catastrophic wildfires increased across the west. forest impact and benefits they provide, did trees pose a hazard for humans, down trees make it difficult for humans and animals to use an area. forage for livestock and effective wildlife habitats are reduced. difficult to access areas for treatment for livestock mild dish pursuits like biking, hunting, forest is impacted by insects and disease make firefighting difficult, 2017 was an average year in terms of wildfires but this is not true for several western states. for wyoming the fire season of 2012 was an intense and record-setting year, 700,000 acres burned, 75 residences were destroyed. it costs $110 million. increased occurrences of catastrophic wildfires in municipal watersheds, intensifies increase erosion and sedimentation providing water for people. wyoming's air quality has been affected by smoke. the first we 2 weeks of september were smoky, the wyoming department of environmental quality has recorded 40 values over air quality standards for particulate matter and is own

catastrophes go in impact on the capital? catastrophes goina impact on the capital?volatile chart. this will be one of the years when we have more catastrophes than a quiet year but as you say they are very well capitalised. in fact, the damage has been significantly less than some people were anticipating. while we we re people were anticipating. while we were waiting for the first storms to hit there were many analysts trying to work out just hit there were many analysts trying to work outjust how much damage this would do to the insurance sector. there was one part of the insurance financial market that we call catastrophe bondss which actually hedges the insurance companies and that sold off dramatically. anyone who purchased at the bottom of that sell—off has done quite well because the damage has been left. is also worth remembering that the howrah came seasonis remembering that the howrah came season is not remembering that the howrah came season is not over remembering that the howrah came season is not over yet and we have an increasing number of seismic eve

in addition, these are much more prone to catastrophic fires. these fast moving fire's cause damage to the ecosystem and surrounding communities. they are the obvious impacts from the five years and we have a poster board to show b&b running away from a wildfire with wildlife that is burned, homes and habitat loss and smoke that rose into the air. smoke triples for miles and challenges as this poster shows a woman and her child walking with masks over their faces because of the impact of the smoke from the fire. it's not uncommon to see them wearing face masks, coughing, sneezing and watery eyes leads people to ask is it damaging my health but on september 11, the national public radio article highlighted these concern concee and labels it a a copy for the record. 2017 alone, the schools in oregon montana and florida canceled classes keep children inside and away from the smoke. while smoke and ash dispersed relatively quickly other impacts remain for years to come. after catastrophic fires extinguished by brave wildfire were early snow, the for

it looks as though it will be catastrophic. i have been a member of the bbc weather team for 20 years and we dry to stick to subjective language, dry to stick to subjective language, dry to stick to the facts. to stand here and say it is a catastrophic storm is really unusual. in the last 30 minutes is not being classifies with sustained winds of hundred and 85 miles an hour. the strongest ever hurricane recorded had 190 mile an hour winds so it really is a monster of the storm and it has continued to intensify and continued to track towards the leeward islands. you can

catastrophic damage for people, pets and property. conditions are definitely going to be catastrophic to say the least. hurricane-force winds extend 70 miles and tropical-storm-force winds extend 195 miles. let's put that into perspective. it's approximately, the florida peninsula is approximately 16 o miles wide. so those tropical-storm winds are wider than the actual peninsula. we're already seeing some beach erosion by miami beach has already reported approximately four feet of beach erosion so that's something we're definitely going to be observing for you. a huge concern for us, as far as meteorology is concerned. now, last night, irma did make landfall in cuba as a category 5 and of course now we're watching it move through the florida straits and how it will likely strengthen once it gets here. so here it is. we're going to get this into motion. currently a category 3. hurricane irma. as we track it through the florida straits, it looks like it's going to make landfall sometime tomorrow. initially it showed early morning hours

very catastrophic.erned for our colleagues in the island of antigua, barbuda and much of the northern caribbean islands. with someone of your experience says very catastrophic, that sounds bad, how is it going to be on the ground? right now we are expecting wins in excess right now we are expecting wins in excess of 185 mph —— wins. that is againa excess of 185 mph —— wins. that is again a category five storm, extremely strong for this area and we haven't had a storm in the atla ntic we haven't had a storm in the atlantic since wilma in 2005. so it's been quite a time since that storm has happened. we have some... we have had some indication that this is going to be a very catastrophic storm, especially with the storm surge. we expect the storm surge to be in the vicinity of ten metres... wave height of ten metres and storm surge of five metres. you are looking at something that's going to be very dangerous when you have high winds, rainfall and wave heights. quite a few of the islands in its path are p

from turning into financial catastrophe. and third, give states more flexibility in the approval of coverage, choices for health insurance. most of the discussion is on amending section 1332 because it's already a part of the affordable care act. in looking at 1332 we heard another number of common sense suggestions about how to improve and speed up the process. such as reducing the six-month application review time and allowing a copycat application so senator murray states get something approved why can't tennessee come along and say we want to do it washington did with one change. this will make it easier for states to use 1332 a restrict rate programs like the reinsurance program in alaska or the high risk pool in maine to help cover higher cost individuals. at tuesday's hearing of state flexibility's they recommended how to recommend 1332 to give states the authority to offer a larger variety of health insurance plans with varying benefits. that was discussed on hearing on tuesday by all five witnesses. several suggeste

that means the island went from catastrophic winds to almost dead calm in the eye, then back to catastrophicemember, there are people who lived this. from barbuda, irma is now battering the virgin islands, then quickly on to puerto rico, the dominican republic tomorrow and then the bahamas. after that, the current forecast takes it close to cuba on friday and then florida at the weekend, but exactly where in florida is still open to question. but importantly, by the weekend, irma is still forecast to be a major hurricane. that is why the necessary preparations are already underway in florida. if it does hit florida, it will the first time in the same season that two at least category 4 hurricanes have made landfall in the continental usa. another reason this hurricane season is cementing its place in the record books. there is now another hurricane in the atlantic, jose ca nas there is now another hurricane in the atlantic, jose canas this weekend it may also come close to barbuda is a major hurricane. —— jose, and this weekend. in myanmar, the government has rejected accusations that the ar

it looks as though it will be catastrophic.ck to subjective language, dry to stick to subjective language, dry to stick to the facts. to stand here and say it is a catastrophic storm is really unusual. in the last 30 minutes is not being classifies with sustained winds of hundred and 85 miles an hour. the strongest ever hurricane recorded had 190 mile an hour winds so it really is a monster of the storm and it has continued to intensify and continued to track towards the leeward islands. you can see it looks likely to make landfall across the island of antigua in particular during the early hours of their time, local time. devastating winds, gusts over 220 miles an hour. but it is the storm surge as well, up but it is the storm surge as well, up to 11 feet, three metres potentially of significant rainfall across the silence. that storm surge is going to cause devastating flooding. it will continue to track ina flooding. it will continue to track in a westerly direction for the next few days. we have just had her cane harvey cau

instead of these catastrophic wildfires that destroy wildlife. that mean we take less carbon out of the air, they mean that water is less clean, we need to reduce that catastrophic wildfire risk. we need a resilient landscape, private and public lands, there will always be wildfires. the senator made that point. we can reduce the impact we have on the things we love about the forest. have a minute left and i want to get tracy in from oregon, also impacted by the fires. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am very concerned about the wildfires here. they have grown and grown and grown throughout the year. oregon, especially where i live, we live in a valley. the air pollution from these fires is terrible. an economy here and even though i don't believe in clearcutting or something like that, the environment -- the environmentalists have taken over and it has destroyed our economy but in the end, with the accumulated effect of not taking care of our forests, the money we could of been making, it could've been to a compromise, our forests are now

it's been called potentially catastrophic.a and gulf of mexico. you can understand by people are worried, looking at the pictures. —— why people. the screen is giving up the ghost slightly. some of the pictures are frightening and we know already that in florida people are stocking up on supplies, making preparations for the arrival. i've been speaking to bbc weather, just behind the outside source screen, getting the help of them. this is the latest satellite picture we have of irma. before it —— we've heard that the wind inside the storm are 135 miles per, gusting over 200 miles an. there was one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes recorded. —— rob taylor with. it is middling westerleigh. it looks as though it is going to make landfall in antigua, early wickets to. after that, a westward journey, potentially towards the dominican republic and haiti. it will continue westward, always remaining ove rwate r, westward, always remaining overwater, continuing to fuel itself. when the systems which find they often we can because t

