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However, Mr McKenzie said Irma has also slowed down, producing more rain and increasing the chances of flooding.
He also said Met officials are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Jose which has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm with winds near 150 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The storm sits east of the Leeward Islands and is forecast to move west-northwest into the Atlantic Ocean over the coming days.
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Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ahvc. Id of event: us2000ahvc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.27 km (26 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/17 / 2017-09-08 05:17:42 / September 8, 2017 @ 5:17 am.
The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:17:42 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 41.27 km, -94.4885° West, 15.5738° North.
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Irma wreaks destruction on St Martin
Irma wreaks destruction on St Martin
Islanders are bracing for more storm damage
The appearance of three strong hurricanes in the Atlantic basin which all threaten land is "unparalleled" in modern times, a tropical storms expert has said.
Hurricane Irma has already caused major damage in the Caribbean and is expected to hit southern Florida, while Hurricane Katia is menacing eastern Mexico, and Hurricane Jose could hit Antigua and Barbuda, which suffered major damage just days ago under Irma.
The last time there were three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin simultaneously was 2010, meteorologists said. Including this year, there are only six examples of simultaneous hurricanes on record, according to the Met Office.
But it is the first time all three have threatened land, according to Eric Blake, a scientist at the National Hurricane Centre.
"Never seen anything like this in the modern record," he said on Twitter.
"Three separate hurricane watches at once for the Atlantic? Unparalleled here and totally ridiculous given Irma."
Comment: In July this year eight tropical cyclones were spinning simultaneously in the north Pacific Ocean for first time since 1974.
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A building damaged during an earthquake in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico
A building damaged during an earthquake in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico
Twenty-three of the confirmed fatalities were in the state of Oaxaca, according to its governor. Seventeen of those deaths occurred in the town of Juchitan.
Seven people were killed in the state of Chiapas, where a state of emergency has been declared, according to a spokesman for emergency services cited by Reuters.
Two children were killed in neighboring Tabasco state, according to its governor. One was crushed by a collapsing wall, while the other - an infant on a respirator - died after the quake triggered a power outage in the hospital.
The epicenter of the quake was at a depth of 33 km (21 miles), 123 km (76 miles) southwest of the town of Pijijiapan, not far from the Guatemalan border.
Comment: Hospital ventilators failed as the earthquake struck:
The quake caused widespread power outages and as a 0.7-metre wave hit the country, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre confirmed more hazardous tsunamis were possible within three hours.Earthquake lights, a commonly reported phenomenon, were seen:
The death toll includes two children in Tabasco state.
Tabasco Govenor Arturo Nunez said one of the children died when a wall collapsed, and the other was a baby who died in a children's hospital that lost electricity, cutting off the supply to the infant's ventilator.
One person took a video of the earthquake light phenomenon which often happens after an earthquake strikes.More on the light phenonmenon:
Little is known about why they occur and some believe it may be as a result of power supplies being hit while others claim that they have been reported for thousands of years.
Seismologist Stephen Hicks said: 'Earthquake lights have never been proven. Simpler explanation is small explosions in electric generators and power systems.
The lights are similar to auroras and can sometimes continue for several minutes after or before the quake.
For example in 1975, the mystery lights appeared during and immediately after the main shock in the Kalapana earthquake in Hawaii.
They come in many colours and forms and people have reported seeing them for hundreds of years but only recently have scientists come a little closer to establishing why they appear.
Another explanation claims that the tectonic movement of rocks including quartz, generates a piezoelectric field which produces flashes of light.
A 2014 study said the stress of the tectonic plates can break apart pairs of negatively-charged oxygen atoms, pushing them towards the Earth's surface and forming a light-emitting plasma when it combines with air.
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Cuba prepares for destructive power of Hurricane Irma
At noon the center of Irma, now a Category 4 hurricane, was about 118 miles east northeast of Nuevitas in Camagüey province. Cuban meteorologists say the island is taking an indirect hit from Irma with tropical-storm-force winds buffeting the coastline. But the most damage is expected to come from water.
Waves of 13 to 16 feet have caused coastal flooding from Gibara to Baracoa and heavy rain is pelting the northern coast. The Palenque de Yateras in Guantánamo province recorded 4.6 inches of rain in 24 hours.
"Now Baracoa is under the effects of Hurricane Irma, luckily we have only experienced rains, sea penetrations and some winds... but sincerely, nothing compared to what we were expecting," Radio Baracoa posted on its Facebook page at 9 a.m. Friday. More than 25,000 people from the city were evacuated to safer areas.
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Viewers sent in photos from places like Mentor-on-the-Lake, Willoughby, Avon Lake and Conneaut.
There are two types of waterspouts. Tornadic waterspouts are associated with severe storms, according to the National Weather Service. Fair weather waterspouts form in light wind conditions and move very little.
These waterspouts are in the fair weather category.
Comment: And another from Avon Lake:
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First it was flooding, now it's a giant sinkhole to reckon with in west Houston!
The traffic nightmare there, caused in part by massive flooding on W. Beltway 8 Tollway near I-10, may not go away anytime soon.
That's because there's one more wrinkle added to the mess: a sinkhole blocking the Beltway feeder road!
A giant crater has formed on the bridge above the tollway on Boheme Drive at Beltway 8.
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An eerie green glow in the sky - far too far south to be the northern lights.
So it's obviously Martians, right?
Tonbridge's green tinge in the night sky was visible for miles around the town, with motorists reporting it from far afield, and it was at its strongest from around 8pm to 10pm.
Comment: The latest probable path for Hurricane Katia, courtesy of the NOAA's National Hurricane Center: