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More than 5.5 million people in Florida, United States, are currently under evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton weakens into a category 4 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in the early hours of Thursday.
2024-10-9

Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida, United States, as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph and a minimum central pressure of 938 millibars.
2024-09-26

Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, as a Category 2 hurricane.
2024-09-11

Hurricane Hilary weakens to Category 1, with warnings and evacuation orders issued as the hurricane is expected to make landfall in Baja California, Mexico, and California, United States.
2023-08-20

Venezuela releases seven Americans from its custody, including five Citgo executives, in exchange for two nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores who had previously been convicted of drug smuggling in the United States.
2022-10-1

The United Kingdom surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Mexico.
2021-01-26

Hurricane Dorian spawns several tornadoes in the Carolinas and causes power outages to 230,000 people in South Carolina.
2019-09-5

After killing at least five people in the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian is downgraded to a Category Four hurricane as it approaches the southeastern United States.
2019-09-2

A joint early-morning raid conducted by Iraqi and US forces on an IS-run prison in Hawija, Kirkuk Province has freed 70 hostages. One U.S. Delta Force soldier was reported killed – the first American combat death since the start of the US-led intervention against IS.
2015-10-22

The United States Supreme Court reverses a decision by the Philadelphia Court of Appeals that had blocked the execution of former Black Panther Party member Mumia Abu-Jamal.
2010-01-19