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Hurricane Helene Makes Landfall, Netanyahu Addresses UN, Sudan Civil War

Up First from NPR

27-09-2024 • 12 mins

Hurricane Helene has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but when it made landfall late last night as a Category 4 hurricane, it packed a dangerous one-two punch of high winds and a storm surge. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday, and the Sudanese army has launched a major offensive to take back the capital.

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