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The hurricane is forecast to crash ashore midweek as a major Category 3 storm
Indonesia reels after a powerful quake-tsunami as search operations and evacuation efforts get underway.
Palu on Sulawesi island has been left in ruins after being hit by a tsunami after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake
At least 844 people are already known to have died in the disaster
Death toll from powerful tsunami-quake has reached 420
The 1.5 to two-meter tsunami has receded
Most fatalities occurred in North Carolina with officials claiming eight victims
A woman and her baby were killed when a tree fell on their house
Highways clogged with people fleeing North and South Carolina early Wednesday
275,000 people have been displaced by drought in western Afghanistan