hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... hurricane irma slams into the florida keys with winds up to 130 mph. more than six million people have been ordered to leave their homes, as the storm inches closer to the mainland. the hurricane is predicted to create a catastrophic storm surge, which could be up to 15—feet—high in places. we've seen the largest evacuation in florida's history. peoplejust migrating north, trying to get out of the path of the storm as it came up of the path of the storm as it came up from the keys, hit the southern peninsula, and now of course is veering up the west coast. this is the scene live in bonita springs in florida as the storm arrives. cuba has already been battered by the hurricane. there's been "significant damage", and the recovery process is getting under way. in other news: officials in mexico say at least 90 people are now known to have died in thursday's earthquake. the governor of florida has warned

that the entire west coast of the state is at risk of storm surges — of up to 15 feet in places — as it's battered by hurricane irma. three people, including a deputy sheriff, have been killed since the hurricane moved into the state after causing widespread damage in cuba. the florida keys have been hit, and miami is experiencing intense winds and flooding. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has said the uk will continue to ramp up the humanitarian efforts to help those affected by hurricane irma in the british overseas territories across the caribbean. well, i've just well, i'vejust come well, i've just come out of cobra micro, and we've been discussing the situation in the overseas territories, where things continue to be very green indeed, but we are getting a huge amount of aid in there. you got 500 uk troops in the region now. as i speak, we've got more than 50 british police going on

their way to the british virgin islands and other places. things are improving, but we are concerned obviously about every island in the region, and we've got to make sure anguilla, which was first to receive aid, has not now slipped behind. so we wa nt aid, has not now slipped behind. so we want to send in military operation to anguilla as soon as we possibly can, weather permitting. the foreign secretary, boris johnson. on the line is captain stephen norris. he is the commanding officer of royal fleet auxiliary mounts bay, and he is overseeing the military teams carrying out relief work in the caribbean. captain norris, thank you for joining us. tell us how many people you have working with you and what your priorities are? on-board mounts bay we have 170 people. i am embarking more people this evening as we speak, another 100 combat engineers. we'll probably end up with about 300 people. and what are

your priorities first of all? my priorities, as always, our humanitarian aid and disaster relief, saving lives. we spent the day in anguilla shortly after the storm passed, we did lots of good workfare, and storm passed, we did lots of good workfa re, and we storm passed, we did lots of good workfare, and we spent two days providing water, food and assistance to the outlying islands of the british virgin islands. we have pictures of some of the work that you've been carrying out, that the ministry of defence has shared with us. ministry of defence has shared with us. how much can you get done in such a short space of time? mounts bay is really a blue light service. we can do as much as we can with what we've got, we always do as much as we possibly can. clearly, time is short, and our resources in some areas are short. but we've always done as much as we can. certainly

anguilla, we left the island with some hospitals, and we've done lots of workfa re to some hospitals, and we've done lots of workfare to prepare themselves —— work there to prepare themselves and help themselves to prepare for the follow on hurricanejose. then we moved to the british virgin islands. using our aircraft, we have got tonnes of water to the outlying islands and food to communities that have been cut off. we are also supporting the governor and his team. how difficult is it in some of these places to actually dock? well, we could dock, we docked in. we are looking to dock in porto. but because the storm surge, we're not quite sure, has disrupted the harbour and the services. you will be aware of the criticism that has

been made of the british government not getting troops like yours out there sooner. why was it so reactive compare that with france? we have beenin compare that with france? we have been in the caribbean sincejuly, there's always a british ship stationed here. we have got relief stores and experts on board to provide that support. as we tracked hurricane across the atlantic, we knew we would be called upon, and we positioned ourselves a short distance away from anguilla, so my ship was safe and out of the danger area. my priority is the ship and all of the stores that i carry. as soon as the seas had come down into anguilla, i was providing support, and then following the storm, we we re and then following the storm, we were soon providing support there. we won't slow, we've been here for a

