Washington missionary trapped in Haiti with her family says Joe Biden has ABANDONED Americans while crime boss Barbecue reigns with terror: 'There is no way out'
• https://www.dailymail.co, By MACKENZIE TATANANNI
California deluge begins as residents are told to evacuate over life-threatening 'bomb cyclone' that is set to bring hurricane-force winds and dump 8TRILLION gallons of rain with 37MILLION residents under flood warnings
• By RORY TINGLE, ELIZABETH HAIGH and STEWART CARR
Palestinians flee for their lives to beat Israel's exodus deadline: Families cram into cars and donkey carts as the wounded continue to pour into Gaza hospitals - but some refuse to leave and vow to 'die with dignity'
Update(1355ET): The White House has confirmed that it has hostage negotiation experts in Israel working with the government and advising on hostage recovery.
NBC's Pentagon correspondent is reporting that the US military is dispatching navy warships as well as an aircraft carrier to waters off Israeli as part of "support" operations.
A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing from their beds into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force.
At her home in Waianae, a small town that hugs Oahu's picturesque west coast, Samantha DeCorte worries that her family is living on a ticking fire bomb.