ITV GMB's Susanna Reid pauses show for 'breaking news' in 'chilling' update

Susanna Reid aired a special breaking news segment on Thursday's Good Morning Britain to issue updates about Hurricane Milton in Florida.

The presenter, 53, said: "120mph, a life-threatening storm surge of up to 13 feet of water is also predicted and residents who refuse to evacuate are being told to write their names on their arms.

"These are pictures people are posting on social media and the chilling reason for this is this is so they can be identified if they don't survive the storm" as this prompted stunned co-host Ed Balls to remark: "Goodness!"

In further updates, Susanna said of the storm: "Warnings that deaths will be unavoidable for those who have refused to evacuate as the torrential rain batters their homes."

Hurricane Milton has made landfall as a Category 3 storm, with the warning it will be "dangerous and destructive" as thousands of UK holidaymakers had flights to Florida cancelled.

Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida at about 8.30pm local time. The US National Hurricane Centre reports the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 120mph.

The US National Weather Service has issued the highest level of flood warning to more than two million residents within Milton's path.

Blackouts from the damaging storm have plunged more than 2 million people into darkness so far, as per the electrical fault website poweroutage.us.

Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and Tui are among the airlines to have cancelled flights between the UK and Florida.

A number of airports in Florida have closed to commercial operations, including Orlando International, Melbourne Orlando International and Tampa International.

The Met Office said the hurricane could bring uncertainty to UK weather next week if its remnants end up in the Atlantic, but added Milton was "highly unlikely to reach the UK".

Good Morning Britain continues on weekdays at 6am on both ITV and ITV X.