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Hong Kong authorities have announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and are holding 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing as the city attempts to stem an emerging omicron outbreak.

The world’s largest cruise ship is making a splash at Port Canaveral starting in November of 2022, Royal Caribbean announced on Wednesday.

La Soufriere volcano has shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash and a cruise ship has arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island by a week of violent eruptions.

CNN Video(CNN) - It might be the ultimate selfie, but it just got a woman banned from a cruise ship for life. The woman took the picture as she stood on top of the railing of her rooms balcony. A fellow passenger snapped a picture of her taking the selfie thinking she was possibly going to jump and alerted the crew. The woman was identified and later removed from the ship when it reached Jamaica. As a result, the cruise line said the woman and her companion are banned for life from any of its future trips.

NOAA's forecast for the path of Hurricane Dorian as of Monday, September 2 at 4 a.m. (CNN) - Hurricane Dorian, the strongest storm to hit the planet so far this year, has swept into the Bahamas, leaving many travelers among those affected. But it is clear that Hurricane Dorian has had a catastrophic impact," said Sune Bulow, Head of IFRC's Emergency Operation Center in Geneva, in a statement from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). AccommodationMany hotels in the region have been boarded up and travelers have been evacuated to temporary shelters. In the first wave of the Bahamas Red Cross response, about 500 local families will receive emergency shelter assistance, supplied with tarpaulins, blankets, kitchen sets, and solar cell phone chargers.

Dont be lulled into a false sense of security.Thats the message one family has for anyone planning a cruise vacation after they said their underage daughter was gang-raped on a Royal Caribbean cruise years ago, according to their lawyer. She was given numerous drinks by a group of male passengers, who brought her back to a cabin and gang-raped her, the familys lawyer, Michael Winkleman, told InsideEdition.com. Security guards on the ship told her they would kick her off the ship if she did it again.According to the lawsuit, K.T. The safety and security of our guests is our top priority," Royal Caribbean's Owen Torres told InsideEdition.com. RELATED STORIESCouple Says They Found Hidden Camera Pointing at Their Bed in Carnival Cruise RoomMom of Toddler Who Fell From Cruise Never Wants Anyone Else to 'Scream' as She DidWoman Says She Was Kept on Scientology Cruise Ship Like a Prisoner

The family of an Indiana toddler who died earlier this month after falling 11 stories from a docked cruise ship are desperate to stop what happened to their daughter from happening to another family. "I never want another mother to have to experience this or to see what I had to see or to scream how I had to scream," mother Kimberly Wiegand told the "Today" show in her first interview since the incident. Chloe's parents, Kimberly and Alan Wiegand, said that they do not blame Anello in the interview with the "Today" show. She continued: "We obviously blame them for not having a safer situation on the 11th floor of that cruise ship. RELATED STORIESMemorial Service Held for 18-Month-Old Toddler Who Fell From Cruise ShipGrandpa 'Inconsolable' After Toddler Fell to Her Death From Cruise Ship, Lawyer SaysCruise Passengers Remember Mom's Cry as Toddler Fell to Death From Ship

Jonathan Palombo/Wikimedia(CNN) - An American toddler fell to her death on Sunday from the deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a spokesman for the local Port Authority said. The grandfather sat the girl in the window and lost his balance, and the girl fell to her death. The girl had traveled to San Juan from the mainland with her parents, siblings and four grandparents. The ship was scheduled to depart for a weeklong voyage at 8:30 p.m. Sunday; the fall happened about 5 p.m., according to Carmona. The girl's body was taken to a forensic unit in San Juan.

Royal CaribbeanAuthorities say a toddler apparently slipped from her grandfather's hands and fell to her death from a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico. Police said Monday that the grandfather of the 1-year-old girl from Indiana told officers he lost his grip while holding her outside a window on the 11th story of the Freedom of the Seas. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the Panamerican dock in the capital of San Juan. Royal Caribbean Cruises called it a tragic incident and said they were helping the family. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

An Indiana toddler died Sunday after she fell 11 stores from a cruise ship to the dock below in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Authorities told local newspaper Primera Hora that it appeared the girl's grandfather had been holding her up to an open window on the Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas ship when he lost his grip on her and she fell. "It's a very grave scene, very regrettable and tragic," Elmer Roman of the Puerto Rican Department of Public Security told the paper in Spanish. The family has not been identified, though authorities said it was believed the girl was between 1 and 2 years old. Royal Caribbean told CBS News in a statement that the cruise line was "deeply saddened by yesterday's tragic incident, and our hearts go out to the family."