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    Adorable Mountain Lion Cub Wrestles With Stuffed Gorilla

    A mountain lion cub who has been thriving at the Oakland Zoo after he was rescued in August recently played with a stuffed gorilla, adorable video shows.Footage released by the Oakland Zoo on Friday, September 13, shows the cub wrestling with “his favorite stuffy, ‘King Kong’.”The cub was brought to the zoo after he was found walking alone down a road in El Dorado County in early August. The zoo has said that he is receiving care at their facility. Credit: Oakland Zoo via Storyful

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    New Orleans Resident Surveys Post-Francine Flood Damage

    Footage filmed by New Orleans resident Fabricio Lira on Wednesday, September 11, shows major flood damage to residences in the Kenner and Metairie neighborhoods as Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana.About 120,000 Louisiana homes and businesses in southeast Louisiana were still without power on Friday, after the storm brought damaging winds and triggering widespread flooding, local media reported. Credit: Fabricio Lira via Storyful

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    Timelapse Shows Flames and Smoke Plumes Behind LA Skyline as Bridge Fire Grows

    Fire crews continued to try to contain the Bridge fire in Southern California on Friday, September 13, which prompted multiple evacuation orders across Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.Timelapse footage filmed and posted to X by @Joey_Wittmann shows the fire and colossal plumes of smoke behind the Los Angeles skyline from early Tuesday into the night.The fire, which began on Sunday, destroyed multiple structures and became California’s largest active wildfire by Thursday, local media repo

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    Newborn Red-Tailed Monkey Settles In at Philadelphia Zoo

    An adorable male red-tailed monkey was settling in well after being born at the Philadelphia Zoo in Pennsylvania in early August, the zoo announced on September 12.“Keepers say Khari is starting to taste solid foods and spending more time off mom with each passing day,” the zoo said.The young primate was growing fast, they added, and was already spending time away from his mother, Lulu.This video shows Khari clinging to Lulu on August 25, about two weeks after his birth on August 8, according to

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    Tropical Storm Gordon Develops in Central Atlantic

    A depression in the Atlantic Ocean strengthened into a tropical storm on Friday, September 13, and is expected to move further west through the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.This satellite imagery shows the storm’s development west of northwest Africa, between September 12 and 13.There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect as of 3 pm UTC on Friday, according to hurricane officials. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful