Irma evacuees find full hotels but a warm welcome in Georgia
Many Georgia coast residents were also locking up homes and heading inland before Irma hits
Houston residents confront officials over decision to flood neighborhoods
More than 450,000 people either still do not have safe drinking water or need to boil their water first
Havana braced for floods after Hurricane Irma rakes Cuban keys
"This is a beautiful town but now it is a disaster"
Hurricane Jose moves away from Leeward Islands, fears recede
Jose is due to weaken gradually as it heads northwest into Atlantic waters away from land, and should eventually peter out toward mid-week
Rohingya insurgents declare temporary ceasefire amid humanitarian crisis
The wave of hungry and traumatised refugees pouring into Bangladesh has strained aid agencies and local communities
Immigrants in Central Florida nervous about seeking shelter
"There's an internal storm, there's an external storm, and there's a political storm, and they're all targeting this community"
Dissipating storm Katia kills two in mudslide in eastern Mexico
Veracruz state officials said the storm could cause landslides and flooding, and urged people living below hills and slopes to be prepared to evacuate
German minister urges EU to standardise asylum seeker benefits
"Germany is the country that most asylum seekers want to live in because conditions for being accepted are relatively generous compared with other countries"
EXCLUSIVE-Flying into the eye of Hurricane Irma with US 'Hurricane Hunters'
"As you're driving through that car wash, a bunch of gorillas start jumping on top of your car"
Fires destroy more villages in Myanmar's Rohingya region - sources
"Slowly, one after another villages are being burnt down - I believe that Rohingyas are already wiped out completely from Rathedaung"