the humanitarian situation is catastrophic. rohingya refugees who had fled into bangladesh. that number has now tripled to nearly 380,000. many are staying in makeshift settlements, or with those communities who are generously sharing what they have. but women and children are arriving hungry and malnourished. i call on the myanmar authorities to suspend military action, and the violence, uphold the rule of law and recognise the right of return of all those who had to leave the country. myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi, who‘s been criticised for failing to defend the rights of the rohingya muslims, said she won‘t be attending the un general assembly in new york next week. but she does plan to address the nation about the crisis for the first time. our special correspondent fergal keane has been to the country‘s second—biggest city, mandalay, to assess the mood of the buddhist majority. bell tolls. the sense of a buddhist country is powerfully felt in mandalay, so too are the echoes of current events. this collection was ostens

the virgin islands and puerto rico are facing a potentially catastrophic impact. talking tough at the un — president trump says north korea faces total destruction if it threatens the united states. and the north sea gives up a century—old secret — divers discover the wreck of a first world war german submarine. a devastating earthquake has struck central mexico, killing more than a 140 people. the 7.1 magnitude quake brought down dozens of buildings in the capital, mexico city, including a school, where children are believed to be trapped. the emergency services, helped by hundreds of volunteers, are sifting through the rubble by hand, searching for survivors. we'll have a report from james cook in a moment on the damage in morelas and pueblo states, but first here's bbc mundo‘s juan paullier in mexico city. this is the scene here in mexico city, just a few minutes after an earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck the capital. i have been without signal on my phone since then, so i don't know the extent of the damage. what i do know is that dozens of people are despera

with potentially catastrophic effects. u.n. war crimes investigators say the syrian regime was behind a gas attack in april. the latest from our correspondent in geneva. in a dispute that has divided c, taking in refugees from africa and the middle east. millions of people across the caribbean are bracing themselves for the most powerful hurricane ever recorded over the atlantic ocean. forecasters warn of potentially catastrophic effects. packing wind of 295 kilometers per hour the category five storm has already made landfall over the leeward islands of n barbuda. the u.s. virgin islands, puerto rico, the dominican republic, haiti and cuba. it is also approaching saint martin. the most powerful atlantic ocean hurricane in recorded history is making its way across the caribbean. residents in the area have been preparing for the worst and are now writing out the storm. riding out the storm. >> helping one another whether it is simple boarding or even insulating, waterproofing. it has been an ongoing effort. obviously with 185 mi

more than m00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. president trump and the first lady touchdown in texas for the second time this week, to visit those affected by the us flooding. campaigners say hundreds of homes have been destroyed in a rohingya muslim village as thousands of the minority group continue to flee myanmar. investigators say the chemical cloud, which affected parts of east sussex last weekend may have been caused by emissions from shipwrecks. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police has paid compensation to the former head of the army, lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan, who were both falsely accused of child sexual abuse. the value of the pay outs has not been confirmed. lord bramall and lord brittan were accused by the same man — who is now being investigated for perverting the course of justice. more than m00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across seve

from turning into a financial catastrophe. third, advocated by state insurance commissioners. governors and senators. give states more flexibility in the approval of coverage, choices and the prices for health insurance. most of the discussion about flexibility is centered on amending section 1332 state innovation waiver because it is already a part of the affordable care act. in looking at 1332, we heard a number of common-sense suggestions about how to improve and speed up the process. such as reducing the six-month application review period. and allowing a copy-cat application so that if senator murray's state gets something approved why can't tennessee come along and say, we want to do what washington state did with one change. such changes will make it easier for states to use 1332 waivers to create programs like the reinsurance program in alaska. or the invisible high-risk pool in maine to help cover higher-cost individuals. at tuesday's hearing on state flexibility, witnesses recommended how to amend 1332 to give states

this one is -- this is catastrophic event here. right over the island of dom. two category fives have made land fall in the atlantic basin in the same year. this is not the last land fall that is going to happen here. it's a category five now 160 miles per hour winds. it's only moving at nine miles per hour. 0 miles northwest. there it is a cat five. going straight towards puerto rico. wednesday with 150 miles per hour max winds. somewhere between a four and five will be very close. it goes just east of the bahamas. and then what happens to it? it doesn't necessarily go straight out to sea. we could end up having an interaction of this storm and jose. as jose comes back towards us. you can see the track over puerto rico. is very clear cut. and then it starts moving up to the north. and getting too close to jose. i have a blog on that on our web site. >>> from digging in the dirt to playing with kids. see how eagles players are doing good work across the community. next. >>> some eagles players spent the day off digging in the dirt. they helped plant trees and f

it wasn't the catastrophe that many had feared.rket is rallying strongly, a 200-point gain. we're back at 32,000. --22,000. let's go to jeff flock near tampa. jeff, the storm surge. you went through it, you're looking at it. not as bad as feared, correct? >> reporter: that is correct, because it sucked it out yesterday, and now it's sucking back in or blowing back in, actually. but i tell you, this has kicked up some since we were last with you. the wind is just blowing it this way. i don't think there's going to be a flooding problem though, and you see the sun is out right now. it's this wind though, the wind continues to blow, and that keeps those power crews, 62% of the state is out of power. and that's what keeps the power crews from being able to go back out and restore. but other than that i think, you know, i think you're absolutely right. major bullet dodged. i leave you with one image here, and perhaps it's distasteful, but you've said -- we sometimes feel i look like a drowned rat or you look like a drowned rat? that, si

they know what's coming and the potential for the catastrophe that could befall this town. but there's still people that are going to stay in this town and weather out whatever happens. >> gadi schwartz, thank you for driving around there. do so safely. joining me now, msnbc meteorologist bonnie schneider. let's get an update on the storm, where it's going. the fact that it's tracked slightly to the west, how does that affect things overall? >> it affects things in a big way in terms of where we'll see the most storm surge, the most damaging winds. unfortunately for cuba, the storm hasn't moved yet. if you look here, there's the eye, watch it work its way to the north coast and just kind of stay there. it's been bringing torrential downpours to cuba, and hurricane-force winds as well. the eye made landfall as a category 5. that's the first time a cat 5 hit cuba since 1924. let's talk about what's happening now. the interaction with land has weakened it a bit in terms of irma. i don't think it's going to stay weak for long. location is 225 miles south of miami beach. that's

the virgin islands and puerto rico are facing a potentially catastrophic impact. president trump has said the international order is under threat from a small group of rogue nations. addressing the un general assembly, mr trump said he would totally destroy north korea if it threatened america. the kenyan supreme court is due to release its full ruling on irregularities in last month's election, following its decision to void uhuru kenyatta's victory. his supporters staged protests outside the court in nairobi yesterday. now it's time for world business report. merging metals. tata steel and thyssenkrupp are set to combine to create the second largest steelmaker in europe. keeping the us economy ticking. america's central bank could announce a reversal of the most ambitious stimulus programme in history. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme, this is climate week in new york city — samira has been talking to company bosses there about the battle against climate change under a sceptical president. but first, the bbc understands

these are disasters have become unnatural, have become unnaturally catastrophic because of the ethicsf climate change, but also because of the impacts of deregulation, because of inequality of racial injustice, and the oil industry is at the dead center of this. if we look at the way in which a storm turns from a disaster to , we seephe like harvey the impacts locally with the intersection of the floodwaters, with the deregulated oil and gas industry and petrochemical industry creating this toxic soup, as you have reported on extensively. and you also have the strength of the storm being stronger because of the global impacts of this industry and other industries as well. so the oil and gas industry is intensifying the impact of the the industry is doing in a city like houston, and then globally because of the cumulative impacts of burning all of the fossil fuels. and who is in charge of the reconstruction, but a former president of shell oil, one of the oil majors we now know -- we know how much global emissions, more or less, come from the handful of fossil fuel majors. dark, andd b

even if irma is a cat four and not five, that is still catastrophic damage. shawn, tony we'll be watching. you can even tell by joel's demeanor they know what is coming and they have taken it seriously. joel is right, hurricane watches have been replaced by warnings. that means it's coming. at this point even a big shift in the track you'd still have affects down there, but the track continued to bring in ashore in south florida late saturday night and early sunday. the headlines, where it is now, it is moving through the turks and caicos. i'm sure they're going to have tremendous damage as well as the bahamas. we shift today at five, coming into south florida and the keys late saturday and sunday, flooding rains of seven to 12 inches or more into understood s, a predicted storm surge and we'll be watching this closely for southeast florida of five to ten feet, huge waves and again a long pros as it tries to move up the pence enlarge audience. here's the very latest. winds sustained at 165 miles an hour. still a five, forecasts to maintain its intensity throu

