Hawaii escaped its first hurricane strike in 22 years as Iselle was downgraded to a tropical storm just before making landfall at the Big Island.

Changes in the climate have the potential to produce significant changes in the risk posed by natural hazards around the world.

An international salvage force including United Nations and French troops rushed to secure the site of the downed Air Algerie MD-83, which crashed in Mali en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso, leaving no survivors.

Damage from Arthur is relatively light for the Category 2 hurricane.