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Residents of Mexico City described their ordeals the morning after a deadly earthquake on Wednesday killed over 200 people and destroyed several dozen buildings. One survivor described how she was unable to escape her apartment and could only look on in horror as the quake shook the building. A different resident was able to leave her apartment, but feared for her life in doing so.
Aftermath of a wildfire in Villa Independencia, as the death toll of the forest fires in Chile rises to 112 people, and 40 active outbreaks are being battled, the Ministry of the Interior reported. IMAGES
People remove debris in Vina del Mar, in the Valparaiso region, left behind by the devastating wildfires that claimed at least 112 lives, according to the latest Interior Ministry toll. IMAGES
The Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, announces that the authorises have bought "70 flats that people can move into before Christmas which is the people who are in most dire need of housing" following the evacuation of the town of Grindavik because of a volcanic eruption. SOUNDBITE
Heavy seas batter Stonehaven harbour as Storm Babet hits Scotland's east coast. The images come as a woman died being swept into a river and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland. Britain's Met Office has put parts of Dundee and Aberdeenshire under a red weather warning, that will be in place until midday Friday. IMAGES
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