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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 20, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 12:03 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Elsewhere in the world

Jorge Cabrera, Reuters
Posted at Nov 20 11:11 AM

Iota swept through several Central American countries, as the region undergoes its own storm season.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 19, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 12:02 AM

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Hurricane Iota causes massive flooding in Nicaragua

Orlando Sierra, AFP
Posted at Nov 19 02:59 PM

Storm Iota, which made landfall in Nicaragua as a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane Monday, killed at least 30 people as it smashed homes, uprooted trees and swamped roads during its destructive advance across Central America.  Read more »

Storm Iota leaves over 30 dead in Central America

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 02:56 PM

Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane Monday, but its remnants will continue to be deadly through Thursday even as 2020's biggest Atlantic storm subsided over El Salvador. Read more »

‘Worst storm in decades’: Central America reels, as death toll shoots past 100

Josue Decavele and Gustavo Palencia, Reuters
Posted at Nov 07 05:00 AM

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei indicated the death toll caused by calamitous storm Eta could jump even higher. Read more »

World lost 100 million hectares of forest in two decades: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 06:33 AM

PARIS - The world has lost nearly 100 million hectares of forests in two decades, marking a steady decline though at a slower pace than before, a UN agency reported Tuesday. Read more »

Virus 'hunger pandemic' threatens Latin America: UN

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 04:44 AM

The coronavirus crisis is pushing 40 million people into food insecurity in South and Central America and the Caribbean, the UN warned Tuesday, calling for urgent action to avert a "hunger pandemic." Read more »

Dorian makes landfall in Bahamas with gusts up to 354 kph

Gabriella Borter, Reuters
Posted at Sep 02 02:11 AM

Hurricane Dorian became the strongest storm in modern records to hit the northwestern Bahamas. Read more »

Mexican authorities rescue 24 kidnapped migrants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 06:11 PM

Mexican authorities on Friday rescued 24 Central American migrants, including nine children, who had been held hostage for nearly three weeks in the crime-ridden state of Guanajuato, officials said. Read more »

Meanwhile in South America

Hannah McKay, Reuters
Posted at Nov 20 03:33 PM

The caravan of Central American migrants, protesting US immigration laws under the Trump administration, left Honduras in mid-October and has reached Mexico.  Read more »

C.American caravan gains speed, first migrants cross border

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 10:25 AM

Hundreds of Central Americans arrived at the United States's southern border Wednesday, defying visiting US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, as the rest of a migrant caravan followed behind them at an accelerated pace through Mexico. Read more »

Central American caravan continues toward US after rest

Yemeli Ortega, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 11 09:01 AM

Around 5,000 Central Americans left Mexico City at dawn Saturday, brushing exhaustion and illness aside to get back on the road towards the United States as part of a migrant caravan that has drawn fury from President Donald Trump. Read more »