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• The United States announces the renaming of Mount McKinley (pictured) in Alaska to its traditional name of Denali.
• Flash floods and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Erika kill at least 20 people acrossDominica in the Lesser Antilles.
• Wildfires across the U.S. state of Washington, including the Okanogan Complex fire, destroy more than 200 homes and burn 920 square miles (2,400 km²).
• The ancient Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra is destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
• At least 11 people are killed when a Hawker Hunter crashes onto a busy road during an airshow inShoreham-by-Sea, UK.

• Ongoing events: 
  • European migrant crisis