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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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Sumo: London tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (foreground) and sumo wrestlers (back) wave to the crowd as they leave the venue after the closing ceremony of the five-day Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 19, 2025.

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Sumo: London tournament

Sumo wrestlers, referees, "yobidashi" ushers and Japan Sumo Association officials line up around the ring to bid farewell to spectators during the closing ceremony on the final day of the five-day Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 19, 2025.

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Sumo: London tournament

Sumo wrestlers, referees, "yobidashi" ushers and Japan Sumo Association officials line up around the ring to bid farewell to spectators during the closing ceremony on the final day of the five-day Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 19, 2025.

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Sumo: London tournament

Sumo wrestlers, referees, "yobidashi" ushers and Japan Sumo Association officials line up around the ring to greet spectators on the first day of a five-day exhibition tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 15, 2025.

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Sumo: London tournament

Sumo wrestlers, referees, "yobidashi" ushers and Japan Sumo Association officials line up around the ring to greet spectators on the first day of a five-day exhibition tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 15, 2025.

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Sumo: London tournament

Maegashira Atamifuji poses alongside the River Thames while sightseeing in London, with the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in the background, on Oct. 14, 2025, as about 120 sumo wrestlers are set to take part in a five-day local tournament from Oct. 15, the Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years, with the Royal Albert Hall hosting the event.

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Sumo: London tournament

Yokozuna Onosato (L) poses with a fellow sumo wrestler alongside the River Thames in London, with the Houses of Parliament in the background, on Oct. 14, 2025, as about 120 sumo wrestlers are set to take part in a five-day local tournament from Oct. 15, the Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years, with the Royal Albert Hall hosting the event.

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Japan: Typhoon Nakri Brings Strong Winds to Southern Izu Islands

Typhoon Nakri made its closest approach to the southern Izu Islands on Monday morning, October 13, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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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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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Sumo: Open practice session ahead of summer tournament

Sumo wrestlers send off visitors following their open practice session, hosted by the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on May 2, 2025, ahead of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting on May 11.

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Sumo: Open practice session ahead of summer tournament

Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, hosts an open practice session by sumo wrestlers at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on May 2, 2025, ahead of Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting on May 11.

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Sumo: Open practice session ahead of summer tournament

Yokozuna Deliberation Council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, hosts an open practice session by sumo wrestlers at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on May 2, 2025, ahead of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting on May 11.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Sumo: Summer tournament

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku (C), flanked by sanyaku-level wrestlers, steps on the ring to greet fans on the opening day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 14, 2023.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested former stablemaster Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers from the stable for their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo touches his topknot after having his hair styled in the symbolic form for sumo wrestlers for the first time in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - Members of the Association of Sumo Wrestlers pose with junior high-school students of tsunami-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, at a ceremony to donate a "dohyo" ring to the northeastern Japanese city on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - Members of the Association of Sumo Wrestlers, including yokozuna Hakuho (3rd from R), mimic the pose of 19th-century grand champion Hidenoyama Raigoro depicted in a statue at Iwaisaki cape, which withstood the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in 2011, before a ceremony to donate a "dohyo" sumo ring to the city government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2014.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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'Dohyo' sumo ring donated to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three and a half years after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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Kakuryu promoted to yokozuna

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian-born Kakuryu (top) is carried by wrestlers of his stable after a ceremony to receive a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from the Japan Sumo Association, in Osaka on March 26, 2014.

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Ozeki Kisenosato

MATSUDO, Japan - Ozeki Kisenosato holds a press conference at Naruto Stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2013, on the release the same day by the Japan Sumo Association of wrestlers' rankings for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament beginning Jan. 12 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Harumafuji promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (top) is carried by junior wrestlers of his stable after a ceremony to receive a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from the Japan Sumo Association, in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Kakuryu promoted to sumo's 2nd-highest rank

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian wrestler Kakuryu (top) is carried by wrestlers of Izutsu stable to which he belongs in Osaka on March 28, 2012, after a ceremony to receive a notice from the Japan Sumo Association that he is to be promoted to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki.

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Sumo stablemaster suspected of assaulting wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Kasugano leaves his stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Oct. 19, 2011, to attend a Japan Sumo Association board meeting. Kasugano, who was known as Tochinowaka during his wrestling days, is being investigated over alleged physical abuse of three of his wrestlers, police sources said the previous day.

