Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe hurricane is expected to hit the US around the weekend after passing north of Puerto Rico Hurricane Irma has caused a trail of destruction across parts of the Caribbean, battering a number of islands and reducing buildings to rubble.
It is predicted to head north-west towards the US mainland by the weekend, but what lies in its path before that?
Irma is
Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston on Sunday. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground.
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As a missionary kid growing up in Guatemala, I survived the destructive effects of a massive earthquake and a maj
As many Houston businesses close down amid widespread flooding, one local businessman has opened his furniture stores as shelter to hundreds of displaced Texans.
Jim McIngvale, who goes by the nickname “Mattress Mack,” put calls out on social media on Sunday for people displaced by the effects of Hurricane Harvey to take refuge at either of his two Gallery Furniture stores.
It apparently didn’t take long for his business
