For Hurricane Irma, the metrics are measured in millions
More than 7 million people, almost one-third of the state population, were covered by evacuation orders.
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Paul McGeough
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Hurricane Irma devastates Cuba, forces millions to flee
As she barrelled in from the Caribbean, after wreaking havoc in a string of vulnerable island nations, they're as ready as they can be in Florida as Hurricane Irma hits, despite a last minute curve ball for emergency planners.
Hurricane Irma promises fresh pain for the US
As Hurricane Irma cut an uncertain swathe through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday, Florida braced for the impact of its monster category-5 force.
Donald Trump takes aim at 'good' undocumented migrants
Despite his claims to having a "great heart" and political balls, Trump upended the lives of hundreds of thousands of so-called dreamers in a political manoeuver that revealed neither quality.
Trump pushing peas around the plate in response to North Korea
Americans have seen enough of the president to know he might suddenly feel the need to be seen walking the walk, not just talking the talk.
Amid mad rhetoric Trump is ready to talk to North Korea
The reckoning among most analysts is that, somehow, this North Korea crisis will be defused by negotiations.
Americans not confident Trump can handle Kim
If the US and other intelligence agencies are correct, North Korea has devised a missile that can strike anywhere in the US mainland
The curious case of Francis Gurry
Who licked the postage stamps? The question was absurd, and at the same time, deadly serious.
Moscow, Washington take down guard rails in bilateral relationship
Analysts are reaching back a full century, to the Bolshevik Revolution, for parallels in the deteriorating US-Russia relationship.
White House merry-go-round flings Reince Priebus from the ride
At the end of a week of convulsions, Donald Trump is punting on the appointment of a politically inexperienced US Marine general to magically halt the chaos.
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