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A palace is flooded in Venice as a record high tide hits the Italian city, with water levels expected to reach or surpass 1.90 metres (six feet) according to the city's tide monitoring centre. IMAGES
The damage wrought by Hurricane Irma left Orlando’s main interstate road with a gigantic hole as seen in drone footage captured on Tuesday. The receding 100 mph winds literally bit a chunk out of an intersection where the I-4 meets the 434 Longwood. Crews have already been called in and are working hard to get the highway back up and running to four lanes as soon as possible, but engineering estimates indicate that the repairs will take about a month to be completed.
The storm of the century has hit the American mainland as Hurricane Irma barreled into Naples, Florida on Sunday, downing trees and power lines and destroying property. Local residents looked on while wind and rain thrashed their neighborhood as the eye of the category three Hurricane descended on the city. However, officials say that Naples got off lucky and that the damage was far less than expected.
Parts of northern Maine woke up Monday morning to five inches of snow in mid-May. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The pilot of the Solar Impulse lands his aircraft in Hawaii, shattering the solo-flight record threshold of 76 hours while crossing the Pacific. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).