Hurricane Milton spawns tornadoes as it nears Florida
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The US President Joe Biden says it is going to be one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit Florida in a century. Also: the Indian tycoon Ratan Tata dies aged 86, and how did the elephant get its wrinkles?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Rachel Wright and in the early hours of Thursday the 10th of October, |
| 0:10.0 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.0 | President Biden has accused Donald Trump of being responsible for what he called |
| 0:16.3 | an onslaught of lies over the US government's response to two huge hurricanes. |
| 0:21.8 | Israel's defense minister says his country's retaliation against Iran for its missile |
| 0:26.7 | attack this month will be lethal, precise and surprising. |
| 0:31.0 | The UN Human Rights Council has voted to extend its investigation into alleged rights abuses in |
| 0:36.3 | Sudan where the civil war has displaced 10 million people. Also in this podcast, |
| 0:45.0 | Ratantata was born into the famous family. |
| 0:50.0 | Remember, his great-grandfather had created this company more than 150 years ago. |
| 0:57.0 | Bhutan Tata, the influential chairman of one of India's biggest conglomerates Tata group, has died at the age of 86. |
| 1:06.5 | As we record this podcast, Hurricane Milton is now only hours away from reaching the |
| 1:14.7 | West Coast of Florida, but ahead of it high winds and torrential rain have already |
| 1:19.2 | caused damage and destruction. The Hurricane is expected to make landfall south of the city of Tampa. |
| 1:26.0 | Millions of people along a stretch of the west coast of Florida are under evacuation orders |
| 1:31.0 | as forecasters are predicting a life-threatening surge of seawater to |
| 1:35.9 | waterfront communities. |
| 1:38.1 | Many residents have moved to shelters, but some are choosing to stay in their homes. |
| 1:43.0 | Steve Harris has chosen to remain in his house |
| 1:45.4 | with his pregnant girlfriend. |
| 1:47.3 | It's easy for someone to say that's not here. |
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