US: Record Rainfall and Flood Warnings Across Phoenix and Gila County, Arizona 2

Heavy rain and thunderstorms swept across metro Phoenix on Sunday, breaking the city’s Oct. 12 rainfall record with nearly 2 inches at Sky Harbor Airport. The National Weather Service issued multiple flood warnings across Maricopa County, Scottsdale, and Paradise Valley, and extended a flood watch for the Phoenix area through Monday evening. Flooding also hit Globe, Miami, and nearby Gila County towns still recovering from deadly floods weeks earlier.

US: Record Rainfall and Flood Warnings Across Phoenix and Gila County, Arizona

Heavy rain and thunderstorms swept across metro Phoenix on Sunday, breaking the city’s Oct. 12 rainfall record with nearly 2 inches at Sky Harbor Airport. The National Weather Service issued multiple flood warnings across Maricopa County, Scottsdale, and Paradise Valley, and extended a flood watch for the Phoenix area through Monday evening. Flooding also hit Globe, Miami, and nearby Gila County towns still recovering from deadly floods weeks earlier.

US: Large Hail Hits Northern Virginia

Severe storms brought large hail and strong winds to northern Virginia on Thursday, August 29.

Taiwan: Multistory Building Collapses After Deadly Quake In Hualien

The Tian Wan Xing (Uranus) Building in Hualien collapsed after a very strong earthquake hit Taiwan on April 3. As of writing, 9 people are reported dead and over a thousand were injured. USGS measured the magnitude of the quake at 7.4, but local reports say it was of 7.2 magnitude.

Taiwan: Footage Shows Large Cracks On High-Rise Apartment Building In Hualien After Quake

A highrise apartment building in Hualien sustained damage after a very strong earthquake hit Taiwan on April 3. This footage shows cracks on the building and debris from chipped outer walls on the street at Lane 62, De'an 6th street in Hualien. As of writing, 9 people are reported dead and over a thousand were injured. USGS measured the magnitude of the quake at 7.4, but local reports say it was of 7.2 magnitude.

Last trading day of 2014

Last trading day of 2014

TOKYO, Japan - American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, heroine of a Japanese television drama series, rings the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2014, the last trading day of the year.

Last trading day of 2014

Last trading day of 2014

TOKYO, Japan - American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, heroine of a Japanese television drama series, rings the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2014, the last trading day of the year.

2nd shooting of NHK TV drama 'Massan' starts

2nd shooting of NHK TV drama 'Massan' starts

SAPPORO, Japan - Tetsuji Tamayama (2nd from L), a Japanese actor playing the lead role in NHK's morning serial TV drama "Massan," and Charlotte Kate Fox (C), a U.S. actress cast as the first foreign heroine in the public broadcaster's drama, pose with other cast members at a press conference during the second round of shooting in Yoichi on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Oct. 23, 2014.

Leads of upcoming NHK drama interviewed in Hokkaido

Leads of upcoming NHK drama interviewed in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (L) and U.S. actress Charlotte Kate Fox, a pair of leads in public broadcaster NHK's new serial morning drama "Massan," attend a press conference at a distillery of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. in Yoichi, Hokkaido Prefecture, on June 2, 2014. The program, featuring the life of Japanese whiskey pioneer Masataka Taketsuru, will start in September.

Abe asks Americans to visit Japan

Abe asks Americans to visit Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) smiles alongside former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (L) and American actress Charlotte Kate Fox at a tourism seminar in New York on Sept. 28, 2015. Abe told the participants that Kyoto and Mt. Koya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are not the only travel destinations in Japan, asking Americans to visit various sightseeing spots in the country. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (R), the stars of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Massan," pose for a photo with Japanese actress Tao Tsuchiya, who will star in the subsequent drama series "Mare," during a "changeover ceremony" for the broadcaster's drama series at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo's Shibuya district on March 26, 2015. "Massan" will be broadcast until March 28, with "Mare" to follow from March 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (R), the stars of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Massan," pose for a photo with Japanese actress Tao Tsuchiya, who will star in the subsequent drama series "Mare," during a "changeover ceremony" for the broadcaster's drama series at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo's Shibuya district on March 26, 2015. "Massan" will be broadcast until March 28, with "Mare" to follow from March 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama receive flowers at Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 23, 2015, as filming ended the same day of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan. In the drama series "Massan" to be broadcast until March 28, Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama, based on Rita, and Tamayama plays Masaharu Kameyama, based on Taketsuru. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama celebrate at Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 23, 2015, as filming ended the same day of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan. In the drama series "Massan" to be broadcast until March 28, Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama, based on Rita, and Tamayama plays Masaharu Kameyama, based on Taketsuru. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Tetsuji Tamayama (L), leading actor of a Japanese television drama series, and his cast mate, American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (C), participate in an annual bean-throwing festival, marking the start of spring according to the lunar calendar, at a temple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Tetsuji Tamayama (L), leading actor of a Japanese television drama series, and his cast mate, American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (C), participate in an annual bean-throwing festival, marking the start of spring according to the lunar calendar, at a temple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Tetsuji Tamayama (R), leading actor of a Japanese television drama series, and his cast mate, American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, participate in an annual bean-throwing festival, marking the start of spring according to the lunar calendar, at a temple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese fashion industry group names "Best Dresser" awardees

Japanese fashion industry group names "Best Dresser" awardees

Photo taken at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015, shows five recipients of this year's Best Dresser awards given by the Men's Fashion Unity industry group -- (from L) Naomichi Suzuki, mayor of Hokkaido's Yubari city; Hideo Sawada, chairman of travel agency H.I.S. Co.; comedian and Akutagawa literary award winner Naoki Matayoshi; actress Yo Yoshida; and actor Tori Matsuzaka. Another awardee, Charlotte Kate Fox, an American actress who won popularity after playing a heroine in a TV serial drama, was absent due to poor health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo