well, have you, as joining us here in the united states around the world and streaming us on cnn max, i was my church just to hear from fires to floods dangerous weather conditionsor sweeping across parts of the us, leaving a trail of damage and destruction russia and president vladimir putin touches down in hanoi, vietnam just hours after signing a mutual defense pact with young yang, and tensions flare in the south china sea or for a conference between a philippine supply ship and the chinese coast guard from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church thanks for joining us well, we are following the devastating impacts of severe one weather across the us and mexico right now, a powerful tropical storm is set to make landfall in mexico in the coming hours, while in the us, new mexico and in california are racing to contain raging wildfires. tropical storm alberto is already threshing the texas coast with heavy rains and strong winds the national hurricane center pre
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