long time, and we do lots of training and preparations with the overseas territories. so we've been here, we're ready, and we are doing thejob. here, we're ready, and we are doing the job. you mentioned that hurricane jose is the job. you mentioned that hurricanejose is out in the atlantic. how is that going to affect what you can do and where you need to be when it strikes? certainly i do not wish to be in the path of the hurricane, and my sympathies go out to all of those in the overseas territories that they have experienced this. i've moved my ship, with having a ship we can react quickly and move away from danger and support the islands quickly. our reaction, i would suggest, has been exemplary. but i would make sure that my ship is safe first. so you don't accept any of the criticism that we were too slow responding? we were there as soon as we possibly could. clearly i do not

wish to put my ship in danger and the 170 people on board. so we were right on the edge of the hurricane into some challenging weather. and as soon as the hurricane passed to the north of us, then the ship moved north into anguilla, and we were there as soon as we possibly could. we were there first light on thursday, and we started getting aid shall by the aircraft and boats. -- getting aid onshore. i'm sure the people you visited and helped were delighted to see you. captain steven norris, captain of royal fleet auxiliary mounts bay, thank you very much. sport now withjessica. hello, martine, chris froome has become britain's first ever winner of the world tours by no. he negotiated the final stage in madrid —— of the vuelta are espa na. final stage in madrid —— of the vuelta are espana. ben kaja has more. this was chris froome's today.

a data capture the moment, for celebration, congratulation, and appreciation. to thank team—mates who have helped him win a maiden welter title. winning a grand tour isa welter title. winning a grand tour is a remarkable achievement, winning two back is for the elite. tradition dictates that the leader would be attacked on the final stage around the spanish capital. chris froome could take a few laps of honour before the final sprint to the line. that spread was taken by matteo trenton. but there was little doubt who was centre of attention. having previously finished second three times at the vuelta a espana, this was a race he always wanted to win. now he's done it. as the sun sets on a spectacular season, one man has risen above them all. a day that chris froome will never forget. crystal palace have become the first tea m crystal palace have become the first team in premier league history to lose their opening three games without scoring a single goal after

a 1—0 defeat at burnley. the only goal of the game came from chris woods inside three minutes. palace did miss several late chances to equalise, and still haven't scored a league goal this season under their new manager, frank de boer. league goal this season under their new manager, frank de boeim a lwa ys new manager, frank de boeim always starts from the heart, and what i saw today, really well to the last second. the only thing that we didn't do was school. do you think you're going to be divined the time to get things going here?|j you're going to be divined the time to get things going here? i don't know. —— you are going to be given the time. the only thing i can control is to work very hard with the boys. and that i'm going to do until the last end, and hopefully for a long period. in the day's other premier league fixture, jamaal lascelles got the winning goals for newcastle as they beat swansea 1—0 at the liberty stadium. that is newcastle's second league win in a row. sir mo farah has won for great north run for a record—breaking

fourth time in a row. the four—time olympic champion took the lead in the half marathon. 200m before the finish, mo farah, who is a multiple olympic and world champion, retired from the track last month of course, and will race in the london marathon next april. the women's race was won by america tiny of kenya in a time of one hour, five minutes and 59 seconds. she controlled the race from start to finish in what was her third victory. simon lawson won the men's wheelchair race, and manuela schaer won the women's. the final of the us men's open gets underway in the us men's open gets underway in the next half hour. rafa nadal will start as favourite when he takes on south africa's kevin anderson in the final. the spaniard is going for a 16th grand slam title, whilst anderson is making his debut in the final of the grand slam. of course, winning or losing that final is a big chance. but i'm very happy about all the things that happened to me,

and i'm going to fight to try and win another title here. but it's still a great season for me. as i tell you before, more than winning grand slams or not, of course, if i wini grand slams or not, of course, if i win i will be more happy, but it's about being healthy and feeling well and competitive, and that's already happening, so that's the most important thing for me. and that is all the sport for now. i will have more later in the evening. studio: thank you, jessica. let's go back now to hurricane irma, which is currently howling along the west coast of florida. storm surges have been triggered across the south of the state, and authorities have issued a tornado warning in miami. on the line is stephen oxenbridge, a briton who is living in sarasota, which is just south of tampa on the on the west coast of florida. and exactly where irma will first make landfall.

