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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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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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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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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.