Evacuations in Rotorua, flooding from Auckland to Christchurch as storm hits

for more than three-quarters of the world’s economy. As they expand, many of the world’s fast-growing cities end up building over floodplains, forests, and wetlands that could absorb rising waters during a storm or hold reservoirs of water during a drought.

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake leaves more than 2,900 people dead in Myanmar and Thailand.

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• Hurricane Helene leaves more than 100 people dead across the southeastern United States.


• British actress Maggie Smith dies at the age of 89.

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