National Hurricane Center

Otis was blowing maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (257 kph) and was expected to bring heavy rain capable of "catastrophic damage," the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Nicholas could cause life-threatening flash floods across the Deep South during the next couple of days, the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Ida, making landfall as a fierce Category 4 storm, plowed into Louisiana from the Gulf of Mexico.

The dead body of a minor was recovered from a partially collapsed hotel.

US energy companies on Thursday began airlifting workers ahead of what is forecast to become a powerful hurricane by the weekend.

More than 100,000 people in Cuba evacuated from flood-prone areas or unsafe housing in the potential path of the storm.

NHC says this would likely produce life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides over portions of southwestern Mexico.

The hurricane is likely to have a devastating effect on the communities' main livelihoods of fishing and agriculture.

Category 4 hurricanes can pack winds of up to 156 miles (250 km) per hour.

The National Hurricane Center forecast potentially deadly storm surges - water driven ashore by the winds - of up to 15 feet (4.6 m) along some parts of the coast.

Irma was about 300 miles (485 km) southeast of Miami, the NHC said in its latest advisory.

Hurricane warnings and watches were in effect for territories that dot the West Indies, including parts of the Leeward Islands, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Irma has strengthened over the eastern Atlantic to become the fourth hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory on Thursday.

The storm has forced 32,000 people into shelters since coming ashore on Friday as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in half a century.

Harvey strengthened to a powerful Category 4 hurricane with cities from northern Mexico to Louisiana bracing for flooding, the National Hurricane Center said.

The United States, part of the G7, has rejected the ICC decision, with President Joe Biden describing it as outrageous.

Judges are reviewing TikTok's challenge to a law requiring ByteDance to sell its US assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, "We're close" but "nothing is done until everything is done".

Chaebols are prominent figures from South Korea's family-owned conglomerates.

The implementation of the RON95 subsidy in 2025 is expected to provide savings of RM3.6 billion to government expenditure.

Dr Mohd Afzanizam says the market responded positively to news of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent heading the US Treasury Department.

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