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CNN‘The power of water.’ How Helene devastated western North Carolina and left communities in ruins
A week after Hurricane Helene roared through, the smell of death overpowers the cool mountain air over the isolated twisting roads of devastated rural western North Carolina.
- CNN
Less than 10 days after Helene made landfall, Florida braces for another hurricane, potentially a Category 3
Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential Category 3 storm.
- The Independent
Hurricane Kirk map: Where UK expects to see heavy rain and wind of storm aftermath
The Met Office has released a map detailing what areas of the UK will be hit by the fallout from Hurrican Kirk
- Sky News
UK weather: Hurricane Kirk to bring disruptive wind and rain next week after mild weekend
The UK is set to be blasted by strong winds and heavy rain next week as Hurricane Kirk moves across the Atlantic Ocean. The weather system strengthened into a category 4 storm on Friday and its remnants threaten to bring a spell of unsettled conditions, with temperatures forecast to fall. While the hurricane is expected to be downgraded by the time it reaches Europe, the Met Office has said it poses a threat of disruptive rain and wind for some after a mild weekend.
- Evening Standard
Weather: Hurricane Kirk remnants to batter UK with heavy gales, rain and snow
Thundery showers have been forecast for London with snow set to fall in other parts of the UK
- Australian Associated Press
Search for missing after floods in Bosnia kill 16
Rescuers have dug through rubble in the village of Jablanica in search for people who went missing in Bosnia's deadliest floods in years.
- Euronews
Bosnia declares state of emergency after at least 21 killed in flooding
Rescue teams in the south said several people were still missing and called on volunteers and the army to assist with search and rescue operations.
- The Independent
Storm set to hit Florida as Category 3 Hurricane Milton just week after Helene
Milton is due to turn into a Category 3 hurricane and make landfall on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center warned
- BBC
Floods and landslides leave 18 dead in Bosnia
Towns and villages are cut off and homes almost submerged by flash floods in central Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- Sky News
Woman died of heart attack after being repeatedly raped by stranger on park bench, court hears
A woman died from a heart attack after she was raped by a stranger while unconscious on a park bench, a court has been told. Natalie Shotter, 37, had been on a night out before she was sexually assaulted and killed on a park bench in Southall Park, west London, jurors heard. Mohamed Iidow, 35, is on trial accused of rape and manslaughter.
- Evening Standard
Meghan Markle makes glamorous appearance in revealing red dress at the LA Children's Hospital gala
Meghan greeted young fans and mingled with celebrities including Demi Lovato and Kaley Cuoco
- Yahoo News Australia
Driver's 'freak out' on Aussie road after startling discovery outside car
The woman was going 'quite fast' when she made the frightening discovery.
- The Independent
Revealed: The real reason why people are leaving Donald Trump’s rallies as he is still on stage
Over the past months the former president has seemingly become more and more obsessed with attendance – amid claims that his fans are leaving early ‘out of frustration and boredom’
- Yahoo Lifestyle
Dietician's $2 Coles and Woolworths trick for a cheap dinner: 'Save you hundreds'
These items are not only affordable during the cost of living crisis but they will also help you to stay healthy, writes dietician Susie Burrell.
- The Independent
Trump ‘asked Putin for advice’ about whether the US should help arm Ukraine
Trump had only been in office for seven months when he met with Putin in Hamburg
- BuzzFeed
Doctors And Nurses Are Revealing The Medical "Lies" People Should Stop Believing
"When you have an IV site, there isn't a needle in your arm. There is a tiny, flexible, plastic catheter, and it's not going to tear through your veins and skin if you bend your elbow."
- The Independent
‘I’m never coming home’: Fears for prisoner denied parole in landmark public hearing over indefinite jail term
Exclusive: IPP prisoner Nicholas Bidar’s heartbroken family say he is losing hope of ever getting home as he languishes in a cell with only a bucket for a toilet
- Sky News
Ukrainian aircraft fire British-French cruise missiles at Russian troops advancing on key city
Ukrainian aircraft fired British-French cruise missiles at Russian troops attempting to advance towards a key city in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian security source has told Sky News. The source shared drone footage that purportedly shows strikes on what he described as "two command centres of massive troops formations slowly advancing on Pokrovsk". The attack took place at 11am on Friday in the town of Avdiivka, which was captured by Russian forces in February.
- CNN
Yazidi woman captured by ISIS rescued in Gaza after more than a decade in captivity
A 21-year-old Yazidi woman has been rescued from Gaza where she had been held captive by Hamas for years after being trafficked by ISIS.
- Yahoo News Australia
Confronting detail on 'rarely-seen' shark washed up on Aussie beach: 'Still moving'
Grim photos show a handful of people gathered around the shark with 'strange' bright pink skin as it lays on the sand.