US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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.

Maglev train

Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

Maglev train

Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

Britain's former nuke test site in Australia remains "devil's land"

Britain's former nuke test site in Australia remains "devil's land"

MARALINGA, Australia, July 23 Kyodo - A monument marks ground zero at Britain's former nuclear test site in Maralinga, southern Australia, as seen on April 21, 2015. Aborigines call the site, used by Britain for nuclear tests in the 1950s to 1960s, the "devil's land."

Olympic cycling events should not be held outside Tokyo in 2020: head

Olympic cycling events should not be held outside Tokyo in 2020: head

SOCHI, Russia, April 22 Kyodo - Brian Cookson, president of the world's cycling governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, gives an interview in Sochi, Russia on April 21, 2015. Cookson said he opposes the idea of staging track cycling, BMX and mountain biking in Izu, Japan, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, instead of the capital.

Toyota Boshoku, ANA develop aircraft seats

Toyota Boshoku, ANA develop aircraft seats

TOKYO, April 21 Kyodo - Photo taken April 21, 2015, shows aircraft seats unveiled in a press conference at a Tokyo hotel. Auto interior component maker Toyota Boshoku Corp. and All Nippon Airways Co. said they have jointly developed the economy-class seats for domestic flights in Japan.