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Members of the Military Police of Public Order (PMOP) guard inmates at the National Penitentiary "Francisco Morazan" in Tamara after the government announced that military police would assume control of Honduras's 21 prisons for one year starting July 1, and train 2,000 new prison guards following clashes between rival gangs that left at least 46 women dead in a prison near the capital Tegucigalpa. IMAGES TO COMPLETE: 33KV7UU_EN + 33KX3YR_EN
A US Coast Guard employee, Chief Petty Officer Brad Fitzpatrick rescued two people and six dogs from a flooded home in Wilmington, North Carolina, after Hurricane Florence and its remnants swept through the area. He worked with other aircrews throughout the day in extreme conditions, encountering submerged barbed wire fencing, floating fire-ant beds, and chest-deep water to save people and animals from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Florence.
A Russian man had a rude awakening when he found his car buried under a massive snowbank in the northern Siberian city of Norilsk on Thursday. The temperature was -31 degrees Celsius, or -23.8 degrees Fahrenheit, and heavy blizzards formed the literal mountain of snow, which completely at his auto. The car owner diligently dug for over two hours to finally free the car from the snowdrift.
A few dozen Siberian karate students filmed a video on Wednesday in Yakutsk addressed to Oscar-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio, who had expressed concerns regarding the extremely cold weather in the Republic of Sakha on his Instagram. The brave bunch poured buckets of cool water over themselves while wearing only karate pants. The temperature in Yakutia in winter is between -20 and -75 degrees Fahrenheit.
If you're planning on attending the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, which kick off in just a few days, make sure to bring your warmest winter gear. Organisers are struggling with unseasonably cold weather conditions and, with temperatures hovering just over 0 degrees Fahrenheit, they are worried that guests attending the games will be ill-prepared to handle the unusual cold.
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).