13/02/2014 Newsround

Hi, I'm Martin with your morning Newsround. On today's show: The

clean-up operation begins after hurricane force winds batter the UK

and whale watching from space! This is Newsround.

First, more than 100,000 homes are waking up without power after

hurricane force-winds battered the UK. Public transport is disrupted

and trees have fallen down. It's the morning after the night before and a

clean up operation is underway. On this street in Chertsey near London,

the water pumps have been running all night. It's a desperate attempt

to keep the water away from homes. Worked until four in the morning

last night. And when we got up this morning we went to get a bigger

pump. Hopefully it is going down. Hopefully we are winning.

But more water is on the way. The River Thames is expected to rise

again and could soon reach its highest level for 60 years. On

Wednesday, 100 mile an hour winds hit parts of Wales - strong enough

to blow trees down. People were warned to stay indoors after trees

fell on power lines. One person died, and more than a hundred

thousand homes are without electricity. The bad weather is also

affecting public transport. 500 people had to leave Crewe station

after the wind damaged the roof and caused a fire - and passengers on

this train from London to Edinburgh were stranded in Yorkshire for a

while. In Chertsey, special marine police are making sure everybody is

safe. The clean-up continues, but the wet winter isn't over yet.

The Duke of Cambridge has pledged to support efforts to tackle the

illegal trade in wildlife. Speaking in London last night, Prince William

set out a five point plan to help look after species such as tigers,

elephants and rhinos. Later this morning the Prince will discuss his

plans with leaders from around the world and Nel is there for us.

The illegal wildlife trade is a serious crime but also big

business. Worth six billion pounds internationally. It affects iconic

and the Endangered Species Act, like tigers, rhinos, and elephants. But

we will also be talking about a species that are endangered. Readers

from 50 nations or thereabouts, from across the globe, gathering behind

me. They will try to tackle this through three things. Educating

people who live in areas where poaching takes place. Reducing the

demand in Asia. And enforcing existing laws.

To Sochi and it's a busy day for Team GB at the Winter Olympics.

James Woods goes in the Freestyle Skiing Men's Slopestyle and all eyes

will be on the Women's Skeleton 2006 Olympic silver medallist Shelley

Rudman and World Cup champion Lizzy Yarnold representing GB. There's

also curling, cross country skiing, speed skating and the team relay in

the luge - a new event for the games.

Two big football games were called off because of the weather last

night - Manchester City against Sunderland and Everton versus

Crystal Palace both postponed for safety reasons. A handful of games

did survive. Arsenal missed their chance to return to the top of the

table after a goalless draw against Manchester Utd. Emanuelle Adebayor

scored twice as Spurs won 4-0 at Newcastle, Stoke and Swansea drew

and Steven Gerrard's late penalty ensured Liverpool beat Fulham 3-2.

This is always a difficult game. They are very well organised.

Players that are fighting to stay in the league, that is never an easy

game. But great performance against Arsenal, tonight was about three

point. Tennis, Andy Murray has eased past

Edouard Roger Vasselin in the first round of the ABN Amro world tennis

tournament in Rotterdam. The Scot won in straight sets winning 6-3,

6-3. Finally, Scientists have come up

with a new way for counting the number of whales in the worlds

oceans - and they're doing it from space! The method uses

high-resolution satellite pictures and image-processing software to

detect the great mammals near the ocean surface. Scientists have

trialled the test off the coast of Argentina. That's all from me, head

over to the website for loads more Newsround goodness - I'm back right

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