BBC News Report
The spate of extreme weather conditions across the globe continues this morning. The most powerful hurricane to hit Florida in living memory made landfall last night, leaving hundreds of thousands with no power and several hundred people dead.
In Taiwan, a super-typhoon lashed the coast, destroying property and causing chaos at airports.
In New Zealand, aftershocks continue to pummel the North Island after an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale occurred deep off the northeast coast.
In Ecuador, a double earthquake has left thousands dead and many thousands more homeless as aid workers scramble to reach those affected. And in Great Britain, more than one hundred flood warnings have been issued as torrential rain and flooding pummel the country.
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