regardless, it will be a catastrophic storm for florida especially in the south. the storm surge could be as high as 15 feet in southern florida. many low lying islands and beaches will be inundated as the storm comes ashore. irma is now following a track that will take it on a path along the west coast of florida. hurricane force winds will affect most of florida as it moves right up the state. flooding and flash flooding will be common with rains as much as 20 inches possible. possible. (jr stone) you can download the free kron4 mobile app to track hurricane irma. we will send out a push alert when irma makes landfall in florida... we'll also be posting the latest information on our website kron four dot com. (jr stone) san jose police say a 40 year old man who fatally stabbed someone is now behind bars. they say that suspect may have tried to stab someone else a short time before that. alan christoper gaeta was booked into santa clara county jail today on suspicion of murder and attepted murder. it happened yesterdayon senter road. there police found a man suff

the response to this catastrophe, however, is costing close to $200 million per day. this means that despite the recent $1 billion increase into this account, fema could run out of money at any time. therefore, the enactment of the additional $7.4 billion for the disaster relief fund in this supplemental is critical to help meet fema's immediate operational needs for hurricane harvey and to allow for the resumption of recovery payments for prior disasters, such as sandy. the supplemental will provide a small reserve to ensure fema can begin responding to hurricane irma or any other new disaster that occurs between now and september 30, 2017. it is important to note, however, that if there is significant damage from irma, fema will quickly need either an additional reprogramming of money, a second supplemental appropriation or both. i want to applaud the majority for quickly bringing this supplemental package to the floor with emergency designation, and i now yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from new

around the eye are catastrophic 185 mile an hour winds. this is what they fear on the island of puerto rico. the aim is to try to save as much as possible. neighbours in this area are handing out wood boarding and supplies. this shop owner describes them as angels. we are a strong island, you know, we have been through this before. it's a lot of emotions going on, you know? the governor inspects one of the shelters set up for the thousands who are expected to evacuate low—lying areas. he says the next few hours of preparation could be the difference between life and death on this island. a big impact, should those hurricane winds hit puerto rico. we are hopeful that it will skid off somewhere north—east of puerto rico, but we are prepared for the worst as well. we can't leave anything to chance and our priority right now is to make sure the people of puerto rico are safe. these families hope they will be safe in this school. this woman tells us her house is already filled with water. irma is closing in and all people here can do now is wat

and its military action against the range of people and says the situation for the refugees is catastrophic. this is the country's leader council's plans to attend next week's un general assembly. hall you're watching al-jazeera life from london and so coming up. the most to. do with you know six the president of the european commission says britain will soon were great to voting for bracks it during our state of the european union speech. people returned to find out what's left of their hopes of the horrors of devastated the islands plus. red. cross. activists turned to social media and osce to protest against a four day arms fire in london. and i we begin with the developing story of the red refugees in the last hour the u.n. secretary general has described the situation for the rich as catastrophic around three hundred seventy thousand to fled to bangladesh since august the twenty fifth antone could perish during the government and its military action in rakhine state i call on the myanmar also to suspend its military action and the violence uphold the rule of law and recognize the right

so we went over, and when we got there we saw catastrophic -- the catastrophic effect of hurricane ir irma. 90% of the homes there were totally destroyed. most of people, the population there are homeless. it's going to take a long time for things to get back to normal in barbuda. >> my goodness. you grew up in this area. and you describe some of the people as tying themselves to parts of their homes. did they understand how puowerfl this storm was? >> well, we've had strong storms here before, so a lot of them thought that they could ride it out in the house, because they thought their house was strong enough. but it was really, really strong winds. and when it was too late, some people had to go into their cupboard, some had to go in the bathroom to shelter. but what i noticed is most of the people there did that. because the eye passed over barbuda, that saved them. because when the eye passed, it got calm enough for them to get out of their, you know, makeshift shelter and run to something more secure. >> can help -- can you get supplies in off the island? water? >> tomorrow most

