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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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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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Magnificent Milky Way Scenery - China

This photo taken on August 14, 2025 shows the Milky Way above Baiku Co in Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Baiku Co, with a water area of approximately 300 square kilometers, has its lake surface at an altitude of 4,590 meters. Thanks to the excellent air quality on the plateau, the Milky Way is clearly visible in the starry sky at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, forming a magnificent scene together with the lake and snow-capped mountains. Photo by Ma Lichao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Magnificent Milky Way Scenery - China

This photo taken on August 14, 2025 shows the Milky Way and a meteor shower above Baiku Co in Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Baiku Co, with a water area of approximately 300 square kilometers, has its lake surface at an altitude of 4,590 meters. Thanks to the excellent air quality on the plateau, the Milky Way is clearly visible in the starry sky at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, forming a magnificent scene together with the lake and snow-capped mountains. Photo by Ma Lichao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Magnificent Milky Way Scenery - China

This photo taken on August 14, 2025 shows the Milky Way above Baiku Co in Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Baiku Co, with a water area of approximately 300 square kilometers, has its lake surface at an altitude of 4,590 meters. Thanks to the excellent air quality on the plateau, the Milky Way is clearly visible in the starry sky at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, forming a magnificent scene together with the lake and snow-capped mountains. Photo by Ma Lichao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Magnificent Milky Way Scenery - China

This photo taken on August 14, 2025 shows the Milky Way above Baiku Co in Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Baiku Co, with a water area of approximately 300 square kilometers, has its lake surface at an altitude of 4,590 meters. Thanks to the excellent air quality on the plateau, the Milky Way is clearly visible in the starry sky at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, forming a magnificent scene together with the lake and snow-capped mountains. Photo by Ma Lichao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is picking early-ripening apples in an orchard. Xinigou Village, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is picking early-ripening apples in an orchard. Xinigou Village, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is spraying foliar fertilizer on peppers in the field in Caogezhuang Village, Zhenshi Town, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is spraying foliar fertilizer on peppers in the field in Caogezhuang Village, Zhenshi Town, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is spraying foliar fertilizer on peppers in the field in Caogezhuang Village, Zhenshi Town, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is spraying foliar fertilizer on peppers in the field in Caogezhuang Village, Zhenshi Town, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is spraying foliar fertilizer on peppers in the field in Caogezhuang Village, Zhenshi Town, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is picking early-ripening apples in an orchard. Xinigou Village, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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Beginning of Autumn Agriculture

A farmer is spraying foliar fertilizer on peppers in the field in Caogezhuang Village, Zhenshi Town, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on August 7, 2025.

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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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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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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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Students Nap in Enshi

ENSHI, CHINA - OCTOBER 15, 2024 - Students lie down and take a lunch break at Jingui Primary School in Enshi city, the Tujia Miao autonomous prefecture of Enshi, Central China's Hubei province, Oct 15, 2024. Since the beginning of this autumn semester, the pilot construction of primary and secondary school students in non-boarding schools in counties and cities in the state has been rolled out, and at present, about 20,000 primary and secondary school students have used lie-down desks and chairs.

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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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