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Time-lapse video shows volcano erupting in Indonesia

Mount Sinabung has been active since 2013

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Scale of rebuilding Puerto Rico grows as teams discover extent of damage

With rescue teams only just reaching many interior parts of Puerto Rico the island faces years of work to repair the damage done by Hurricane Maria.

Mexico

Aftershocks and fading hopes in quake-hit Mexico

Tuesday's 7.1-magnitude quake has killed at least 318 people, and experts warn more tremors are likely.

PuertoRico

Dazed Caribbean communities wonder how life can resume after Hurricane Maria

Puerto Rico & the Dominican Republic, among the worst-hit by Hurricane Maria, faced with daunting rexconstruction task.

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Mexico

Mexico earthquake: Rescue efforts continue as death toll rises

At least 273 people are now known to have been killed by Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude quake

Mexico

Mexico earthquake: Volunteers break into moving song during rescue efforts

People involved in rescue efforts in Mexico city sing moving rendition of "Cielito Lindo"

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Frantic search for survivors in quake-hit Mexico

Firefighters, police, soldiers and civilians have been working frantically to pull people trapped under collapsed buildings in Mexico since Tuesday's deadly earthquake.

Mexico

Mexico: desperate search for survivors

Rescue crews and volunteers burrow through rubble for quake survivors

Mexico

Timeline: Mexico's deadliest earthquakes over the last three decades

Mexico

Mexico quake: evacuation drill may have saved lives

Mexico holds evacuation drills to mark the anniversary of the 1985 deadly quake

Mexico

Death toll rises after Mexico rocked by huge earthquake

Panic on the streets of Mexico City as a deadly earthquake rocks the region

Mexico

More than 20 children dead after school collapses during Mexico quake

World News

Hurricane Maria heads for Virgin Islands

Hurricane Maria's category five winds and torrential rain have wrecked Dominica. Now they are bearing down on the Virgin Islands.

Mexico

Strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake kills scores in central Mexico

Deadly 7.1 earthquake rocks Mexico southeast of the country's capital

World News

Hurricane Maria takes aim at French islands

Hurricane Maria takes aim at French islands

Economy

Combined costs of twin US hurricanes to reach 200 billion

Moodys' costs damage from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma at 200 billion dollars.

USA

Florida recovers after Hurricane Irma devastation

Thousands of houses damaged and over six million homes without power after Irma thrashes Florida

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Croatian floods hit homes and schools

Hospitals and houses have been flooded in Croatia following torrential rain in the Istrin peninsula.

USA

Hurricane Irma weakens as Florida prepares to count the cost

USA

Hurricane Irma downgraded to a tropical storm as it heads northwest

Irma has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm with sustained winds of up to 110 km per hour.