more than m00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. president trump and the first lady touchdown in texas for the second time this week, to visit those affected by the us flooding. he praises the people of texas.” think it is then a wonderful thing for the country only want to watch, although it has been hard. a campaign group says more than 700 homes have been burned down in one village — as tens of thousands head to bangladesh. investigators say the chemical cloud that affected parts of east sussex last weekend, may have been caused by emissions from shipwrecks. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police has confirmed, it's paid compensation, to the former chief of the defence staff, field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan. both men had been falsely accused of child sexual abuse by an informant, who's now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice. here's tom symonds. they were claims which seemed to go

folks, the eyewall of this system where you see the most catastrophic winds is less than a mile from florida keys. can you see just how large irma is and you can see the extent the rain bands have impacted not only southern florida but central florida. it's not just heavy rain in those rain bands but we're talking tropical storm force winds southern florida will be experiencing. let's get a look at the track. here is a look at the track. category 3 is expected to strengthen over thet as it continues to push up, it's expected to be a category 4 hurricane at landfall. now how it sweeps up the coast impacting tampa at category 4 status holding it's strength until it crosses georgia border. at the georgia border it could be a cat 1 storm. stick around, we'll be talking about the impacts on the florida-georgia line. >>> hurricane irma slamming cuba as it came ashore as a monday strouse category 5. made it to show took down trees and power lines. damage but no reports of deaths. irma pounded bahamas. the capital missed some of the worst damage but still a sign of the presence today as the

it's bringing torrential rain and potentially catastrophic storm surge. on top of all that, tornadoes. >> this morning, more than 6 million floridians have been told to evacuate. more than 70,000 people are riding the the storm out in shelters. already, hundreds of thousands of people have lost power because of ir ma. >> as the storm moves up the west coast of florida, the fear of catastrophic and life-threatening damage. they're calling this the big one. we have team coverage led by david muir, on the ground in naples. and "gma's" amy robach in miami. >> our entire team covering every angle across the storm zone. we're going is to start with our chief meteorologist ginger zee with where irma is right now. >> this is the crucial time in the cease. key west just had a 70-mile-an-hour wind gust. they put out an extreme wind warning for 115-mile-an-hour winds. it's not just one time. it will be for an hour or two hours. that's why that extreme wind warning goes out. to the radar, the northern part of the eye wall has looked a little more ragged. it's a good

the crisis of the rohingya muslims has greeted catastrophic levels.he entire region being affected as thousands flee the violence in myanmar. look who's coming to dinner at the white house -- donald trump invites the top two democrats in hopes of cutting a deal. and strike up the orchestra. last night a robot took over his conductor and apparently wowed the crowd. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the humanitarian crisis affecting the rohingya muslims of myanmar has reached catastrophic levels according to the united nations. thethe secretary-general has cad on the authorities in myanmar, a mainly buddhist country, to suspend their military action against the rohingya people. he warns of the crisis is destabilizing the entire region. rita chakravarty starts our coverage. rita: the end of a long journey. rohingyay muslim people live in bangladesh -- arrive in bangladesh, fleeing persecution in buddhist dominated myanmar. bbc filmed it in flames last week. the government said the fires were started by rohingya

when you have a catastrophic situation, the initial wave is being able to find safe too. after that, it becomes being able to deal with the microbial world and it is a formidable enemy. host: let's get to phone calls. for those who live in texas and louisiana, the number to call is (202)-748-8002. we are dividing our phone lines regionally. george from virginia. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. what i want to say is what i think the federal and local is taking all the precautions necessary but i think we can do more. also, when this is over and cleared up and everything, we should do more to protect all so if drinking water, these disasters happen again, they would not get contaminated. we should build more walls to keep this kind of stuff out of the drinking water areas, the reservoirs will he get drinking water, and i would like to say to all these multimillionaire people, movie stars, foot wall and baseball players, and whoever are making a great sum of money, take down deep and those people help who did not have flood insurance. they are go

