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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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Antinuclear activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Misao Redwolf (holding microphone), an illustrator whose real name is undisclosed, at a rally against nuclear power generation in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Redwolf is one of the organizers of the antinuclear rallies which have been held on Friday nights near the premier's office and the Diet building since March 2012, a year after the outbreak on March 11, 2011, of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Antinuclear activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Misao Redwolf, an illustrator whose real name is undisclosed, at a rally against nuclear power generation in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Redwolf is one of the organizers of the antinuclear rallies which have been held on Friday nights near the premier's office and the Diet building since March 2012, a year after the outbreak on March 11, 2011, of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Gold medal is symbol of hopes for quake-hit people: Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu shows the gold medal he won at the Sochi Olympics at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 24, 2014, saying it serves as a symbol of the hopes and dreams of people who were affected by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Hanyu's hometown is Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the disaster.

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Test facility to simulate big tsunami completed in Chiba

ABIKO, Japan - The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry's experimental facility in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, capable of creating waves up to one-third the size of the tsunami that hit land following the earthquake of March 11, 2011, is opened to the press on April 22, 2014.

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Sankei Shimbun, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A visitor looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Niigata Nippo, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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Takahashi, Asada at quake charity event in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi (L) and Mao Asada (2nd from L) ask visitors for donations to support reconstruction from the March 11, 2011, disaster after their performances at a charity event held in Kobe on April 2, 2014.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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Radioactive water dumped into river

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an intake weir on the Iizaki River in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, in April 2013. JDC Corp., a medium-sized general contractor, discharged 340 tons of radiation-contaminated water into the river used for agricultural water, following the March 2011 nuclear disaster, JDC sources said on July 11, 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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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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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 town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R).

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U.S. mulls adding eel to list of endangered species

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a cook broiling skewered eel slices at a restaurant in Tokyo in July 2011. According to the April 11, 2012, federal register, the U.S. government is considering restricting trade of American eel and other eel species by listing them as endangered under an international treaty, a move that could cause eel prices in Japan to rise.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2012, a cattle beast lies starved to death after its owner abandoned it in a barn. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, a calf (front) looks almost skeletal because its mother is too weak to breastfeed it. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, relaxes at his home after finishing his day's work of tending to pets and livestock. Without electricity, he relies on candles to light his room. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, an ostrich walks by the remains of another that starved to death after they were left abandoned at a breeding facility. In April 2011, the government designated Okuma and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 21, 2012, shows dogs that have been abandoned by their owners. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, gives milk to a weakened calf via a feeding bottle. Behind him are the ostriches and the dog he keeps after their owners abandoned them. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Int'l tourism meeting

SENDAI, Japan - A meeting of the World Tourism and Travel Council, an international organization of executives from 100 major international tourism-related businesses, is held in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 17, 2012, to discuss reconstruction work and crisis management following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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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 an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 28, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which restoration work is under way after fishing boats brought ashore by the tsunami were 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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Nobel laureate Oe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on April 22, 2011, shows Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe. Twenty-two Japanese writers, including Oe, have been invited to France's largest book fair, the Salon du Livre, to be held in March in Paris, the fair's organizer said on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Commemoration of Japan disaster in London

LONDON, Britain - People gather in rain to commemorate the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan at Westminster Abbey in London on June 5, 2011. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony at the church where the wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was held in April.

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Carp streamers in tsunami-hit Minamisoma

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A couple who lost their son in the March 11, 2011, tsunami look up at carp streamers flying in the air on April 28 in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, hoping to find their son soon. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Farmers protest TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Farmers protest in front of the head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Tokyo on April 26, 2011. Agriculture including food production and distribution has been severely hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disasters.

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Searching for missing people in Fukushima

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces search for people missing since the March 11, 2011, tsunami in an area within a 30-kilometer radius of the crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 23.

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Doctor in disaster area among TIME's 100 influential people

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeshi Kanno, a 31-year-old doctor who was on duty at a public hospital in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, when a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the town on March 11, 2011. TIME magazine on April 21, 2011, named the doctor in its list of this year's 100 most influential people in the world. Kanno helped move patients at his hospital to the highest floor immediately after hearing the tsunami alert and over the next two days stayed with them until the last patient had been rescued.

