US: Record Rain Hits New York City, Multiple Fatalities Reported 8

A storm caused damage across the Tri-State area, flooding roads and subway stations and toppling trees on Thursday, October 30. In New York City, record-breaking rain submerged streets and subway stations. Two men were found dead in flooded basements in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively, according to reports.

US: Record Rain Hits New York City, Multiple Fatalities Reported 7

A storm caused damage across the Tri-State area, flooding roads and subway stations and toppling trees on Thursday, October 30. In New York City, record-breaking rain submerged streets and subway stations. Two men were found dead in flooded basements in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively, according to reports.

US: Record Rain Hits New York City, Multiple Fatalities Reported 6

A storm caused damage across the Tri-State area, flooding roads and subway stations and toppling trees on Thursday, October 30. In New York City, record-breaking rain submerged streets and subway stations. Two men were found dead in flooded basements in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively, according to reports.

US: Record Rain Hits New York City, Multiple Fatalities Reported 5

A storm caused damage across the Tri-State area, flooding roads and subway stations and toppling trees on Thursday, October 30. In New York City, record-breaking rain submerged streets and subway stations. Two men were found dead in flooded basements in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively, according to reports.

Italy: Torrential Rains Turn Alcamo Streets Into Rivers

A violent storm struck Alcamo, in the Trapani area, on Wednesday night, September 10, dropping about 35 mm of rain in just a few hours. The sudden downpour overwhelmed the drainage system and turned streets into raging rivers. Floodwaters inundated garages and basements and swept away several cars, leaving residents shaken after a night of fear.

Illustration - Loire Valley

Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF CHENONCEAU : THE KITCHENS, INSTALLED IN THE ENORMOUS BASEMENTS THAT FORM THE FIRST TWO PILES SITTING IN THE BED OF CHER RIVER. HERE THE OFFICE, LOW VAULTED VAULTED OGIVES. THE EQUIPMENT WAS MODERNIZED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, WHEN THE CASTLE WAS CONVERTED AS A HOSPITAL. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents Forced To Hide In The Basements Of Their Houses - Liman

Residents of Liman are forced to hide in the basements of their houses from constant shelling by Russian artillery. Shortly before the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, amid ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine on February 20, 2025. Photo by Titov Yevhen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus

Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus

People walk inside the Sednaya prison as Syrian rescuers search for potential hidden basements at the facility in Damascus on December 9, 2024. Syrian rescuers searched the Sednaya jail, synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's rule. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus

Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus

People walk inside the Sednaya prison as Syrian rescuers search for potential hidden basements at the facility in Damascus on December 9, 2024. Syrian rescuers searched the Sednaya jail, synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's rule. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus

Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus

People walk inside the Sednaya prison as Syrian rescuers search for potential hidden basements at the facility in Damascus on December 9, 2024. Syrian rescuers searched the Sednaya jail, synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's rule. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus

Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus

Women wait for news of their loved ones in front of the cells at the Sednaya prison as Syrian rescuers search for potential hidden basements at the facility in Damascus on December 9, 2024. Syrian rescuers searched the Sednaya jail, synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's rule Photo by Abdullah Golani/Ay Ajans/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ginza Sony Park

Ginza Sony Park

Sony Corp. unveils to the media the recently completed Ginza Sony Park building in Tokyo's Ginza area on Aug. 23, 2024. The nine-story building with a total floor space of 4,390 square meters, including four basements, will open to the public in January 2025.

Ginza Sony Park

Ginza Sony Park

Sony Corp. unveils to the media the recently completed Ginza Sony Park building in Tokyo's Ginza area on Aug. 23, 2024. The nine-story building with a total floor space of 4,390 square meters, including four basements, will open to the public in January 2025.

Netherlands: Severe Flooding Hits Eastern Twente Region After Heavy Rainfall

The Twente region in eastern Netherlands was struck by heavy rainfall on Sunday, July 21. In Enschede, a lot of rain fell in a relatively short time flooding streets, basements and tunnels. The A1 and A35 motorways were closed due to flooding.

