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Events on Friday 25 August 2017 2
2017Hurricane HarveyCatastrophic flooding devastates HoustonHurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 storm and stalled over the Houston area, dropping record rainfall that caused catastrophic flooding. The storm killed more than 60 people and caused an estimated 125 billion dollars in damage. It was one of the costliest natural disasters in US history.
2017Myanmar military crackdown drives Rohingya exodusHundreds of thousands flee to Bangladesh amid mass violenceMyanmar's military launched a violent crackdown in Rakhine State following attacks on police posts, burning villages and killing civilians in what the UN later called a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled across the border into Bangladesh. The crisis drew international condemnation of Myanmar's civilian leadership, including Aung San Suu Kyi.