now downgraded to a tropical storm fitow.e person has died as a result of a house fire. that is as much information as we have at the moment. it has been confirmed by the mayor of rockport. so one death as a result of a house fire during la ndfall result of a house fire during landfall at rockport in texas. in reminder of our headlines. six men and two women have been killed in a crash involving a minibus and two lorries on the m1 near modern keynes. two lorry drivers have been arrested. counterterrorism police are questioning a man who drove at officers outside buckingham palace before reaching for a four foot sword. and there warnings of catastrophic and life—threatening flooding for parts of texas as tropical storm fitow we moves further inland. —— harvey. sport now — and a full roundup from the bbc sport centre. we will have the latest from the women's rugby world cup final shortly. but in the last few minutes, we have heard that andy murray will not play at the us open due to its ongoing hip injury. he says the hip is to

hurricane harvey has been downgraded toa hurricane harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm fitowuse fire in rockport. the storm made landfall on the texan coastline asa made landfall on the texan coastline as a category four hurricane, the biggest is strike the us mainland in 30 years. texas governor greg abbott told a news conference that there had been 20 inches of rain in corpus christi and 16 inches in huston, another 20 to 30 was inspected on top of that. stay with us for all the latest. they weather is set fair for us for pa rt they weather is set fair for us for part two of the weekend. not clear blue skies, there has been some cloud around. when the sun has made an appearance if felt personally warm. showers across northern parts of the uk are fading and we are left with mainly clear weather. some mist and fog patches around. temperature isa and fog patches around. temperature is a little lower than last night. into tomorrow, a finger of high pressure has extended across the united kingdom coinciding with the weekend for a change! so most of us will not have clear blue sk

in houston are told to leave their homes as floodwaters continued to rise in the trail of tropical storm fitowthemselves stuck in waist—deep water. more than 130 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted in off the sea in east sussex. formal brexit talks resume in brussels today — with british negotiators urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. also in the next hour: pretty vacant. more than a year on from the final store closing, over half the shops are still sitting empty. and in half an hour, newsbeat asks if it's time for change to attitudes to the legalisation of cannabis.

it has been downgraded to a category one hurricane and is forecast to become a tropical storm fitow.ich brings us concerned. it isa it is a slow—moving system. we could see this same amount of rain in the next four days at somewhere like manchester would see in a whole year. up to one metre of rain, which could bring life—threatening flooding and that rain will keep falling over the next few days. we will keep a close eye on it. we can head to texas to show you a live shot of corpus christi. it's about 9am there at the moment. many residents fled the area. some have decided to return now. 0thers sat it out. you can still hear it is quite windy and see it as windy as well. we are being told by the national hurricane centre that hurricane ha rvey‘s hurricane centre that hurricane harvey's maximum sustained winds are 110w harvey's maximum sustained winds are now at 75 mph, nothing like the 130 mph in the early hours. another update makes clear that the storm surge is still a problem along parts of the texas coast, saying that a number of ports and it is about 1.5 metres higher than norm

in houston are told to leave their homes as floodwaters continued to rise in the trail of tropical storm fitow the. one care home had to be evacuated after residents found themselves stuck in waist—deep water. more than 130 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted in off the sea in east sussex. formal brexit talks resume in brussels today — with british negotiators urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. also in the next hour: pretty vacant. more than a year on from the final store closing, over half the shops are still sitting empty. and in half an hour, newsbeat asks if it's time for change to attitudes to the legalisation of cannabis. good morning and welcome to bbc news. tens of thousands of people living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes as flooding caused by tropical storm harvey continues to cause devastation. meteorologists say conditions are unprecedented, describing the storm as the biggest to have ever hit the state of texas. so far more than two and a half feet of rain has fallen