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More than 16,500 houses are currently flooded, the VDDMA says, while more than 40,000 poultry and livestock have been swept away and more than 5,300 hectares (13,000 acres) of cropland submerged.

Nearly 60,000 blades have been either "seized or surrendered" in England and Wales as part of government efforts to halve knife crime within a decade, the interior ministry said Wednesday.

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi opened the scoring for the Boks with a fourth-minute try off the back of a driving maul.

Melissa tore across Jamaica as a ferocious top-level Category 5 hurricane, the most powerful storm ever recorded on the island, with sustained winds peaking at 185 miles (nearly 300 kilometers) per hour while drenching the country with torrential rain.

Another suspect has been arrested for the murder of two Westbury teenagers and the attempted murder of five others.