that damage is going to be potentially catastrophic.weather is going to start to go down hill this afternoon into tomorrow morning and sunday we expect the landfall somewhere across south florida. in this case perhaps miami taking the brunt of the worst of the storm surge and the winds and the rain on saturday morning as this certainly the eye wall makes landfall sometime saturday into sunday across south florida. sea surface temperatures i want to make mention of this because we have seen a little bit of weakening. we still have very warm water ahead. close to 90 degrees with not a lot of land interaction, so there is the potential for this to be upgraded again to a cat 5. cat 4, cat 5 doesn't matter. it's going to make a huge impact on south florida and the keys. the models in good agreement right now. saturday night to sunday making impact on not just south florida but the whole state of florida. and this storm takes up the whole peninsula. so it's going to cover the whole peninsula as it makes landfall. and then eventually moves up

catastrophic damage here as well.and northern ireland, pushing into northern england, turning heavy at times, damp weather in wales and the south—west. drier in the east, but patches of rain, feeling cool in the winds. overnight tonight, that area of rain pushes southwards, whether turning increasingly wet and windy across the southern counties, blustery showers following through the night across the north—west. friday, and unsettled day, at times across southern counties, some of it could be heavy, still quite windy, particularly in the south—west. blustery across most areas, a high chance of catching a downpour. a bit cooler in london, highs of 18. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: at least ten people have died as a result of hurricane irma in the caribbean, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. my whole house caved in. there was seven of us. all we had to do was pray and call for help. the firemen came to our rescue as soon as they could have come. i have to thank god for life. mps are debating plans

it's a catastrophic hurricane. we are not seeing a drop in the winds. 175 miles per hour. the winds back in 1928, strongest category 5 you ever hit were 160. we're well above that now. and we're not going to have a time or space to see this lose any strength. it's going to go down in history, maria that s that is the strongest telephoner make land fall. i'm more concerned about st. croix right now. it's about 30 miles from there right now. we have winds over 72 miles per hour. they're in the heavy band of rainfall now, already lashing puerto rico. but what i want to talk about, what we saw in the last couple hours was around the eye you'll see a bright, brighter secondary band. so it was undergoing this eyewall replacement cycle. what that means is sometimes they can lose a little strength. it didn't. but when it does go through the process, the hurricane-force winds fan outward. that is happening. so we're not seeing a drop in the winds. we're just seeing them push outward. the pressure is another indic

a conflict would be catastrophic.rstands that. >> nbc's janice mackie frayer is in beijing for us. how are countries trying to prevent nuclear war? >> reporter: good morning, philip. it's the situation that is testing a lot of world leaders now. south korea's president says that unless something is done, the situation could spin out of control. he is meeting with russian president vladimir putin on the side lines of an economic forum. putin has gone on the record as saying that sanctions at this point would be useless. they have not worked until now. in trying to decode the mind-set of the regime, they would rather eat grass than give up their nuclear ambitions. so, they are pushing for dialogue as the possible solution. russia, china, and now south korea trying to find common ground with china and russia in believing that that would be the way forward. that is in response partially to the criticism from president trump that south korea should give up on its willingness to negotiate with the north in saying that it am

the humanitarian situation is catastrophic...penly saying myanmar is committing ethnic cleansing, how do they react? translation: i'm happy that this man and the world are talking about us, the rohingya people. i'm happy and praying for them. people continue to arrive by any means possible, making their way to safety. but the risks are great. nine bodies were recovered from the water today, theirfinal resting place here, under this tree on foreign soil. myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi, who's been criticised for failing to defend the rights of the rohingya muslims, said today, that she won't be attending the un general assembly in new york next week. but she does plan to address the nation, about the crisis for the first time. our special correspondent, fergal keane has been to the country's second—biggest city, mandalay, to assess the mood of the buddhist majority. bell tolls. the sense of a buddhist country is powerfully felt in mandalay, so too are the echoes of current events. this collection was ostensibly for all refugees

this situation is catastrophic.5 thousand insured refugees who had fled to bangladesh. that number has now tripled to nearly 380,000. many are staying in makeshift settlements or in communities who are sharing what they have. but women and children are arriving hungry and malnourished. i urge all countries to do what they can for humanitarian assistance to be provided. now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with evan davies. the system on trial. tomorrow, the enquiry into the grenfell tower fire opens. the inquiry has a lot of evidence to piece together. we've been looking at the thorny question of whether money played a part in causing the fire. we now know grenfell could have been safely fitted out within the budget it was set. but lots of question remain — like why building inspectors believed it was safe. it was a moment of national shame — we'll hear what those affected by it now expect the inquiry to deliver. also tonight... is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane? ten years ago tomorrow, northe

