Hurricane Irma: Storm batters Florida, causing flooding and power outages
Hurricane Irma was downgraded to a tropical storm on Monday but is still producing strong wind gusts that are nearly hurricane force.
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Earthquake hits central Italy
More than 100 were killed and hundreds more injured in a magnitude 6 earthquake before dawn in central Italy. In the mountainside villages around the epicenter, scores of buildings were reduced to rubble. “The town isn’t here anymore,” said Sergio Pirozzi, the mayor of Amatrice. Swaying could be felt some 60 miles away in Rome.
Ecuador recovers from its worst earthquake in decades
Recovering from its strongest and deadliest earthquake in decades, Ecuador endured the strongest aftershock yet before dawn Wednesday. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake over the weekend killed more than 500 people.
Overpass collapses in Kolkata, India
A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded neighborhood of Kolkata, India, killing several people and injuring dozens, according to the Associated Press.
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India floods, El Salvador Fireball Festival, Van Gogh museum sunflower labyrinth | Sept. 1
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World Athletics Championships, International Aviation and Space Show, financial market gyrations | August 25
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Searching for relatives, donning masks and mourning in Tianjin
As the weekend began, some residents of China’s sixth-largest city continued to hunt for friends and relatives. Others cared for survivors or began to mourn.