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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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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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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 1982 shows Kim Il Sung (R), founder and leader of North Korea, and his son Kim Jong Il (L) who later succeeded his father, taking a walk at the Tower of the Juche Idea in Pyongyang, which was built to commemorate the elder Kim's 70th birthday. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17. He was 69.

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Kim Jong Il reportedly dead

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il clapping his hands during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang in April 2002. North Korea on Dec. 19, 2011, announced Kim died. He was 69.

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DeNA in negotiations to purchase Yokohama BayStars

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows spectators at a Central League season-opening game between the Yokohama BayStars and the Chunichi Dragons at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, home ground of the BayStars. Mobile-phone gaming company DeNA Co. said Oct. 19, 2011, it is in negotiations to purchase a baseball club, while sources familiar with the matter said the same day that Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. has reached a basic agreement with DeNA to sell its majority stake in the BayStars.

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Filipinos celebrate national hero who briefly visited Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken June 16, 2011, at the Philippine National Library in Manila, shows a portrait on display there of Seiko Usui, more commonly known to Filipinos as O-Sei-san, the Japanese love interest of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal, who visited Japan from Feb. 28 to April 13, 1888. The Philippines celebrated the 150th anniversary of Rizal's birth on June 19, 2011.

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Levee broke at lake in Fukushima after March 11 quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2011, shows a broken levee (L) at Lake Fujinuma in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture. It was broken shortly after the March 11 earthquake and water from the dam swallowed a village near the lake, killing seven people. A 1-year-old boy remains missing.

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Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - A tour guide speaks in front of a building damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster.

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Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - Construction workers build an observation deck to view a building (back) damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County, on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Tigers

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the seventh inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 19, 2011. The Mariners won 13-3.

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Athletics' Matsui vs. Red Sox

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui runs to first base as he blasts two-run double in the eighth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on April 19, 2011. The A's won 5-0.

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Ambassador King in interview

WASHINGTON, United States - Robert King, special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, speaks during an interview in Washington on April 19, 2011. King said the United States is studying the possibility of providing food aid to North Korea with assessing the situation while discussing the matter with South Korea at the same time.

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Inter 1-0 Roma

ROME, Italy - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (front) controls the ball in the second half of the first leg of the Coppa Italia semifinal against Roma in Rome on April 19, 2011. Inter won 1-0.

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Inter 1-0 Roma

ROME, Italy - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (C) vies for the ball against David Pizarro (L) and Marco Cassetti during the second half of the first leg of the Coppa Italia semifinal against Roma in Rome on April 19, 2011. Inter won 1-0.

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Japan embassy expresses appreciation to Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian opera singer Hibla Gerzmava (C) performs at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow on April 19, 2011, during an event to thank Russia for its support to Japan after the March 11 devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Areva CEO in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive officer of French nuclear fuel company Areva SA, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 19, 2011. Areva is helping Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s efforts to put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station under control.

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Rain falls in disaster area

OTSUCHI, Japan - A girl walks with an umbrella as rain falls on rubble in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 19, 2011. Her father was a volunteer firefighter and died in rescue work after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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U.S. flattop wraps up disaster support in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, commander of the Carrier Strike Group Seven at the Ronald Reagan Strike Group, speaks in a press conference aboard the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 19, 2011. The Ronald Reagan called at the port the same day after concluding its participation in the U.S. forces' Operation Tomodachi to provide relief in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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U.S. flattop wraps up disaster support in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan's skipper, Capt. Thom Burke, speaks in a press conference aboard the vessel at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 19, 2011. The Ronald Reagan called at the port the same day after concluding its participation in the U.S. forces' Operation Tomodachi to provide relief in northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Photos found in rubble

IWANUMA, Japan - A woman looks at photos on a wall of a facility in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 19, 2011. The facility opened the same day to display photos recovered from rubble in areas hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami so that they could be returned to their owners.

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Tsunami drill at Tokaimura

MITO, Japan - Employees of Japan Atomic Power Co. connect a cable to a power supply vehicle during a disaster drill held under the assumption that all power sources had been lost due to a tsunami at the Tokai No. 2 Power Station (seen in the background), a nuclear power plant, in the village of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 19, 2011.

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Nissan president Ghosn at Shanghai auto show

SHANGHAI, China - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at the Auto Shanghai 2011 exhibition in Shanghai on April 19, 2011, which opened the same day. Ghosn expressed gratitude over China's support over the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Civil engineers from U.S.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Civil engineers from the United States examine damage to a building hit by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 19, 2011.

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Toyota president Toyoda at Shanghai auto show

SHANGHAI, China - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks at the Auto Shanghai 2011 exhibition in Shanghai on April 19, 2011, which opened the same day. Toyoda expressed gratitude for China's support over the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Researvists wrap up disaster duties

FUKUOKA, Japan - A unit of reservists from the Kyushu and Okinawa areas attend a ceremony at a garrison of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 19, 2011, to mark the disbandment of the unit dispatched to northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami. A total of 126 reservists from the Kyushu and Okinawa areas took part in search operation and relief activities.

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Recovery efforts in Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - People check heaps of waste on April 19, 2011, in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which have been gathered along a riverbank after the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2011. Edano said the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is not likely to face a total meltdown if the current level of cooling reactors is sustained.