EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #HOMELESS CRISIS: Three years on from the death of Jonathan Corrie, the government is holding another homeless summit today.

2. #MERCHANT’S QUAY: A leading homelessness and drug support charity has called for more funding and investment from government to help tackle the growing crisis.

3. #TSUNAMI FEARS: Several people have been killed after a massive earthquake hit off the coast of southern Mexico late last night.

4. #DIVERSION: The NBRU has told Dublin Bus that drivers it represents will curtail services through Tallaght next week if anti-social behaviour issues are not solved.

5. #PATH OF DESTRUCTION: More than a half-million people were ordered to leave south Florida last night as Hurricane Irma hurtled towards the US state.

6. #REPEAL DEBATE: Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said that the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution “oppresses women” with the “burden of choicelessness”.

7. #DATA LEAK: Credit monitoring company Equifax has been hit by a high-tech heist that exposed the personal and sensitive information about 143 million US citizens.

8. #ARREARS: A farmer fears proposed actions by a receiver appointed over his land by a “vulture fund” could his destroy his business, the High Court has heard.

9. #RAIN: Here’s a quick look at this weekend’s weather forecast (it’s not great).