Hurricane Dorian is racing towards Florida.
Forecasters say it will make landfall early next week. bringing with it wind speeds of up to 140 mph.
On Friday it was upgraded to a stronger Category 4 storm, putting million of residents and tourists in the US state at risk.
Residents are stocking up on bottled water, plywood and other supplies with some gas stations already running out of fuel.
Evacuations are also already underway in the Bahamas, where the storm is expected to hit on Monday.
Ten dead after shooter opens fire at high school in Canada
Ten people, including the shooter, are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country's deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.
Tropical cyclone Gezani slams into Madagascar, killing nine
Tropical cyclone Gezani slammed into Madagascar's eastern coastline, killing nine people in the Indian Ocean island nation's second-largest city, as walls of wind and rain left a trail of devastation, authorities said on Wednesday.
Russian strike kills father and three children near Ukraine's Kharkiv
A Russian drone strike killed four people, including three small children and their father, in a town west of Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.
Cambodia says it has closed almost 200 scam centres in fraud crackdown
Cambodia has closed almost 200 scam centres in a crackdown on transnational fraud in recent weeks, with authorities providing rare access to one centre in a bid to show they are tackling the sophisticated operations.
India tightens grip on social media with new takedown rule
The Indian government said social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, tightening on Tuesday an earlier 36-hour timeline in what could be a compliance challenge for Meta, YouTube and X.
The UAE has strongly condemned the shooting at a school in western Canada that left 10 dead, including the attacker.
A high-level meeting has been held at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi to discuss key national priorities and future development goals.
The UAE weather authorities have issued a red and yellow alert on Wednesday as heavy fog reduced visibility across some parts of the country.
