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Storm Domingos Hits Galicia

Several boats fishing despite the storm, on November 4, 2023, in Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. The Domingos squall has arrived in Galicia with heavy rainfall, waves that could reach 11 meters and wind gusts exceeding 170 kilometers per hour that have caused more than 340 incidents. In addition, the Xunta de Galicia has activated the orange alert in the province of Pontevedra by accumulated rainfall of more than 100 millimeters in 12 hours. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Domingos Hits Galicia

Two people watch the rough sea on November 4, 2023, in Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. The Domingos squall has arrived in Galicia with heavy rainfall, waves that could reach 11 meters and wind gusts exceeding 170 kilometers per hour that have caused more than 340 incidents. In addition, the Xunta de Galicia has activated the orange alert in the province of Pontevedra by accumulated rainfall of more than 100 millimeters in 12 hours. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Domingos Hits Galicia

View of the choppy sea with buildings in the background, on November 4, 2023, in Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. The Domingos squall has arrived in Galicia with heavy rainfall, waves that could reach 11 meters and wind gusts exceeding 170 kilometers per hour that have caused more than 340 incidents. In addition, the Xunta de Galicia has activated the orange alert in the province of Pontevedra by accumulated rainfall of more than 100 millimeters in 12 hours. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Domingos Hits Galicia

Container overturned as a result of the storm, on November 4, 2023, in Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. The Domingos squall has arrived in Galicia with heavy rainfall, waves that could reach 11 meters and wind gusts exceeding 170 kilometers per hour that have caused more than 340 incidents. In addition, the Xunta de Galicia has activated the orange alert in the province of Pontevedra by accumulated rainfall of more than 100 millimeters in 12 hours. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Domingos Hits Galicia

View of the choppy sea with buildings in the background, on November 4, 2023, in Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. The Domingos squall has arrived in Galicia with heavy rainfall, waves that could reach 11 meters and wind gusts exceeding 170 kilometers per hour that have caused more than 340 incidents. In addition, the Xunta de Galicia has activated the orange alert in the province of Pontevedra by accumulated rainfall of more than 100 millimeters in 12 hours. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Domingos Hits Galicia

Several boats fishing despite the storm, on November 4, 2023, in Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. The Domingos squall has arrived in Galicia with heavy rainfall, waves that could reach 11 meters and wind gusts exceeding 170 kilometers per hour that have caused more than 340 incidents. In addition, the Xunta de Galicia has activated the orange alert in the province of Pontevedra by accumulated rainfall of more than 100 millimeters in 12 hours. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Storm Domingos Hits Galicia

Various damages as a result of the storm, on November 4, 2023, in Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. The Domingos squall has arrived in Galicia with heavy rainfall, waves that could reach 11 meters and wind gusts exceeding 170 kilometers per hour that have caused more than 340 incidents. In addition, the Xunta de Galicia has activated the orange alert in the province of Pontevedra by accumulated rainfall of more than 100 millimeters in 12 hours. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TURPAN-KAREZ (CN)

(230320) -- URUMQI, March 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tourist views a model of karez wells at a scenic spot of karez wells in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 11, 2023. Located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Turpan in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of the driest and hottest places in China, with an average annual precipitation of only 16 millimeters and evaporation of up to 3,000 millimeters. In order to make this vast Gobi into a comfortable and livable oasis, the local people found new way as water reserve in karez well, an invention that provides water source from generations on. The karez wells consists of vertical shafts and subterranean canals that surface in the form of ditches and small ponds. The karez irrigation system, composed of vertical shafts, subterranean and ground canals, and small reservoirs, was built 2,000 years ago and is considered one of China's greatest surviving ancient man-made structures, along with the Great Wall and the Gra

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TURPAN-KAREZ (CN)

(230320) -- URUMQI, March 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit a scenic spot of karez wells in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 11, 2023. Located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Turpan in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of the driest and hottest places in China, with an average annual precipitation of only 16 millimeters and evaporation of up to 3,000 millimeters. In order to make this vast Gobi into a comfortable and livable oasis, the local people found new way as water reserve in karez well, an invention that provides water source from generations on. The karez wells consists of vertical shafts and subterranean canals that surface in the form of ditches and small ponds. The karez irrigation system, composed of vertical shafts, subterranean and ground canals, and small reservoirs, was built 2,000 years ago and is considered one of China's greatest surviving ancient man-made structures, along with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. Over the year

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TURPAN-KAREZ (CN)

(230320) -- URUMQI, March 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 11, 2023 shows a folk house in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Turpan in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of the driest and hottest places in China, with an average annual precipitation of only 16 millimeters and evaporation of up to 3,000 millimeters. In order to make this vast Gobi into a comfortable and livable oasis, the local people found new way as water reserve in karez well, an invention that provides water source from generations on. The karez wells consists of vertical shafts and subterranean canals that surface in the form of ditches and small ponds. The karez irrigation system, composed of vertical shafts, subterranean and ground canals, and small reservoirs, was built 2,000 years ago and is considered one of China's greatest surviving ancient man-made structures, along with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. Over the years, the

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TURPAN-KAREZ (CN)

(230320) -- URUMQI, March 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit a scenic spot of karez wells in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 11, 2023. Located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Turpan in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of the driest and hottest places in China, with an average annual precipitation of only 16 millimeters and evaporation of up to 3,000 millimeters. In order to make this vast Gobi into a comfortable and livable oasis, the local people found new way as water reserve in karez well, an invention that provides water source from generations on. The karez wells consists of vertical shafts and subterranean canals that surface in the form of ditches and small ponds. The karez irrigation system, composed of vertical shafts, subterranean and ground canals, and small reservoirs, was built 2,000 years ago and is considered one of China's greatest surviving ancient man-made structures, along with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. Over the year

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Heavy rainfall hits western Japan

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A motorcycle rider wades through floodwaters caused by heavy downpours in the western Japan city of Wakayama on Nov. 11, 2009. Low pressure dumped heavy rain across a wide area of western Japan the same day, bringing the city a record hourly rainfall of 119.5 millimeters from 3 a.m. and causing a blackout affecting some 1,300 households in Wakayama Prefecture.

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Toyota debuts all-new bB car targeting young, music lovers

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki WQatanabe poses beside the company's fully redesigned bB small car at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26. The car, which Toyota dubs ''a car-shaped music player,'' comes equipped with nine speakers and interior lights installed in 11 locations that flash in rhythm to the music. The front seats recline and sink about 80 millimeters to let the users relax as if on a couch, the carmaker said.

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Olympus set to launch capsule endoscope in Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Medical Systems Corp. said Oct. 13 it will launch a capsule endoscope (ih handout photo) for the small bowel on Oct. 24 in 33 European countries including Britain, France and Germany. The capsule, measuring 11 millimeters in diameter and 26 mm in length, will be swallowed to transmit two images per second to a recorder unit via a built-in antenna until it is expelled through the anus, the medical systems unit of Japanese camera maker Olympus Corp. said.

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Resident of flooded Kochi City uses a canoe

A resident of the flooded western Japan city of Kochi uses a canoe to move from one place to another Sept. 25. Heavy rains hit Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku Island, causing flooding throughout the area. A record rainfall of 240 millimeters was registered in the prefectural capital of Kochi between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25.

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Submerged drivers' school in Kochi

Heavy rains submerge a drivers' school in the western Japan city of Kochi on Sept. 25. The Kochi prefectural capital recorded rainfall of 240 millimeters between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25, causing flooding throughout the prefecture.

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Toyota debuts all-new bB car targeting young, music lovers

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki WQatanabe poses beside the company's fully redesigned bB small car at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26. The car, which Toyota dubs ''a car-shaped music player,'' comes equipped with nine speakers and interior lights installed in 11 locations that flash in rhythm to the music. The front seats recline and sink about 80 millimeters to let the users relax as if on a couch, the carmaker said. (Kyodo)

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Olympus set to launch capsule endoscope in Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Medical Systems Corp. said Oct. 13 it will launch a capsule endoscope (ih handout photo) for the small bowel on Oct. 24 in 33 European countries including Britain, France and Germany. The capsule, measuring 11 millimeters in diameter and 26 mm in length, will be swallowed to transmit two images per second to a recorder unit via a built-in antenna until it is expelled through the anus, the medical systems unit of Japanese camera maker Olympus Corp. said. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rainfall hits western Japan

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A motorcycle rider wades through floodwaters caused by heavy downpours in the western Japan city of Wakayama on Nov. 11, 2009. Low pressure dumped heavy rain across a wide area of western Japan the same day, bringing the city a record hourly rainfall of 119.5 millimeters from 3 a.m. and causing a blackout affecting some 1,300 households in Wakayama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Submerged drivers' school in Koc

Heavy rains submerge a drivers' school in the western Japan city of Kochi on Sept. 25. The Kochi prefectural capital recorded rainfall of 240 millimeters between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25, causing flooding throughout the prefecture.

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Resident of flooded Kochi City u

A resident of the flooded western Japan city of Kochi uses a canoe to move from one place to another Sept. 25. Heavy rains hit Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku Island, causing flooding throughout the area. A record rainfall of 240 millimeters was registered in the prefectural capital of Kochi between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25.