0:00:09 > 0:00:10Good morning.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11I'm Ricky with Newsround this Friday.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Coming up this hour...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Hurricane Matthew moves closer to Florida
0:00:14 > 0:00:15after causing devastation in Haiti.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Exploring the bottom of the oceans.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19And...
0:00:26 > 0:00:28First up...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Hurricane Matthew has been upgraded to an even more
0:00:30 > 0:00:33powerful Category 4 storm.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35The storm has now passed the Caribbean islands of The Bahamas.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39And it's due to hit the Florida in the United States today.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Around two million people who live near the coast in Florida have been
0:00:42 > 0:00:46told to move away from the sea to keep them safe.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50One of the first countries to be hit by hurricane Matthew was Haiti.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53And, so far, over 300 people are known to have died,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56with many thousands more unable to return to their homes,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59after the storm wrecked homes and caused massive flooding.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Charities and aid workers in the region are working hard
0:01:02 > 0:01:08to provide essentials like food, shelter and clean water for people.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10We have seen a lot of houses being damaged and destroyed.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Right now, our biggest concern is some of the overcrowded shelters,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15where tens of thousands of people are residing
0:01:15 > 0:01:18in less than 300 shelters.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21At this moment, our biggest concern is the sanitation,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24water and hygiene conditions of the people living there.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We are trying to provide emergency supplies, so that the families
0:01:27 > 0:01:31and children there can have access to clean water.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34And to supplies that will help them, like blankets, bed sheets,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37jerry cans and hygiene kits.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Moving forward, we are concerned about the situation for children,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44because the hurricane has brought a lot of devastation.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48We are seeing schools being damaged, roads are blocked.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50A lot of debris on the roads.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52There is concerned that cholera,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55or other water-borne or mosquito-borne diseases,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57might break out.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00In football...
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Both Wales and Ireland were in action last night,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04as they aim to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07It was a pretty tough match for Wales, who faced Austria in Vienna.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08It was a pretty tough match for Wales, who faced Austria in Vienna.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Final score there was 2-2.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland beat Georgia 1-0 in Dublin.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Captain Seamus Coleman scored
0:02:16 > 0:02:21his first international goal for his country.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Now, to something that really surprised me this morning.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Did you know that we're actually more familiar with the surface
0:02:26 > 0:02:31of Venus than the deepest parts of our oceans?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Well, there's one group in Australia trying to change that.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35The deep blue sea.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Vast, dark and full of life.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Some more alien than others.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44While there aren't actually any any aliens down there,
0:02:44 > 0:02:49some of the creatures are a bit, well, odd.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Although the ocean covers around 70% of our planet,
0:02:53 > 0:02:5795% of the ocean floor is still unexplored.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We've got a better idea of what's out there in outer space!
0:03:00 > 0:03:04This is something the Ocean Exploration Trust wants to change.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08The organisation was set up in 2008 to map unexplored
0:03:08 > 0:03:14territory underwater, discovering new species and
0:03:14 > 0:03:18unravelling the secrets of the deep.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Aside from being home to more than half of all life on Earth,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24it's estimated around three million shipwrecks are down there.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Just think of all that buried treasure...
0:03:27 > 0:03:30So, what else do we know?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Well, the ocean is actually split up into three zones.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36The first is the Sunlight Zone.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40That's where a lot of the most well-known fish live.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43And it's about as far down as most humans can go.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44At 200 metres, you reach the Twilight Zone,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46where light starts to disappear.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50At more than 1,000 metres down, sunlight disappears completely.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53This is the Midnight Zone.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57It's a cold, dark place that we still don't know much about.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59But it's still not even close to the bottom
0:03:59 > 0:04:04in most places on Earth.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06The lowest point is 11,000 metres down.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08That's about the same depth as stacking 36 Eiffel Towers
0:04:08 > 0:04:09on top of each other.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12That place is called Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15To get a glimpse of this weird undersea world,
0:04:15 > 0:04:19the Ocean Exploration Trust has to use special deep sea vessels,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23strong enough to deal with the HUGE pressure
0:04:23 > 0:04:27that comes from having so much water on top of you.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31And, with these special subs, the team has discovered
0:04:31 > 0:04:36some amazing things.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Everything from shipwrecks to weird and wonderful sea life.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40The organisation hopes their work
0:04:40 > 0:04:43will inspire a new generation of researchers.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Maybe someone just like you to help unravel some of
0:04:45 > 0:04:55the mysteries still hiding right here on Planet Earth.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57That's all from me.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01I'll be back in half an hour.