Hurricane Fiona is continuing to strengthen – threatening lives in parts of the Caribbean, say US forecasters.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the category two storm currently packing speeds of 115mph (185km/h) could even worsen to a category four – the second-highest designation.

Rain is lashing Puerto Rico, where at least two people have died and 90% of the island remains without power.

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader says damage is “considerable”.

The hurricane was about 10 miles (15km) north-west of Grand Turk Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands at 12:00 GMT on Tuesday, the NHC said.

Mr Abinader has declared three eastern provinces of Dominican Republic to be disaster zones, amid warnings from the NHC of “heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding”.

Several villages were cut off in the country as floodwaters rose, while hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes and thousands were left without power.

Lexie Wilcox, who lives in the easternmost province of Altagracia, said it was the worst hurricane she had experienced and had hit her local area much harder than Hurricane Maria in 2017, which killed nearly 3,000 people in Puerto Rico.

On Monday morning there were trees down, with roads blocked and a lot of flooding.

She was unable to sleep, spending the night mopping up rainwater.

The roof has been partially blown off her shed, and a security sign blew off her house.

Ms Wilcox and her neighbours are without electricity, and believe this may take days to be fixed as the storm is still ongoing.

Connection returned for a few minutes on Monday, just long enough to allow Ms Wilcox, who is Canadian, to watch the end of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral while the hurricane raged outside.

Scottish Environment Protection Agency SEPA is investigating a major accidental release of one of the most potent types of greenhouse gases at a Perth meat producer.

The environmental watchdog said the release of F-Gases (fluorinated gases) at Anglo Beef Processors UK is the second largest incident of its kind in Europe’s food and drink sector.

The release was caused by an issue with the plant’s refrigeration system.

Anglo Beef Processors said the release occurred following machine failure.

The firm said a new refrigeration system was subsequently installed.

SEPA identified the issue in February and said its investigation was ongoing.

Details of the 2021 accidental release emerged in Sepa’s annual report on greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sites.

The watchdog said the Perth incident alone accounted for 87% of the total hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) emissions from all industrial sectors in Scotland for 2021.

F-Gases are man-made and often used as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances in the likes of fridges and air conditioning units.

Kajuru Castle is a luxury villa, built between the years 1981 and 1989, at Kajuru (Ajure) village in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria.

It was built by a German expatriate in Nigeria, living in Kaduna at the time.

The castle is located at about 45 km from Kaduna on a mountaintop in Kajuru (Ajure) village, Kaduna State.

Built with 1 meter thick granite stone in a fanciful medieval-inspired Romanesque style, it is adorned with turrets, an armory and a dungeon.

The castle is privately owned, and has the capacity to host 150 guests.

The castle is often described as an African version of the Bavarian Castle in a grand 19th-century Romanesque revival style.

It has a baronial styled hall, coupled with dungeons and towers lined with crenellated walls.

The castle also has a big “knight’s hall” and a landlord (masters) residence and several other rooms over its three floors.

It is a delight for nature lovers and sight-seeing.

The SS Lady Elizabeth, more commonly known as the Lady Elizabeth Shipwreck, is a famous beached ghost ship which is located in the waters to the eastern side of the capital city of the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands, Stanley.

As it is between the islands’ main airport and the capital, more precisely in Whale Bone Cove, the shipwreck is one of the few things that receives some greater attention, even though it is not as imposing nor something enormous that will make someone to visit the Falklands specifically for the shipwreck.

Still, this three-mast, iron hulled barque was constructed by Robert Thompson Jr. of Southwick, Sunderland and officially launched on 4 June 1879.

Being just under average size when compared to the other barques which were also constructed by Thompson, in the fleet of ships of John Wilson, SS Lady Elizabeth was the seventh largest ship.

With few ownership changes throughout its years, SS Lady Elizabeth successfully executed her primary purpose, hauling cargo, and its final shipment of lumber began on 4 December 1912 from Vancouver, Canada, and it was headed towards Mozambique in Africa.

Due to very strong winds, the ship was damaged, much of its cargo lost, and even 4 men were lost in the sea.

Furthermore, while trying to reach Stanley in the Falklands for the much needed repairs, the ship experienced further damages off Volunteer Point, which unfortunately did not made her seaworthy, as it was way too expensive to be repaired.

When this was also confirmed in Stanley, SS Lady Elizabeth was bought by the Falkland Island Company in order to be used as a floating timber warehouse.

Staying at the East Jetty for 3 years, the ship was then moored in the harbor, up until 17 February 1936 when some violent gales, strong winds, forced the Lady to broke her moorings and to drift to its present location.

There are some reports which state that the shipwreck is moving a bit from the pounding waves during high and low tides, however, fortunately most of its accessories are still attached to it.

With the years, the weather has took its toll on the ship, and with the corrosion it is uncertain how long Lady Elizabeth will stay like this, with hope that the local government will try to find some kind of solution in order to preserve this historic treasure it has.