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Irma death toll in St Maarten climbs to four 10 Sep 2017 - 06:45 pm
This handout photograph provided courtesy of the Dutch Department of Defense on September 8, 2017 shows a man looking on over the devastion of Hurricane Irma on the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten. AFP PHOTO / DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTRY
Hurricane Irma hits lower Florida Keys: US forecasters 10 Sep 2017 - 02:24 pm
Rough surf churned up buy the approaching hurricane damage the docks at Whale harbour in the Florida Keys as winds and rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in Islamorada, Florida on September 9, 2017.  AFP / Gaston De Cardenas
Hurricane Irma nearing Florida with catastrophic winds, deadly storm surges 10 Sep 2017 - 08:39 am
A man wades through a flooded street during the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Havana, on September 9, 2017. Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened it to a Category Three, but it is still packing winds of 125 miles (200 kilometer) per hour. / AF
Death toll from massive Mexican quake rises to 65 09 Sep 2017 - 10:00 pm
Relatives of German Torres morn during a funeral of victim of the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico's Pacific coast, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca, September 9, 2017. AFP / Victoria Razo
Scramble to flee Irma underscores rich, poor divide 09 Sep 2017 - 09:51 pm
People arrive at a shelter at Alico Arena where thousands of Floridians are hoping to ride out Hurricane Irma on September 9, 2017 in Fort Myers, Florida. The Fort Myers area could begin to feel hurricane-force winds from Irma by 11 a.m. Sunday and experi
Irma pummels Cuba as Florida hunkers for a hit 09 Sep 2017 - 07:08 pm
Doctor Alberto Rodriguez takes a television from his home to a safer place prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba, September 8, 2017. (REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini)
After Irma, fearful islands await Hurricane Jose 09 Sep 2017 - 02:34 pm
Wrecked boats are seen at the Fort Louis Marina in Marigot on September 8, 2017 on Saint-Martin island, devastated by Hurricane Irma.   AFP / Martin BUREAU
Race to rescue survivors from ruins of Mexico quake 09 Sep 2017 - 09:38 am
Soldiers work to remove the debris of a house destroyed in an earthquake that struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Juchitan, Mexico, September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Pope to see a Medellin that has put drug wars in its past 09 Sep 2017 - 08:36 am
A woman walks by a display of t-shirts for sale outside the Olaya Herrera airport the day before Pope Francis celebrates an open air mass in Medellin, on September 8, 2017.  AFP / JOAQUIN SARMIENTO
Hurricane Katia makes landfall in eastern Mexico: US forecasters 09 Sep 2017 - 08:29 am
Secured boats are seen under pouring rain caused by Hurricane Katia in Tecolutla, Veracruz state, Mexico on September 8, 2017. AFP / YURI CORTEZ
Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba as massive storm: US forecasters 09 Sep 2017 - 08:27 am
Palm trees sway in the wind prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba, September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Bahamas narrowly escapes the worst of Hurricane Irma 09 Sep 2017 - 08:17 am
This handout photograph obtained courtesy of the Royal Bahamas Police Force & Royal Bahamas Defense Force shows a damaged structure near the shore of Inagua in the southern Bahamas, September 8, 2017 following passage of Hurricane Irma. AFP / Royal Bahama
Strongest quake in century hits Mexico, at least 30 people dead 08 Sep 2017 - 09:00 pm
View of damages caused by the earthquake, which mainly hit Mexico, in Tacana municipality, San Marcos departament, in the border with Mexico, 320 km from Guatemala City, on September 8, 2017. AFP / Johan Ordonez
Nine dead as Hurricane Irma rips through Caribbean 07 Sep 2017 - 11:08 am
Search and rescue crew members walks a street during a search mission as hurricane Irma hits Puerto Rico in Fajardo on September 6,2017. / AFP.
Deadly Irma pounds Caribbean, takes aim for Florida 07 Sep 2017 - 10:06 am
A picture released on the Facebook account of Kevin Barrallon on September 7, 2017 shows wreckages in a street of Gustavia on the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Barthelemy in the Caribbean following hurricane Irma.  AFP / FACEBOOK
Pope to urge Colombians to come together around peace deal 07 Sep 2017 - 09:03 am
Pope Francis speaks upon arrival at the Nunciature in Bogota, on September 6, 2017.  AFP / JOHN VIZCAINO
Post-Harvey Houston faces a car crunch 06 Sep 2017 - 06:35 pm
A forklift moves a car damaged by Hurricane Harvey at a local staging area run by Insurance Auto Auctions Inc, which has launched a major operation to process damaged cars for its insurance company customer base in Houston, Texas, U.S. on September 5, 201
Irma sweeps over Caribbean as Florida braces for powerful storm 06 Sep 2017 - 05:42 pm
A fisherman works next to a boat in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on September 6, 2017, 240kms north of Port-au-Prince. Some people in Cap-Haitien still do not have information on the arrival of Hurricane Irma and many others do not know what to do or where to go t