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Sumo Nagoya meet begins

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association chief Hanaregoma (front C) and sumo wrestlers bow as the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament began in Nagoya on July 10, 2011. The Nagoya tournament marked the resumption of the regular tournament schedule following a match-fixing scandal, a meet canceled in March and a ''test meet'' in May.

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Sumo wrestlers arrive in Nagoya for July tournament

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo wrestlers arrive at JR Nagoya Station on June 26, 2011, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament starting July 10. The tournament will be the first regular meet since January, after a match-fixing scandal forced the Japan Sumo Association to cancel the regular spring competition in March.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers (from L to R) Yamamotoyama, Sakaizawa and Shirononami meet reporters in front of Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo after visiting the arena to submit their retirement papers on April 5, 2011, the deadline for voluntarily retirement from the sport designated by the Japan Sumo Association, which imposed the punishment on wrestlers it judged to have been involved in match fixing.

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Sumo match fixing

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster Takenawa is surrounded by reporters on the premises of Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena on April 1, 2011. Takenawa and wrestlers Chiyohakuho and Enatsukasa, who earlier admitted their involvement in match fixing, received two-year suspensions from the sport the same day from the Japan Sumo Association as punishment.

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Mongolian paper reports sumo cancellation

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - A Mongolian newspaper dated Feb. 7, 2011, reports the cancellation of Japan's Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March. The Japan Sumo Association has decided to cancel the tournament in the wake of a match-fixing scandal. Mongolia is home to grand champion Hakuho and many other sumo wrestlers in Japan.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

SAITAMA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Enatsukasa, one of three wrestlers who have reportedly admitted involvement in match-fixing, gets into a car outside the Irumagawa stable in Saitama on Feb. 3, 2011. Japan Sumo Association sources said the same day the lower-tier wrestler is believed to be a mediator in fixing matches, a day after police said text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

SAITAMA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Enatsukasa, one of three wrestlers who have reportedly admitted involvement in match-fixing, leaves the Irumagawa stable in Saitama on Feb. 3, 2011. Japan Sumo Association sources said the same day the lower-tier wrestler is believed to be a mediator in fixing matches, a day after police said text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Wrestlers bid farewell to original Wakanohana

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers line up to see off the hearse carrying the original Wakanohana (R), former grand champion and Japan Sumo Association chairman, on Sept. 4, 2010, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium. Wakanohana, the first of three prominent wrestlers to carry the name, died of kidney cancer on Sept. 1 at the age of 82.

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Wrestlers bid farewell to original Wakanohana

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers line up to see off the hearse carrying the original Wakanohana (R), former grand champion and Japan Sumo Association chairman, on Sept. 4, 2010, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium. Wakanohana, the first of three prominent wrestlers to carry the name, died of kidney cancer on Sept. 1 at the age of 82.

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Wrestlers gather at sumo association meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) and ozeki Kaio (R) take part in a meeting with other wrestlers, staff members and leaders of the Japan Sumo Association at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2010. The JSA in a rare move held the meeting as part of efforts to restore the sport's tarnished reputation in the wake of a series of gang-linked scandals.

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Sumo training tour starts

MINAMIUONUMA, Japan - Ozeki Baruto, a sumo wrestler of the second highest rank, receives flowers from a child in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 5, 2010, during a ceremony to mark the start of summer training and promotional tour. The Japan Sumo Association is still embroiled in a series of gambling scandals involving wrestlers and other members.

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Sumo association chief pledges reforms

NAGOYA, Japan - Acting Japan Sumo Association chief Hiroyoshi Murayama addresses a ceremony flanked by top wrestlers on the final day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 25, 2010. Murayama apologized for a gangster-linked gambling scandal rocking the sport and pledged reforms of the association for future tournaments.

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Nagoya sumo meet gets under way under specter of gambling ring

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Murayama (C), acting chief for suspended Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa, apologizes to fans for a gambling scandal rocking the national sport before the yokozuna (grand champion) performs the ''dohyo-iri'' ritual ceremony at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 11, 2010, the opening day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. High-ranking sumo wrestlers joined Murayama.

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Nagoya sumo meet gets under way under specter of gambling ring

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Murayama (C), acting chief for suspended Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa, and high-ranking sumo wrestlers bow in apology to fans for a gambling scandal rocking the national sport before the yokozuna (grand champion) performs the ''dohyo-iri'' ritual ceremony at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 11, 2010, the opening day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.