster that is far from over. this is a slow—moving disaster that is farfrom over. already, even in the dark of night, we are getting some damage reports from around the region, including in the town of rockport 30 miles north of where i'm

standing. that is where this category four hurricane made landfall. we are hearing some senior citizens who are trapped in a senior citizens who are trapped in a senior citizens home, collapsed buildings as well. when the sun rises in the next few hours, the initial damage will be invisible but there is a lot more storm to go —— be initial damage will be visible. have people try to protect themselves or have they just left the area? try to protect themselves or have theyjust left the area? thankfully it appeared that a lot of people had left areas in the days before the storm. yesterday the governor in texas and a lot of other local officials were concerned that a lot officials were concerned that a lot of people were taking chances with this storm. this was the first hurricane to hit this part of the texas gulf coast in nine years. they

felt that some people are staying behind, certainly we have heard of some people needing help overnight. first responders haven't been able to reach them because of the conditions. take care, thank you. breaking news and police say several people have died and four people have been taken to hospital after a serious crash involving two lorries and a minibus on the m1 in buckinghamshire. the incident happened near newport pagnell in the yearly hours. the m1 southbound is closed between junctions 15 and 1a. thames valley police and the fire service are continuing to work at the scene and the carriageway is likely to stay closed for several hours. thames valley police on the

scene of that serious collision, more on that in a couple of moments. we are trying to speak to our travel reporters. let's move on to an incident yesterday. a man has been arrested under the terrorism act after two police officers were injured near buckingham palace. the officers were hurt while taking the 26—year—old into custody when he was found with the large knife in a vehicle near the palace last night. simonjones reports. concerned crowds look on as police investigate a possible terror incident outside buckingham palace. the met says just after 8:30pm yesterday a man stopped his car near a police vehicle. officers then spotted a large bladed weapon in the car and went to arrest him. two police officers suffered minor injuries to their arms and were taken to hospital for treatment. the met has praised their brave and swift action that meant the suspect was detained very quickly. no members of the royal family were in buckingham palace at the time. cordons were quickly put up around the palace. the suspect, a 26—year—old man, was also taken to hospital

and arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault. during the night, he was further arrested under the terrorism act. no members of the public were hurt. the met‘s counter—terrorism command is now investigating. security remains tight in london for the bank holiday weekend. a ring of steel is being promised around the notting hill carnival to protect people from a barcelona style attack. a spokeswoman from buckingham palace said they would not comment on security issues. as we've been hearing, several people have been killed and four people have been killed and four people taken to hospital after a three vehicle collision on the m1. it happened on the southbound carriageway near newport pagnell, the carriageway is closed and police say it is likely to remain so for some time. that comes as millions of

travellers are on the move this bank holiday weekend facing disruption because of major engineering works. the south east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool street. there will be limited services at other stations. in the north west of england engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. ina in a moment we'll speak to spencer stokes in wigan where rugby league fa ns stokes in wigan where rugby league fans will be affected by longer journey times to get to the challenge cup at wembley. jenny kumar is at king's cross station in central london for us. does it look busy? lots of people are trying to go away for the weekend. yes, it's pretty crowded on the concourse. there have been a few cancellations and minor delays. trains are pretty much running to time. it is expected to get quite

busy because they are expecting a knock—on impact with london euston being closed. that is affecting services between the midlands, the north and scotland. 0ver services between the midlands, the north and scotland. over the weekend there will be disruption across the country. this is because network rail is carrying out what has been described as one of its biggest engineering works. it's costing £130 million and 17,000 g are nu