he is moving to somewhere safe. not before time, i think your family with the! laughter it looked like it was eight good idea to see the biggest hurricane in history, it doesn't look like a good idea now! we have a house across the road that is more hurricane proof. but you were still reluctant to go somewhere safe, why is that? well, asi somewhere safe, why is that? well, as i said, it's a bit of history, isn't it, to see the largest hurricane in history. laughter it sounds foolish! but it's quite a challenge. and i think i'd like to see it through. well, there is so much understatement going on it's quite remarkable! we've got some pictures here of turtle bay. tell us what's been going on there. this hurricane is so powerful, it had an extraordinary impact on the sea, hasn't it was yellow well, the biggest challenge is not so much the wind, because most houses are proved

to withstand hurricanes. but the biggest challenge is the pride surge. quite contrary to what i anticipated, the bay has emptied of water, it has dropped between 3—4 feet. i understand that is to be predicted, but it is a remarkable sight. the problem will be later when the water returns. that will be when the water returns. that will be when the water returns. that will be when the search happens. yes, something similar has happened in the bahamas. we have seen pictures of long island, where you can see the sea bed because the water has just disappeared. tell us, your wife's already upped sticks, hasn't she? well, she has gone across the road. she was less ambitious than i was to see this through. so she's gone, and was to see this through. so she's gone, and i've been having several calls from her saying, where are you? and i said, the bbc is calling me, i'd better do my duty. but here iam, waiting me, i'd better do my duty. but here i am, waiting to leave. we are grateful to that, and we don't want to hold you up unduly, of course.

what preparations have you made was yellow we have water. the biggest concern, really, is the power, once the power goes out, everything stops here. so far, it's still on. but there's just the two of us, we've got some food in and somewhat and some beer, and we've been reasonably co mforta ble, some beer, and we've been reasonably comfortable, until about half an hour ago, where it does start to look a little bit scary out there. in what we? describe what you can see krezolek i sent some pictures across earlier and they were quite benign. but the wind has picked up now and it is disgusting quite fiercely, the rain is horizontal. it has changed remarkably —— it is gusting. it has changed remarkably in the 20 minutes that i have been waiting for this caused by, what will you do if things get really difficult? will there be anybody to come to your aid? as i understand, no, the mandatory evacuation means that the emergency services cannot be called on. however, i mean,

there's a lot of prudence in this, i suppose. there's an ageing population here, and a lot of them have medical conditions, i suppose that has to be taken into account. a lot of the houses are hurricane proof. people have been rather naive about this. but short of the tidal surge, the wind should not be so much of a concern. stephen, we will be thinking of you, as we are with all the people we've been talking to. best of luck to you. steven moxon bridge in sarasota, sounding plucky! on the line is lisa mcarthur, who is a british tourist in orlando, florida. lisa, what has this holiday brought that you weren't expecting? we were absolutely terrified in the morning. we don't know what to expect. we have called out for help. my local agency... we've been left with no help. the hotel gave us some

guidelines, which are stay away from the windows if it gets really bad in case they get smashed. stay in the bathroom and barricade yourself. stock up on food and water. but we've been left, we've been abandoned. and now we're scared, we don't know what to expect. what have you asked thomas cook to do for you? well, we contacted thomas cook on several occasions, we messaged them online, looking for information. we knew the hurricane was going to come towards us. we didn't hear back from them. at all. and then we took further steps and contacted the helpline, which was not helpful at all. they told us that they couldn't help us, to contact several other numbers which to call. eventually we got through to a hurricane helpline through thomas cook. and they weren't interested in helping at all. they said, well, what would you like us to do? we begged, can you get us out of here? can you please

