At a Glance The town's childcare center had to be torn down.Large sand cliffs line parts of what once was Stockton Beach.City officials warned that the cliffs could collapse and cause loss of life. The beach in one Australian town is washing away at an alarming rate, leaving dangerous sand cliffs along the shoreline and causing a childcare center to be torn down. “People used to come home from work and kick off their shoes and get straight down there...

At a Glance The competition encourages the creation of applications to help mitigate the effects of natural disasters.The winning team will be announced Oct. 12 and awarded a $200,000 cash prize. Five finalists have been announced in Call for Code 2019 Global Challenge, a competition that encourages the creation of applications to help mitigate the effects of natural disasters and encourage resilient communities. More than 180,000 developers, data scientists, activists, and students from 165 nations took part in , started...

At a Glance Hundreds of people remain missing.Nearly 1.5 million gallons of oil have leaked from a Dorian-damaged facility on Grand Bahama Island.A dog was rescued from hurricane rubble on Friday. The official death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has risen to 61, as rebuilding efforts and cleanup from an oil spill continue to slowly move ahead. The Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency added the additional deaths in its , issued on Saturday. As has become common practice,...