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Japan embassy expresses appreciation to Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono (R) shakes hands with members of the Russian team who engaged in rescue work in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow on April 19. The embassy held a gathering to thank Russia for its support after the disaster.

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Search efforts in tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force member cleans up debris from buildings destroyed by the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 18.

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Recovery work in tsunami-hit areas

KAMAISHI, Japan - Construction workers build a temporary housing facility in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, on April 18, near cherry blossoms in full bloom.

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Public hospital in tsunami-hit area reopens

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - An elderly patient receives an examination at a makeshift facility of Shizugawa public hospital, a central hospital in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 11, 2011, tsunami, on April 18. The hospital, which lost 70 of its around 300 inpatients and workers in the disaster, fully reopened at prefab facilities the same day. The hospital is using the prefab units and equipment donated by an Israeli medical aid team that finished its operations in Minamisanriku on April 10.

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Tsunami damage at designated evacuation site

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken on April 11, 2011, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, shows a city-run gymnasium designated as an evacuation site by the local government that has been devastated by the March 11 tsunami. It is believed that a number of people were swept away by the tsunami at designated evacuation sites as more than 100 such facilities were damaged by the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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Cherry blossoms in tsunami-hit areas

IWAKI, Japan - Victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami eat curry, prepared outdoors for the victims, under cherry trees in full bloom in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 12.

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Empty streets in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Photo taken from an armed U.N. truck shows an empty road in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on April 11, 2011, after the country's former leader Laurent Gbagbo was captured the same day.

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Empty streets in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Photo shows an empty road in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on April 11, 2011, after the country's former leader Laurent Gbagbo was captured the same day.

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Mariners beat Blue Jays in walk-off win

SEATTLE, United States - The Seattle Mariners' Luis Rodriguez hugs Ichiro Suzuki (51) as he celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-out single in the ninth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays, leading the team to an 8-7 walk-off victory on April 11, 2011, at Safeco Field in Seattle.

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Situation at Fukushima nuke plant improving: U.S. commander

NEW YORK, United States - Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, speaks at a press conference in New York on April 11, 2011, about the situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, on April 11, 2011. Willard said the situation there is improving daily.

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Ichiro against Blue Jays

SEATTLE, United States - The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki runs to first after hitting a single to center off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Litsch (L) during the first inning of a game at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 11, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-4, as the team won 8-7.

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Ichiro against Blue Jays

SEATTLE, United States - The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki hits a single to center during the first inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 11, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-4, as the team won 8-7.

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Salvatore Adamo at Paris charity concert for Japan

PARIS, France - Musician Salvatore Adamo performs during a charity concert called ''Tsunami et Demain'' (tsunami and tomorrow) in Paris, on April 11, 2011, to raise funds for Japanese victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Some 20 musicians including Japanese living in France performed at the event as Japan marked one month since the disaster.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - People associated with Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity pray to calm the sea at the Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the city the same day to pray for disaster victims and recovery.

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Paris charity concert for Japan

PARIS, France - Musicians, including Jane Birkin (3rd from R), perform at a charity concert called ''Tsunami et Demain'' (tsunami and tomorrow) in Paris, on April 11, 2011, to raise funds for Japanese victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Some 20 musicians including Japanese living in France performed at the event as Japan marked one month since the disaster.

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Jane Birkin at Paris charity concert for Japan

PARIS, France - Musician Jane Birkin performs during a charity concert called ''Tsunami et Demain'' (tsunami and tomorrow) in Paris, on April 11, 2011, to raise funds for Japanese victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Some 20 musicians including Japanese living in France performed at the event as Japan marked one month since the disaster.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - Shinto priests and Buddhist monks walk to a beach while soliciting donations for quake and tsunami relief from the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the historic earthquake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the shrine the same day to pray for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and recovery from the disaster.

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Japan extends evacuation areas around Fukushima plant

MINAMISOMA, Japan - CLARIFYING LOCATION OF CHECKPOINT Police officers man a checkpoint in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on April 11, 2011, a month after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami disaster. The Japanese government on the same day expanded its evacuation order to include some areas with high amounts of cumulative radioactive materials beyond the evacuation zone of a 20-kilometer radius from the plant.