Houston defeats Harvey in first Astros game in city since devastating hurricane

At least 14 people in the US have died after Hurricane Laura swept through the country's southern states. Over half of the victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by power generators.

Tropical storm Nana slams into the Honduran island of Roatan, about 65 kilometres off the country's northern coast. The US National Hurricane Center said the storm had become a hurricane at 0300 GMT Thursday morning and issued a flood and storm surge warning for Belize.

At least one person died and over 550,000 buildings in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi lost power. The National Guard is sending 200 troops to Alabama to help with rescue efforts.

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Storm Eta smashed into Nicaragua's northern Caribbean coast on Tuesday as a Category 4 hurricane, unleashing fierce winds that tore up trees, ripped roofs from dwellings and blocked roads.

Aerial images show roads destroyed along the coastline of the Colombian island San Andres, where Hurricane Iota has caused severe damage. The severe weather has left at least two people dead, six injured and another missing in Colombia's Caribbean archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina.

Local residents wade through flooded streets as an evacuation process gets underway in the municipalities surrounding San Pedro Sula, northern Honduras, an area flooded by the overflowing Chamelecon river following Hurricane Iota.

Patrons at Truck Yard Houston mingle without masks a month after Texas, the second most populous state in the United States, lifted a maks mandate and no longer requires businesses to enforce Covid-19 restrictions. "It's great to be able to see people's faces," says Tom Williams, who is visiting Houston from Steilacoom, in Washington state. "You don't see them smile underneath their masks."

Residents in the Houston area talk about their support for Simone Biles, after the US gymnast's withdrawal from the team final in Tokyo over mental health concerns.

Baseball fan Masamitsu Takahashi opened his "izakaya" bar-restaurant in 2013, when Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Olympics. Never had he imagined that, eight years later, he would be watching Japan beating the USA in the quarter-final there all alone. Other bars have decided to stay open despite the state of emergency, but Takahashi says he prefers "to avoid the situation deteriorating to the point where there isn't even baseball".

Intense winds, storm surges and heavy rain could cause massive damage, authorities warned. The cyclone is expected to hit Long Island on Sunday.

Hurricane Grace slams into Mexico for a second time as a major Category Three storm, threatening to bring significant flooding and mudslides.