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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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Facility in Miyagi Pref. shows info on disaster, recovery

SENDAI, Japan - A new facility in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows information about the 2011 disaster in the area, such as tsunami damage and restoration efforts, on April 9, 2014.

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Japan to host RockCorps global volunteer movement

TOKYO, Japan - TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) and Stephen Greene (C), chief executive officer of the pro-social production company RockCorps, pose for photos in Tokyo on April 9, 2014. In RockCorps projects, volunteers who work for four hours to help communities will earn a ticket to a rock concert. In Japan, volunteers will serve for communities affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Vets reopen clinic away from home in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Veterinarian Michiko Watanabe examines a cat found in the evacuation zone set after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, on Jan. 9, 2014 at her animal clinic in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. Together with her vet husband, Watanabe reopened the clinic in April 2012, a year after they evacuated their hometown near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant following the March 2011 disaster.

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Quake charity concert in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (front C) and around 300 members of choirs from Japan and the United States hold a charity concert in New York's Carnegie Hall on April 9, 2012, to help rebuild northeastern Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Toyama gov. inspects temporary site for disaster debris

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii (R) inspects a facility at a temporary site for debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. Toyama Prefecture is considering accepting disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture.

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Toyama gov. inspects temporary site for disaster debris

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii (R) measures airborne radiation levels at a temporary site for debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. Toyama Prefecture is considering accepting disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011 (top), with items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same gymnasium on March 5, 2012 (bottom), in which items are still left without being picked up.

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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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City in Saitama attracts anime fans

SAITAMA, Japan - Women take photographs on Sept. 9, 2011 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on a bridge which appeared as a scene in the animation series ''Anohi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai'' (We still don't know the name of a flower we saw that day). Anime fans have been flocking to the city, and to the many spots which appear as scenes in the story, since it was broadcast from April through June this year.

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TEPCO logs 572 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (2nd from L) and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. The utility reported a group net loss of 571.76 billion yen for the April to June period after booking massive costs to deal with the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and increases in fuel expenses for power generation.

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TEPCO logs 572 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (front L) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. The utility reported a group net loss of 571.76 billion yen for the April to June period after booking massive costs to deal with the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and increases in fuel expenses for power generation.

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Engineers, researchers help disaster survivors

KESENNUMA, Japan - Disaster evacuees watch video images of the March 11 tsunami displayed on a computer at a shelter in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011.

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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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Athletics' Matsui vs. Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui (R) high-fives Kevin Kouzmanoff after scoring on Kouzmanoff's three-run homer following a walk in the sixth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 23, 2011. The A's won 9-1.

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Items retrieved from debris on display

SENDAI, Japan - Items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are lined up on the floor of the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011.

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Matsuzaka lifts Red Sox over Blue Jays

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on April 18, 2011. Matsuzaka held the Blue Jays to one hit with no runs for seven innings in his start, earning his first win of the season in a 9-1 victory.

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Matsuzaka lifts Red Sox over Blue Jays

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on April 18, 2011. Matsuzaka held the Blue Jays to one hit with no runs for seven innings in his start, earning his first win of the season in a 9-1 victory.

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Japan-U.S. ties after March 11 disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps' Chemical Biological Incident Response Force demonstrate their radioactive decontamination skills during an exercise also attended by members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on April 9, 2011. Relations between Japan and the United States have apparently grown firmer following U.S. support to deal with the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Quake charity bazaar in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - Women work at a charity bazaar in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 9, 2011 to help children who lost their parents in the recent quake and tsunami disaster in Japan. It is believed to be the first relief activity for Japan in Myanmar, where gatherings and rallies are strictly controlled by the authorities.

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Japan, U.S. forces coordinate on disaster relief

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit take part in a joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps' Chemical Biological Incident Response Force at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on April 9, 2011.

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TEPCO press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Takashi Fujimoto speaks at a press conference at the utility's head office in Tokyo on April 9, 2011.

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Search for missing in disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A member of the Self-Defense Forces searches for missing people in the town of Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 9, 2011, after the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Search for missing in disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers search for missing people in the town of Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011, after the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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TEPCO press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Takashi Fujimoto speaks at a press conference at the utility's head office in Tokyo on April 9, 2011.

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Japan and ASEAN meeting

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (3rd from L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C), and ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations show solidarity during a foreign ministerial meeting in Jakarta on April 9, 2011.

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Japan, ASEAN ministers meeting on quake relief

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L), Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (C) and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) offer silent prayers prior to a meeting of foreign ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to discuss coordination on reconstruction assistance for quake and tsunami-hit Japan on April 9, 2011, in Jakarta.

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U.S. Marine nuclear response team conducts drill

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Chemical Biological Incident Response Force take part in a drill at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on April 9, 2011, assuming radioactive contamination at the base. They have been dispatched from Maryland to help handle the nuclear crisis in Japan.

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Japan, ASEAN ministers meeting on quake relief

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) delivers a speech during a meeting by foreign ministers of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to coordinate on reconstruction assistance for quake and tsunami-hit Japan on April 9, 2011, in Jakarta. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) and Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (C) are also seen in the picture.

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Search operation in tsunami-hit area

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department search through the rubble for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2011.

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Plum tree blossoms in the rubble

NATORI, Japan - A broken plum tree blossoms in the rubble in an area devastated by the March 11 tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011.

