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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Cherry blossom festival near Fukushima plant

Fireworks light up the sky during a cherry blossom festival in Namie, a northeastern Japan town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 4, 2025. The festival was held for the first time in 15 years following the 2011 nuclear crisis.

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Cherry blossom festival near Fukushima plant

Fireworks light up the sky during a cherry blossom festival in Namie, a northeastern Japan town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 4, 2025. The festival was held for the first time in 15 years following the 2011 nuclear crisis.

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Israeli missile levels Iranian consulate building in Syrian capital

STORY: Israeli missile levels Iranian consulate building in Syrian capital SHOOTING TIME: April 1, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): HUMMAM SHEIKH ALI, Xinhua reporter 2. various of the Iranian embassy 3. various of the damage at the targeted site 4. various of the damage to the building around STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HUMMAM SHEIKH ALI, Xinhua reporter "We are now in front of the Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus. Today (April 1) afternoon, an Israeli missile attack hit the consulate part of the embassy, destroying it completely. Previously, the Israeli attacks would hit military posts and Iranian-backed militias. But this time, the Iranian embassy is the target for the first time since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011. As we can see, officials are here police, civil defenses, and military as well. Efforts are ongoing to remove rubble and salvage any possible survivors from under the rubble. The attack

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French chef finds China land of opportunities for foreigners

STORY: French chef finds China land of opportunities for foreigners DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Greg Louraichi working at his restaurant 2. various of Xiamen city 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GREG LOURAICHI, French chef 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GREG LOURAICHI, French chef 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GREG LOURAICHI, French chef STORYLINE: Greg Louraichi, a chef from Bordeaux in France, moved to China in 2002. Serving as the chief chef in big hotels at the beginning, he then started his own business in China. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GREG LOURAICHI, French chef "On my first time when I arrived here, I discovered China was very impressive. And I wanted to discover, so the year after, I jumped to China to push myself to do something here." In 2011, he opened a restaurant in east China's Xiamen that mixed different cultures into the French cuisine. He believes that China is a land of opportunities for foreigners. SOUNDBITE 2 (English

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37 pct of population displaced from Japan's Fukushima may have PTSD: survey

STORY: 37 pct of population displaced from Japan's Fukushima may have PTSD: survey DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Fukushima 2. various of local fishermen STORYLINE: A survey of Fukushima Prefecture residents who evacuated to areas outside the prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear disaster found that nearly 40 percent of respondents may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), local media reported Monday. Waseda University and a citizens group sent questionnaires to 5,350 households mainly in the Kanto region around Tokyo who had fled from Fukushima following the nuclear disaster, and obtained responses from 516. The results indicated that 37.0 percent of the evacuees had PTSD. Behind the high rate are long-term stress factors, including memories of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, drastic changes in living environments and problems resulting from the government's p

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Japan to introduce more foreign construction workers

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of Cabinet ministers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4, 2014. They decided to allow more foreign workers into the construction industry, given growing manpower demand for reconstruction of areas hit by the March 2011 disaster and for building facilities for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a temporary storage facility for dry casks containing spent fuel, which has been put to use at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the fifth floor of the building housing the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Under the steel sheets (C) is the spent fuel pool. At top left is the building housing the No. 3 reactor. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - An official explains the use of equipment inside a room for water treatment control at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the inside of the building housing the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the inside of multi-nuclide removal equipment called ALPS at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the central monitoring room in a building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a heavy machinery remote-control room at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Work at Fukushima nuclear plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on April 4, 2013, shows an area around a crack at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, from which highly radioactive water leaked into the sea in April 2011. The crack in front of the structure has been filled and covered with gravel. Installation work on a water shielding wall began at the plant on April 2, 2013.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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2 years after quake

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with a shipyard having been reconstructed and the pleasure boat Hamayuri that was washed up on the roof of an inn having been removed.

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2 years after quake

IWAKI, Japan - Photos show a shrine in the Hisanohamamachi district in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with a sacred "torii" arch.

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2 years after quake

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos show U.S. Marines cleaning up debris on the island of Oshima in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Matsuzaka solid in 2nd rehab outing

PORTLAND, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka answers reporters' questions after pitching for Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in a professional game in Portland, Maine, on April 28, 2012. Matsuzaka allowed one run on three hits and two walks in 4-2/3 innings in his second start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2011.

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Matsuzaka solid in 2nd rehab outing

PORTLAND, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches for Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in a professional game in Portland, Maine, on April 28, 2012. Matsuzaka allowed one run on three hits and two walks in 4-2/3 innings in his second start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2011.

