Strong winds and waves batter Uruguay's capital Montevideo as subtropical cyclone Yakecan hits the South American country with gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour. At least one person has died and thousands of homes have been left without power, with the country issuing an orange weather alert, its second most severe.

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