eastward

The BBC spent two weeks with Civil Defense Force crews in the Bekaa Valley, which stretches eastwards to the border with Syria.

The rest of the country is expected to see strong winds and a band of heavy rain pushing eastwards on Friday.

Milton also took an unusual, although not unprecedented, storm path, tracking eastward through the Gulf of Mexico, where waters have been exceptionally warm.

Milton became a category one hurricane on Sunday and has been steadily moving eastwards, through the Gulf of Mexico, after brushing past Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

A cooling trend is forecast to begin Tuesday and continue through the rest of the week, as the unrelenting ridge of high pressure that has been positioned over the southwestern U.S. begins to shift eastward.