the humanitarian situation is catastrophic. there were 125,000 refugees who had fled to bangladesh. that number has now tripled to nearly 380,000. many are staying in makeshift settlements or in communities who are generously sharing what they have. but women and children are arriving hungry and malnourished. i call on the myanmar authorities to suspend military action, and the violence. uphold the rule of law and recognise the right of return of all those who had to leave the country. but not everyone sees the rohingya as victims. our special correspondent, fergal keane, has been to myanmar‘s second—biggest city, mandalay, to assess the mood of the buddhist majority, and found they have a very different take on the situation. the sense of a buddhist country is powerfully felt in mandalay, so too are the echoes of current events. this collection was ostensibly for all refugees in rakhine state, but we heard the line repeated all over myanmar — muslims were being burned out by muslim terrorists. translation: they are not only de

a direct hit with catastrophic winds and storm surge. an ominous new warning from fema. >> i can guarantee you that i don't know anybody in florida that's ever experienced what's abou to hit south florida. >> tonight a massive emergency operation. thousands packing into shelters and hospitals on alert. miami a virtual ghost town and fears are growing on florida's gulf coast as the latest track just in shows the storm ticking to the west. al roker is here with brand-new details. "nightly news" from florida begins right now. >>> hurricane irma. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from miami beach. >>> good evening. the iconic miami beach on a late summer evening virtually empty tonight as florida braces for impact with hurricane irma. at this point a bit over 36 hours before landfall, a mall westward shift in irma's track may make little difference at this point. the reality is florida has no place to hide. let me show you why. the storm is far wider than this long narrow state, so virtually everyone is likely to

. >>> good morning it's friday, unfortunately we're dealing with a lot of national catastrophes on this morning mexico's been struck by a strong earthquake the 8.1 magnitude quake was felt in the capital city forcing people to evacuate shaking buildings. at least five people have died the epicenter is located off the west coast of mexico with tsunami warnings issued along the coast of mexico and other central american shores. the pacific tsunami warning center said tsunami waves have been observed. we are joined by frank jack daniel can you tell me what you have observed >> the quake struck here before midnight it wuas felt strongly i mexico city. it shook me and me family out of bed. the same for millions of other people in the city who took to the streets very quickly and stayed there until the tremors were over. the real strength of the quake was in the south of the country. most of the damage that has been seen has been in rural towns in the southern states of chiapas >> mexico is no stranger to earthquakes. we saw that destructive one back in 1985. i guess it has not seen, you know

so this is going to be catastrophic for puerto rico. the world is going to need to help puerto rico as well as st. croix and all these islands that have been devastated. >>> we'll check back in with mike along with the rest of our correspondents and meteorologists. >>> we've got much more to come with hurricane maria. >>> plus, president trump at the u.n. threatening to st. destroy north korea. world leaders were shocked, but what about his audience at home? . and you can count all the ingredients in flavored almond milk on ten fingers and five toes. sfx: t-mobile mnemonic sfx: t-mobile mnemonic sfx: t-mobile mnemonic t-mobile's unlimited now includes netflix on us. that's right, netflix on us. get four unlimited lines for just forty bucks each. taxes and fees included. and now, netflix included. so go ahead, binge on us. another reason why t-mobile is america's best unlimited network. sfx: t-mobile mnemonic i enjoy the fresher things in life.o. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest... ...prices. so if

the virgin islands and puerto rico are facing a potentially catastrophic impact. the vast majority of people hunker down and hoping that this, the most powerful storm to strike the island innermost 100 years, doesn't bring too much devastation with it —— in almost. too much devastation with it —— in merging metals. almost. merging metals. tata steel and thyssenkrupp combine to create the second largest steelmaker in europe. keeping the us economy ticking. america's central bank could announce a reversal of the most ambitious stimulus programme in history. central mexico has been struck by an earthquake, which has killed at least 140 people, with many more missing. the 7.1 magnitude quake brought down dozens of buildings in the capital, mexico city, including a school, where children are believed to be trapped. the afp news agency has quoted a government official that said that there are over 20 children and four adults that are said to have died at one school in mexico city. the emergency services, helped by hundreds of volunteers, are sifting through the rubble b