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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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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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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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Joint fair held to aid post-quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - A woman buys a bagful of specialties from the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku at a fair held jointly in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2014, by the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-Zenchu) and the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) to support the region's recovery from damage caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Farmers' body reform plans

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, head of JA-Zenchu, or the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014, to release a set of reform plans for the governing body of agricultural cooperatives in Japan. Banzai said the body will appoint entrepreneurial farmers as senior officials of local agricultural cooperatives as part of efforts to rejuvenate its organization.

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Farmers call for TPP tariff exemptions

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai (L), head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, hands to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 1, 2013, a letter of request urging Japan not to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a U.S.-led free-trade agreement for the Asia-Pacific region, if domestic farmers would no longer enjoy tariff protection.

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JA to run ad in Washington Post opposing TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an ad sponsored by the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, Japan's national farming lobby known as JA-Zenchu, to be published in the April 24, 2012, edition of The Washington Post. The public statement calls on U.S. citizens to raise their voices against the creation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade area as the union believes it would worsen employment conditions and widen economic disparities.

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Farm cooperative body against Japan joining Pacific trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. He said the national farm cooperative federation will submit a petition to parliament against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Farm cooperative body against Japan joining Pacific trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai (R), head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. He said the national farm cooperative federation will submit a petition to parliament against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Farm lobby leader remains opposed to government reform plan

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2015, renewing opposition to the government's plan to reform the powerful Japanese farm lobby known as JA-Zenchu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese farmers urge gov't to protect key items before TPP talks

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, talks with reporters after meeting with Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari in Tokyo on July 27, 2015. Banzai urged the nation's minister in charge of a 12-country Pacific Rim free trade initiative to protect key farm products ahead of his departure for Hawaii to attend ministerial talks on the trade pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JA-Zenchu picks Okuno, Mie section chief, as its new president

Choe Okuno speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 2, 2015, after the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, Japan's powerful umbrella organization for regional agricultural cooperatives, chose him as its new president. Reform-minded Okuno's appointment is expected to be formally approved at an extraordinary general meeting scheduled for Aug. 11. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JA-Zenchu chief to step down amid Abe's push for agricultural reform

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, also known as JA-Zenchu, speaks about his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2015. Banzai, head of Japan's powerful umbrella organization for regional agricultural cooperatives across Japan, said he made the decision as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has approved a bill to weaken its influence and give more autonomy to local cooperatives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JA-Zenchu chief to step down amid Abe's push for agricultural reform

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, also known as JA-Zenchu, speaks about his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2015. Banzai, head of Japan's powerful umbrella organization for regional agricultural cooperatives across Japan, said he made the decision as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has approved a bill to weaken its influence and give more autonomy to local cooperatives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JA-Zenchu chief to step down amid Abe's push for agricultural reform

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, also known as JA-Zenchu, wipes his brow during a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2015. Banzai, head of Japan's powerful umbrella organization for regional agricultural cooperatives across Japan, said he is stepping down as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has approved a bill to weaken its influence and give more autonomy to local cooperatives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JA-Zenchu chief Banzai to step down

Undated photo shows Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, known as JA-Zenchu. Banzai announced on April 9, 2015, he will step down around August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese farm lobby leader speaks to foreign press in Tokyo

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, known as JA-Zenchu, speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2015, focusing on the government's plan to overhaul the farm lobby. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top farmers' union to give local cooperatives more power

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, known as JA-Zenchu, is surrounded by reporters at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2015, after the umbrella organization for agricultural cooperatives around the nation accepted a government proposal to give up its current privileged status and become a general incorporated body by March 2019, losing the right to supervise local cooperatives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top farmers' union to give local cooperatives more power

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, known as JA-Zenchu, is surrounded by reporters at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2015, after the umbrella organization for agricultural cooperatives around the nation accepted a government proposal to give up its current privileged status and become a general incorporated body by March 2019, losing the right to supervise local cooperatives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top farmers' union to give local cooperatives more power

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, known as JA-Zenchu, is surrounded by reporters at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2015, after the umbrella organization for agricultural cooperatives around the nation accepted a government proposal to give up its current privileged status and become a general incorporated body by March 2019, losing the right to supervise local cooperatives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New farm lobby chief Okuno speaks at lecture meeting in Tokyo

Choe Okuno, new head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives known as JA-Zenchu, speaks at a lecture meeting hosted by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Choe Okuno, new head of farm lobby JA-Zenchu

Choe Okuno, newly elected head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, or JA-Zenchu, speaks in Tokyo on June 23, 2015. He won the first election for the post in 10 years. Reform-minded Okuno, 68, will succeed Akira Banzai as head of the farming lobby in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JA to run ad in Washington Post opposing TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an ad sponsored by the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, Japan's national farming lobby known as JA-Zenchu, to be published in the April 24, 2012, edition of The Washington Post. The public statement calls on U.S. citizens to raise their voices against the creation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade area as the union believes it would worsen employment conditions and widen economic disparities. (Kyodo)

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Joint fair held to aid post-quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - A woman buys a bagful of specialties from the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku at a fair held jointly in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2014, by the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-Zenchu) and the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) to support the region's recovery from damage caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Farm cooperative body against Japan joining Pacific trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. He said the national farm cooperative federation will submit a petition to parliament against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. (Kyodo)

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Farm cooperative body against Japan joining Pacific trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai (R), head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. He said the national farm cooperative federation will submit a petition to parliament against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. (Kyodo)