help us get out, we're scared. he said, no, i'm sorry, you nota priority the moment. you're not due to fly until wednesday. if there is devastation outside orlando, then we can help you. so we've just been left, its really a horrible set to asian. is that not a fair comment on their part, —— it is a horrible situation. it is safe if you to stay put rather than trying to get on a plane? they have told us to stay indoors, barricade ourselves. we asked to get out of there on saturday. we've had several days. isn't this one of the difficulties, though, of choosing to go to florida at this time of year? this is a risk that we all would take? yes, it's definitely a risk that you have to take. we've never been through anything like this before. it wouldn't be good getting the news of

the devastation that it's already caused. in orlando, you get scared and you automatically go and seek for help. but to be cold, no, you're not getting help, just barricade yourself inside —— but to be told. that's not the response you're looking for, you're looking for a bit more help, especially your own tour guide. we've got to get more information, it's just tour guide. we've got to get more information, it'sjust not tour guide. we've got to get more information, it's just not good enough. by hotel staff, how reassuring have they been? no doubt they have been through this a few times before, if not of this actual intensity? by hotel staff, i can't fault the hotel. they've sent a few letters, we've come down asking, what we do? they are friendly enough, asking if we are ok. some of the staff haven't turned up, just keeping their own families say. but the staff that are here helpful, i can't fault the hotel it also point

if you get the chance to come home early, would you bail out of your holiday? absolutely, we asked thomas cook to get a flight, why take a chance with your own life? you wouldn't take that chance. so we definitely begged thomas cook to get us definitely begged thomas cook to get us out, and it never happened. we will try and get a reaction from them. there have been criticism of quite a few operators. lisa macarthur in orlando, keep safe, thank you for talking to us. i've been speaking to michelle churchill, who lives in fort myers. she explained why her family decided to stay put, and not evacuate. we were given a mandatory evacuation yesterday by the florida estate, but we decided to stay, as we believe we've got one of the strongest concrete structures. as i say that, there's just a massive surge going through the window! we have hurricane impact windows which are structured to withhold 150 mph winds. we have double concrete

blocks. we two stories, we believe that moving up to the second story of the house we are able to hunt down and maybe avoid some of the storm surges which predicted from when the storm turns. the wind is going to turn, bringing the water backin going to turn, bringing the water back in from the gulf of mexico and place is about basic we've got the whole area. how close are you to the water? we actually have a lake right in front at the back of our house, which will not be a problem in terms of storm surge, because that is affected by the gulf coast. but it will give us flooding. we actually only five miles inland from fort myers beach. so we are in a red zone, which was mandatory evacuation. and is susceptible to probably 10— 12 feet of storm surge. what is the consequence of ignoring a mandatory evacuation order?“ what is the consequence of ignoring a mandatory evacuation order? if we have an emergency and we need to call the emergency services, then we

would not be given priority. they may not even come out to help us, because we ignored the mandatory evacuation. what experience have you had in the past of hurricanes? absolutely none. i've lived in fort myers ten years, and this is the first one we've experienced. we've had some tropical storms, but never anything like this. what preparations have you made, then? you obviously talk about the sort of strength of the architecture of your home, but what other preparations have you made? we've got plenty of supplies in, obviously. we have flashlights, tortures, we have food —— torches. we've located all of our personal belongings to the second level of our house. if we get storm stirred and it floods the bottom floor, it is what it is. —— swarms dirge. we have three cars, brought them indoors. we have one in our garage, one in the neighbour's

garaged, and we have one that's on the drive but is in front of the garage. and then apart from just praying and stocking up on wine, i think we're good! yes, i imagine that would sort of comfort you a little! but what are your... how anxious are you all feeling? i'm pretty anxious. it's been coming and going. i've had periods of being ok and then periods are being really concerned. we are at home with my son and my husband. but our daughter is at university near tampa. and she's been evacuated. so she is in a storm evacuation. she faces the storm, i was so worried for her too. michelle churchill in fort myers. a couple of lines have dropped in the last few minutes. the idea of hurricane omar has now made landfall over florida. —— the eye of

