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Florida residents urged to ‘get out’ as Hurricane Matthew roars in

A strengthening Hurricane Matthew is steaming towards Florida with winds of 140mph as hundreds of thousands of people board up their homes and flee...

Scramble for shelter as Hurricane Matthew hammers Haiti

The leading edge of dangerous Hurricane Matthew has drenched Haiti, flooding streets and sending people scrambling to emergency shelters as the Category 4 storm...

Dangerous Hurricane Matthew threatens Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba

Experts have warned Haiti could see the worst of the punishing winds from Hurricane Matthew. The powerful Category 4 hurricane had winds of 145mph on...

More than 70 injured as lightning strikes at German rock festival

Police say scores of people have been injured by lightning strikes at a rock festival in western Germany. Mayen police spokesman Lars Brummer says the...

200 families feared buried following mudslides in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan Red Cross has said at least 200 families are still missing after rain-triggered mudslides crashed down on to three villages in...

Canadian wildfire evacuees to start receiving financial aid

More than 80,000 evacuees from a Canadian town ravaged by wildfire are to start receiving direct financial assistance from the Alberta government and the...

Two killed as tornadoes sweep across Oklahoma

Two people have been killed by strong tornadoes that swept across portions of southern Oklahoma. Emergency services said one twister hit the town of Wynnewood...

Fresh tremor hits Ecuador as earthquake death toll passes 500

A fresh tremor rattled Ecuador overnight, a 6.1-magnitude jolt that was the strongest aftershock since a lethal earthquake killed hundreds of people on Saturday. The...

Three killed as powerful storms spark tornadoes across Gulf Coast states

At least three people have been killed as a storm system spawned tornadoes in the Gulf Coast states of the US. Two people were killed...

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