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Hurricane Norma strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it approaches a tourist hotspot on Mexico's Pacific coast. The hurricane -- which at one point was a Category 4 out of five on the Saffir-Simpson scale -- is now packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour (120 miles per hour), the US National Hurricane Center says in its latest update. IMAGES
Sheets of heavy rain and strong winds hit the city of Taitung as Typhoon Koinu nears Taiwan, the second major storm in a month to hit the island directly. IMAGES
Images of strong winds on a beach in Cabo San Lucas as Hurricane Hilary strengthens into a major storm in the Pacific on its way to in Mexico's Baja California peninsula. IMAGES
Stockholm residents wake up to a thick layer of snow as authorities issue an orange warning in the west of the country for strong winds. IMAGES
Images of Floating streets in Aptos, a town in Santa Cruz County, during the latest California storm. Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in Santa Cruz County, California. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).