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Japan, U.S. forces coordinate on disaster relief

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps' Chemical Biological Incident Response Force measure radioactivity levels on an ''injured'' person after decontamination work during a joint exercise with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on April 9, 2011.

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U.S. Marine nuclear response team conducts drill

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Chemical Biological Incident Response Force take part in a drill at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on April 9, 2011, assuming radioactive contamination at the base. They have been dispatched from Maryland to help handle the nuclear crisis in Japan.

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Hakuho visits evacuation center in Fukushima

ISHIKAWA, Japan - Sumo grand champion Hakuho holds a two-month-old infant at an evacuation center in the town of Ishikawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 9, 2011, nearly a month after the historic earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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U.S. Marine nuclear response team conducts drill

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Chemical Biological Incident Response Force take part in a drill at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on April 9, 2011, assuming radioactive contamination at the base. They have been dispatched from Maryland to help handle the nuclear crisis in Japan.

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Tsunami survivors begin moving into temporary housing

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A man carries a futon to a temporary housing facility in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, for those forced to evacuate following the March 11 tsunami, on April 9, 2011. Winners of a lottery draw began moving into 36 prefabricated units built on the premises of a junior high school.

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Upscale Tokyo hotel to turn into shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the main building of the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo, which closed for business on March 31, 2011. The former upscale hotel will begin accepting evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture, who have had to leave their homes due to radiation leaks from a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on April 9.

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Syrian carpet weaver sees booming carpet repair business amid economic crisis

STORY: Syrian carpet weaver sees booming carpet repair business amid economic crisis DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1- Various of the carpet weaver Omar Rawas working 2- SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver 3- The carpet weaver working 4- SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver 5- Various of the worker working 6- SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver 7- Rawas Checking the carpet 8- SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver 9- Rawas arranges the carpets STORYLINE: As a result of the economic crisis in Syria, the carpet repair business comes under the spotlight as people cannot afford new carpets. Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the carpet repair business was largely about fixing ancient and expensive handmade carpets, which were considered a kind of heritage. Omar Rawas, 44, inherited the technique from his ancestors. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OMAR RAWAS, Carpet weaver "Amid the steep hike in prices

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Miyagi gov. explains plan on anti-disaster bldg. frame to families

Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) speaks in front of some 40 bereaved family members of those died in or went missing from Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building during the 2011 tsunami in the town on April 9, 2015, about a plan to transfer the ownership of the building from the town to the prefecture until March 2031 and postpone the decision on whether to preserve it or tear it down. Town Mayor Jin Sato sits on his right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyagi gov. explains plan on anti-disaster bldg. frame to families

A man visits the steel frame of Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building, damaged by the 2011 tsunami, in Miyagi Prefecture on April 9, 2015. Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai told bereaved family members who lost their loved ones there about a plan to transfer the ownership of the building from the town to the prefecture until March 2031 and postpone the decision on whether to preserve or disassemble it. Many people continue to visit the place where 43 people died or went missing in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuated Fukushima town to remove ironic nuclear signboards

File photo taken in April 2011 shows a street signboard reading, "Nuclear power leads to a prosperous society and town," in the town of Futaba which hosts the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The town, which has been evacuated since the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, decided on March 9, 2015, to remove street signboards declaring the positive aspects of nuclear power because they have become decrepit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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City in Saitama attracts anime fans

SAITAMA, Japan - Women take photographs on Sept. 9, 2011 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on a bridge which appeared as a scene in the animation series ''Anohi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai'' (We still don't know the name of a flower we saw that day). Anime fans have been flocking to the city, and to the many spots which appear as scenes in the story, since it was broadcast from April through June this year. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO logs 572 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (2nd from L) and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. The utility reported a group net loss of 571.76 billion yen for the April to June period after booking massive costs to deal with the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and increases in fuel expenses for power generation. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO logs 572 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (front L) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. The utility reported a group net loss of 571.76 billion yen for the April to June period after booking massive costs to deal with the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and increases in fuel expenses for power generation. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric to ask for power-saving in summer

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. conducts a blackout drill at its central power supply command post in Osaka in April 2011. Company sources said on June 9, 2011, the utility is set to ask households and firms in its service area, which includes Osaka, to voluntarily save power due to a shortage expected this summer as some of its nuclear reactors will remain idle. (Kyodo)

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Engineers, researchers help disaster survivors

KESENNUMA, Japan - Disaster evacuees watch video images of the March 11 tsunami displayed on a computer at a shelter in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Subjects in post-9/11 film hope to 'pay it forward' to Japan vict

NEW YORK, United States - Scott Rettberg (R), director of ''New York Says Thank You,'' a documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, stands next to producer Megan Sleeper, along with subjects of the film, Charlie Vitchers (L) and Jeff Parness. All of them want to assist Japanese quake and tsunami victims in return for what Japanese 9/11 volunteers did for New Yorkers. Photo taken April 30, 2011 outside a movie theater near Ground Zero. (Kyodo)

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Toyama gov. inspects temporary site for disaster debris

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii (R) measures airborne radiation levels at a temporary site for debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. Toyama Prefecture is considering accepting disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Toyama gov. inspects temporary site for disaster debris

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii (R) inspects a facility at a temporary site for debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. Toyama Prefecture is considering accepting disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture. (Kyodo)