Flood hits parts of Mongolia's capital

STORY: Flood hits parts of Mongolia's capital DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of flood-hit areas in Ulan Bator STORYLINE: Many buildings and vehicles have been flooded after severe flooding broke a dam of a river in Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator early on Wednesday. Basements and first floors of at least 27 residential buildings and hundreds of vehicles in Bayanzurkh District of Ulan Bator have been flooded after the dam of Selbe River was broken by the rain-triggered floods, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement. In addition, in five districts of the capital city on Tuesday, at least 54 residential buildings, basement of a commercial center, five houses, 15 yurts, two highways and two tunnels were flooded while two dams and several bridges were collapsed partially, the NEMA said. The water levels in major rivers and lakes in the central and eastern parts of the country, including Tuul, Terelj,

Heavy rains hit SE Spain

STORY: Heavy rains hit SE Spain DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of heavy rains in southeast Spain STORYLINE: Classes were suspended in parts of southeast Spain on Tuesday after heavy rainfall caused flooding in the regions of Murcia and Alicante. Over 30 municipalities took the decision to keep schools and universities closed due to intense rainfall that caused flooding and forced some roads to be closed. Emergency services in Murcia reported receiving almost 120 calls, mainly due to trapped vehicles and flooded basements, although fortunately no loss of life has so far been reported. The intense rainfall came after Spain suffered one of the driest springs since records began, with the second hottest and driest March on record this century. The rain is expected to continue during the week, which will give some relief to the drought, although there are fears that the storms will damage crops that already badly affected by the

Work to shield groundwater flow at Fukushima nuke plant

Work to shield groundwater flow at Fukushima nuke plant

SENDAI, Japan - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings (from foreground) are seen (L) from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 3, 2013. The other photo, taken on Sept. 5, 2014, shows work is under way to build underground ice walls around the basements of the buildings to prevent groundwater from seeping into them and becoming contaminated with radioactive substances.

Gov't official drinks Fukushima plant water

Gov't official drinks Fukushima plant water

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet Office Parliamentary Secretary Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks water taken from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2011. He drank the water, taken from the basements of the No. 5 and 6 reactor buildings, after a reporter asked him to do so to prove it is safe.

Turkey's Black Sea provinces hit by heavy rain, floods

STORY: Turkey's Black Sea provinces hit by heavy rain, floods DATELINE: June 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the floods 2. various of rescuing efforts STORYLINE: Several provinces in northern Turkey were hit by floods and landslides on Monday after a new wave of heavy rainfall started late Sunday. Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency issued the highest meteorological emergency alert for weather-related incidents for Zonguldak, Bartin, Kastamonu, Karabuk and Sinop provinces of the Black Sea region. Streams overflowed in many places due to the downpour and collapsed bridges in Kastamonu province. Heavy rainfall swept away several cars in Bartin province, flooded basements and trapped people inside their houses and their cars. Nearly 30 houses were evacuated in the Gokcebey district of Zonguldak province, and over 100 people were moved to the safe zone while homes and businesses were flooded. There were no casual

SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR

SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR

SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR [US 1947] MICHAEL RE Date: 1947

THE GOONIES

THE GOONIES

THE GOONIES [US 1985] [L-R] KERRI GREEN, JOSH BROLIN, SEAN ASTIN, COREY FELDMAN, JONATHAN KE QUAN, JEFF COHEN, MARTHA PLIMPTON Date: 1985

Work to shield groundwater flow at Fukushima nuke plant

Work to shield groundwater flow at Fukushima nuke plant

SENDAI, Japan - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings (from foreground) are seen (L) from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 3, 2013. The other photo, taken on Sept. 5, 2014, shows work is under way to build underground ice walls around the basements of the buildings to prevent groundwater from seeping into them and becoming contaminated with radioactive substances. (Kyodo)

Gov't official drinks Fukushima plant water

Gov't official drinks Fukushima plant water

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet Office Parliamentary Secretary Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks water taken from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2011. He drank the water, taken from the basements of the No. 5 and 6 reactor buildings, after a reporter asked him to do so to prove it is safe. (Kyodo)