hurricane. in marco island, to be precise. it is a category three storm. the national hurricane centre saying. and the tampa mayor has declared an indefinite curfew in the city in florida starting at 6pm sunday local time. an indefinite cu rfew sunday local time. an indefinite curfew in the city of tampa. bbc weather presenter tomasz shafenaker is in the tampa bay area in florida, which is expected to feel the full force in the next few hours. tomasz, you were driving along through the city streets. as you can see, it's deserted. it is absolutely deserted. in the last ten minutes or so, the tropical storm force winds arrived. this is the very, very beginnings of what is going to be a very, very rough night here in tampa. the core of the storm has made landfalljust

a way to the south of us at the moment near marco island, close to naples. it is still some 100 miles away, and may be eight hours before the eye of the storm reaches tampa. but with every minute, the winds are certainly building here. and the rain is also getting quite happy. but we're certainly not in the worst of it. this isjust but we're certainly not in the worst of it. this is just the very beginning —— rain is getting heavy stock white how bad is it likely to get? the biggest concern with these storm has always been the storm surge, which is battering both sides of florida. the highest storm surge is expected around the naples area, and also around fort myers. it could be as high as ten or 15 feet. the storm surge is also expected to an extent here in tampa. at the storm surge won't reach us until a lot later on, probably when it is dark.

it won't be until the early hours, early on monday, when it starts getting lighter before we start to see the effect of this storm. we are just hearing that the mayor of the city of tampa, tomasz, has said there is a curfew starting at 6pm this evening. no doubt that will affect you? that's right. there is a cu rfew, affect you? that's right. there is a curfew, as i understand it, even starting a little bit earlier than that. it starts just as the storm force winds pick up. it means that the services stop the operation is here, and we will have to be heading off to our hurricane shelter at any moment now. tomasz, we will let you do that. keep safe. thank you very much, tomasz shafenaker and his crew in tampa bay. phil avery has a weather forecast. thank you for joining us. i will update you with the scene in just a second. first of all, i want to take you to florida. we will speak about in just a second. i need to remind you that

jose may become a significant player in the weather of the caribbean in the extra days also. in the shorter term, the real dangers come from hurrican irma. torrential rains, strong winds —— hurricane irma. the prospect in some areas of tornado activity. by contrast, here in the uk, sunday did bring some fine, dry weather for a uk, sunday did bring some fine, dry weatherfor a time in uk, sunday did bring some fine, dry weather for a time in some areas. but then once the rain cleared from others, we saw it very rough, the showers rattling in and will continue over the forthcoming week to see some heavy downpours in what is going to be a very cool and windy week. that is the way it starts on monday, simply because that area of low pressure is very close by, feeding a really copious supply of showers into many central and western areas during the course of the night. as you get into the first pa rt the night. as you get into the first part of monday, strong winds are real problem for the southern parts of wales and across the south—west of wales and across the south—west of england champion. we could see gusts easily up to about 50 mph or

so. showers are plenty right from the word go, spread liberally across pa rt the word go, spread liberally across part of england and wales. and you canjust imagine part of england and wales. and you can just imagine that being that bit closer to the heart of the low pressure, there will be showers if not longer spells of rain to be had across a good part of scotland and northern ireland. more persistent rain will play, i think of the northern isles and the north these corner of scotland for a good portion of the warnings global plague. on we go through the day. those showers at times ganging up across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east later on. all the while there is persistent rain. at times, having had the strong winds in the south, the north—westerly coming into the north—west of england and north of wales, it also could be a concern if you on the move. is there any good news to report about the weather?! well, it comes in the form of tuesday, which should see fewer showers until later in the day, whether cloud will fill in. we will see a new area of cloud

and rain piling its way into northern ireland, becoming widespread across the north of england and north wales during the course of wednesday. take care. bye— bye. if this is bbc world news today. our top stories... miami — live — as hurricane irma sweeps in — with three people killed in florida since the storm hit. damage has already been extensive — parts of miami are under water — 2 million homes and businesses are now without power. in cuba, the recovery begins after ferocious winds, floods, rain and power cuts leave1 million people seeking safety. it has just been reported from the us that donald trump has been saying

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