02/09/2016

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:00:10. > :00:12.Morning, guys, Naz here with Friday's Newsround.

:00:13. > :00:14.A huge hurricane has landed in Florida in the last

:00:15. > :00:20.It's the first one to hit Florida in 11 years.

:00:21. > :00:22.Hurricane Hermeen is really big and people who live

:00:23. > :00:24.there are staying indoors, putting up shutters

:00:25. > :00:32.The biggest worries are high winds, heavy rain and flooding.

:00:33. > :00:34.350 years ago today the Great Fire of London started.

:00:35. > :00:37.It was a four-day blaze, which swept through Britain's

:00:38. > :00:39.capital, destroying large parts of it.

:00:40. > :00:43.To mark the anniversary, a model replica of London will be burned,

:00:44. > :00:47.But what exactly happened and how did it change

:00:48. > :00:55.Charles II would have been your monarch.

:00:56. > :00:58.This is what you would have been wearing.

:00:59. > :01:00.Your house would probably have been made out of wood.

:01:01. > :01:03.There was no fire brigade, and chances are someone

:01:04. > :01:08.you know had had a deadly disease called the Plague.

:01:09. > :01:11.Then on the 2nd of September, life like this changed for ever.

:01:12. > :01:13.A spark from a baker's oven on Pudding Lane lit a fire,

:01:14. > :01:17.and the combination of strong wind, closely built homes and a warm

:01:18. > :01:20.summer meant it quickly roared through the streets of London,

:01:21. > :01:29.Eight out of every ten buildings were destroyed,

:01:30. > :01:30.including 13,000 houses and 87 churches.

:01:31. > :01:33.Six people were reported to have died and more than 70,000

:01:34. > :01:38.But the catastrophe also meant a new beginning.

:01:39. > :01:42.It cleared the way for a brand-new city with better, cleaner buildings,

:01:43. > :01:45.made out of stone, and the first organised fire service.

:01:46. > :01:51.The Great Fire marked the end of medieval London and the start

:01:52. > :02:00.Next - there's just a few days until the Paralympic Games kick

:02:01. > :02:07.One event making its debut at the Games is Para-triathlon

:02:08. > :02:09.where athletes take part in three different sports - swimming,

:02:10. > :02:13.George Peasgood will be the youngest para-triathlete representing

:02:14. > :02:19.Paralympics GB and he's been speaking to Newsround.

:02:20. > :02:21.Being part of Paralympics GB is absolutely amazing and I didn't

:02:22. > :02:28.Now I understand when people say they're kind of speechless

:02:29. > :02:30.about being either an Olympian or a Paralympian.

:02:31. > :02:38.So what really grabbed me was just kind of the interaction

:02:39. > :02:46.So I competed out of enjoyment when I was a junior.

:02:47. > :02:49.I went to the tri club for fun, just to meet friends and I just

:02:50. > :02:51.really enjoyed the actual training side of it,

:02:52. > :02:56.I had an accident when I was two years old and so it has really

:02:57. > :02:58.affected my muscle growth and my ankle mobility.

:02:59. > :03:01.For the swimming, it means that my kick is very minimal.

:03:02. > :03:03.For the bike, it's just means I've got less power

:03:04. > :03:09.And then for running, I just can't really stride out

:03:10. > :03:14.Being so much younger than quite a lot of the competitors,

:03:15. > :03:16.I'm going out there mainly to gain experience.

:03:17. > :03:19.Tokyo or even 2024 is going to be where I am going to be more peaking

:03:20. > :03:24.So, yeah, I'm really just going out to Rio to enjoy it a bit more

:03:25. > :03:30.If there's anything that you want to do,

:03:31. > :03:34.There's no reason why you can't do it, and Paralympics

:03:35. > :03:36.and the Paralympic movement from London really inspired me

:03:37. > :03:39.to put myself on the same sort of level as able-bodied people.

:03:40. > :03:42.So I live and train with the able-bodied squad

:03:43. > :03:44.here in Loughborough, and there isn't really a reason

:03:45. > :03:49.why I can't do that, and there shouldn't be one.

:03:50. > :03:51.I never want to say, what if I did something.

:03:52. > :03:54.So I have taken every opportunity I have had to really go out

:03:55. > :03:56.and do something and try and make a difference,

:03:57. > :04:00.and try and inspire people, which I never thought I be able

:04:01. > :04:03.to do, but people told me I've been an inspiration to them and that's

:04:04. > :04:26.Andy Murray is through to the final after he beat his opponent.

:04:27. > :04:28.Now it's been an epic summer, right?!

:04:29. > :04:30.Wales' success at Euro2016, a record-level heat wave,

:04:31. > :04:32.and how can we forget TeamGB's glory at Rio?

:04:33. > :04:34.But it's all coming to an end, and for many of you,

:04:35. > :04:39.But here at Newsround HQ we don't want to let the summer go yet!

:04:40. > :04:41.Get online quick - we want to know what's

:04:42. > :04:45.been YOUR summer best bit - send us a photo or video of the most

:04:46. > :04:53.amazing or unusual thing you did this summer.

:04:54. > :05:00.That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.