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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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Mascot Onokun mingles with fans in Higashi-matsushima

SENDAI, Japan - The mascot Onokun mingles with his ardent fans in Higashi-matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on April 20, 2014, commemorating the two-year anniversary of the birth of the character for craftwork in the form of a monkey made in the hope of the recovery of the 2011 disaster-hit city.

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Fukushima students tour PM's office

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (facing, 2nd from L) talks with junior high school students from Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2013. Twelve students from the northeastern prefecture affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster were invited on the tour by the prime minister's office and a nonprofit organization supporting children in the city.

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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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Film director Morita dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2006 shows Japanese film director Yoshimitsu Morita, who died of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 20, 2011. He was 61.

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NY-based S. Korean groups donate for disaster victims in Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Consul General of South Korea Kim Young Mok (R) and Japanese Consul General Shigeyuki Hiroki shake hands as representatives of five New York-based South Korean groups handed over checks worth a total of $56,000 from donations to support disaster-stricken people in Japan at the Japanese Consulate General in New York on April 20, 2011.

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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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Lexus LF-Gh at N.Y. auto show

NEW YORK, United States - Toyota Motor Corp. presents a new Lexus hybrid concept car, the Lexus LF-Gh, at New York International Auto Show that opened on April 20, 2011.

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U.S. researchers at quake-hit port

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A U.S. researcher operates a robot to probe debris in the water at a port in the quake and tsunami-hit town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011.

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Luxembourg's foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Luxembourg's Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 20, 2011. Asselborn called for European-Japan cooperation for a departure from nuclear energy.

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Flooded road in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman walks on a flooded road in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011. The area sank around 80 centimeters after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and high tides have been flooding the area since the disaster.

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Restoring infrastructures

OTSUCHI, Japan - Workers repair electricity infrastructure in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 20, 2011, after the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Tsunami damage in Minamisanriku

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A couple records the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011.

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Inspection at Sendai nuclear power plant

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Inspectors of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency check preparedness for possible tsunami damage at the Sendai nuclear power station, operated by the Kyushu Electric Power Co., in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 20, 2011.

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Recovery efforts in Onagawa

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces clean up debris in the tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011.

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U.S. researcher probes seabed with robot

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A U.S. researcher (C) is seen at a fishing port in the quake-hit town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011. Researchers were probing the seabed of the port by operating a robot to assess whether fishing boats could dock at the port.

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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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Recovering efforts in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Fishermen (upper L) on April 20, 2011, retrieve buoys used in oyster farming at the Oshika Peninsula in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tsunami-hit town in Iwate

OTSUCHI, Japan - A person views the damaged town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture from higher ground, on April 20, 2011. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area.

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George Washington returns to Yokosuka

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington returning to its homeport of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 20, 2011. The nuclear-powered vessel left the port on March 21 to avoid misunderstanding that traces of radioactive materials detected on the ship might be a sign of a radiation leak from its own reactor following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster, U.S. Navy officials said.

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Tsunami-hit city in Miyagi

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A person rides a bicycle on a road in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011. Parts of the city continue to be flooded due to the sinking of the ground level caused by the March 11 tsunami and due to the spring tides.

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NEC's next-generation wireless business

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a plant for next-generation Long Term Evolution wireless access systems at an NEC Corp. subsidiary in Fukushima city on Jan. 20, 2011. NEC said that day it aims at 70 billion yen in sales of the systems in the fiscal year starting in April 2012.