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Matsuzaka solid in 2nd rehab outing

PORTLAND, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches for Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in a professional game in Portland, Maine, on April 28, 2012. Matsuzaka allowed one run on three hits and two walks in 4-2/3 innings in his second start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2011.

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Softbank planning Japan's largest solar power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2011 shows an experimental solar power plant run by Softbank Corp. in Obihiro, Hokkaido. The Tokyo-based mobile phone carrier is planning to build what would be Japan's largest solar power plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, with an output capacity of at least 200,000 kilowatts, industry sources said April 4, 2012.

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UNESCO honors children's newspaper

PARIS, France - Francesco Bandarin (rear C), assistant director general for culture at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, poses for photos with Japanese children at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris on April 2, 2012, as the U.N. body honors the Fight Shimbun wall newspaper written by children in a northeastern Japanese city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In the front (from R) are first editor Risa Yoshida, 8, and her sister Mahiro, 4. In the center is second editor Satoko Oyama, 10, with her sister Kanako, 13, (rear L). To the right of Bandarin is coordinator and musician Misa Jonouchi.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which debris has been removed.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show JR Minami-Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the roof and railway tracks have been removed.

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Higashimatsushima soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show members of the Ground Self-Defense Force saluting to victims at a temporary burial site in the city of Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, on April 3, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the site was covered by snow.

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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a street in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 5, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012.

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Railroad soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show part of JR Senseki Line rail track in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom). Services on the line have been partly resumed.

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Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom).

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U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrive at the White Beach U.S. Naval facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2011, after taking part in Operation Tomodachi to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said.

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Mariners beat Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielders Ichiro Suzuki (R) and Michael Saunders celebrate as their team won against the Boston Red Sox 5-4 at Fenway Park in Boston on April 30, 2011.

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Mariners beats Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Ichiro Suzuki (R) of the Seattle Mariners gives a high-five to Brendan Ryan after the team beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 in a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on April 29, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-4 as the team extended its winning streak to 4.

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Athletics' Matsui vs. Angels

ANAHEIM, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui doubles to left in the second inning of a game against his old team the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 25, 2011. Matsui went 2-for-4 in a 5-0 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Athletics

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the eighth inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 23, 2011. Ichiro went 3-for-4 in a 9-1 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Athletics

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki singles to left in the second inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 23, 2011. Ichiro went 3-for-4 in a 9-1 loss.

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Former Candies member Tanaka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows 1970s female pop trio the Candies performing during their ''Sayonara'' farewell concert in Tokyo's Korakuen Stadium on April 4, 1978. The trio comprised Ran Ito (C), called Ran, Miki Fujimura (L), called Miki, and Yoshiko Tanaka (R), called Sue. Tanaka died April 21, 2011, of breast cancer at the age of 55.

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Deserted town near Chernobyl plant

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - Photo taken on April 18, 2011, shows a Ferris wheel and apartment blocks in Pripyat, about 4 kilometers northwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. The town, where the employees of the power plant used to live, was abandoned after the nuclear accident on April 26, 1986.

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Deserted town near Chernobyl plant

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - A doll lies in front of the ''cultural palace'' in Pripyat, about 4 kilometers northwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, on April 18, 2011. The town, where the employees of the power plant used to live, was abandoned after the nuclear accident on April 26, 1986. Young white birch trees grow inside the building.

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Uehara against Twins

BALTIMORE, United States - Baltimore Orioles reliever Koji Uehara throws the ball during the eighth inning of a game against the Minnesota Twins in Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on April 20, 2011. Uehara allowed one run and two hits in the team's 5-4 win.

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Ichiro 1-for-4 against Tigers

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring single during the third inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 20, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 in the team's 2-3 loss.

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Matsui against Red Sox

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to center during the seventh inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, on April 20, 2011. Matsui went 2-for-4 as his team lost 3-5.

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Capt. Burke of U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Capt. Thom Burke, commanding officer of the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on April 20, 2011, reflecting on the quake-relief mission dubbed Operation Tomodachi -- meaning friendship in Japanese. The crew members of the vessel provided relief supplies to 55 locations through April 4.

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Saito lives up to billing in pro debut

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yuki Saito pitches during a game against the Lotte Marines at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on April 17, 2011. Saito walked away a winner in his pro baseball debut after an 8-4 victory.

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Catania's Morimoto vs. Lazio

CATANIA, Italy - Catania forward Takayuki Morimoto dribbles during the second half of a Serie A game against Lazio on April 17, 2011. Lazio won 4-1.

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Saito lives up to billing in pro debut

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yuki Saito pitches during a game against the Lotte Marines at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on April 17, 2011. Saito walked away a winner in his pro baseball debut after an 8-4 victory.