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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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Beckham to retire from soccer

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows England midfielder David Beckham (R) competing for the ball with Brazil's Ronaldo during a World Cup soccer game in Shizuoka, Japan, in June 2002. Beckham said on May 16, 2013, he will retire from soccer at the end of the season.

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S. Korea beat Japan in soccer friendly

SAITAMA, Japan - South Korean forward Park Ju Young (L) scores from the penalty spot past Japanese goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki near the end of an international friendly at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama City on May 24, 2010. Japan lost 2-0 to South Korea in its final World Cup warm-up on home soil.

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Takagi fails to deliver on promise to fix Daiei in 3 yrs

NARASHINO, Japan - Then Daiei Inc. president, Kunio Takagi (L), and Daiei Hawks manager, Sadaharu Oh, conduct a sake casket-cutting ceremony to launch a year-end sales campaign in the city of Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, in November 2002.

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(3)UAE vs. Lebanon: Olympic soccer Asian qualifiers

SAITAMA, Japan - Lebanon and United Arab Emirates players wrangle with each other after the end of their Asian zone qualifier for the 2004 Athens Olympics at Saitama Stadium 2002 on March 14. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Mizuho announces 1 tril. yen capital increase

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda tells reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 21 that the Mizuho Financial Group will boost its capital by about 1 trillion yen by the March 31 end of fiscal 2002 because it will increase its loan-loss charges.

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(2)Marriage makes newly wed ozeki Asashoryu go ga-ga

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu and his wife Gombotseren Tamir pose for a photograph at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 10. The couple filed marriage documents at the end of 2002 and plan to hold the ceremony some time after the autumn basho in September 2003.

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SMBC voices readiness to recapitalize by end of FY 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 30. Nishikawa expressed his readiness to expand his bank's capital base by the March 31, 2003 end of the current fiscal year.

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Vienna gold coins selling at record highs in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A shop assistant shows off Vienna gold coins at Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. in Tokyo. The coins produced by the Austrian mint are becoming increasingly popular with Japanese investors, with sales up to the end of October 2002 already double the previous year's figure at a record 100,000 ounces (about 3 tons). Due to the prolonged economic doldrums in Japan, the coins are popular as an alternative investment as they can be cashed at any time and their tender value is relatively stable, industry officials say.

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(14)South Korea vs Turkey

TAEGU, South Korea - South Korea and Turkey players mingle at the end of their World Cup third-place playoff at Taegu World Cup Stadium on June 29. Turkey won 3-2. (World Cup 2002)

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(13)South Korea vs Turkey

TAEGU, South Korea - South Korea and Turkey players celebrate together after the end of their World Cup third-place playoff at Taegu World Cup Stadium on June 29. Turkey won 3-2. From left, South Korea's Park Ji Sung, Turkey's Alpay Ozalan, his teammate Umit Davala, South Korea's Song Chong Gug, and Turkey's Hakan Sukur. (World Cup 2002)

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(11)England vs Brazil

FUKUROI, Japan - Brazil striker Ronaldo (9) shakes hands with England captain David Beckham at the end of their quarterfinal match at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 21. Brazil won 2-1. (World Cup 2002)

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(12)England vs Brazil

FUKUROI, Japan - England captain David Beckham (C) and teammates applaud their supporters before leaving the field at the end of their quarterfinal match against Brazil at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 21. Brazil won 2-1. (World Cup 2002)

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(13)England vs Brazil

FUKUROI, Japan - Brazil midfielder Roberto Carlos (R) consoles England captain David Beckham at the end of their quarterfinal match against Brazil at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 21. Brazil won 2-1. (World Cup 2002)

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(8)Germany vs Paraguay

SOGWIPO, South Korea - Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn (C) and his Paraguay counterpart Jose Luis Chilavert embrace at the end of their second-round game at Cheju World Cup Stadium on June 15. Germany won 1-0. (World Cup 2002)

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JAWOC launches paper cranes project for World Cup final

TOKYO, Japan - Children at a Tokyo primary school hold paper cranes they folded April 19 as the Japanese Organizing Committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) launched its ''Wings of a Dream'' project, the plan to drop around 2 million paper cranes onto the pitch at the end of the World Cup final in Yokohama.

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(2)Paralympics end in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Confetti flutters at the end of the closing ceremony for the 2002 Paralympics held in Salt Lake City on March 16.

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Soccer square for citizens opens in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 9,000-square-meter soccer park for citizens is opened Feb. 3 in Yokohama to promote the 2002 World Cup soccer games. The space, located in Minatomirai district facing Yokohama port near the Yokohama Station, is also to be used for Japan-South Korea cultural exchanges and World Cup-related events. It will remain open to the public until the end of June.

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Former Japan manager Ooft named as new Urawa boss

SAITAMA, Japan - Former Japan national team manager Hans Ooft (file photo) will become the manager of Urawa Reds in the 2002 season, officials of the J-League first-division side said Dec. 11. The Dutchman, who signed a one-year contract from February 2002, will take over from Brazilian Pita who will step down at the end of the season-ending Emperor's Cup.

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TEPCO develops safer device for checking power lines

TOKYO, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Oct. 23 it has developed a device that can detect the presence of an electric current in power lines without requiring physical contact with the wires. A monitor screen image shows the presence of electric current (in yellow dots) in power lines detected with the device. TEPCO expects to develop a simplified version of the new device that will be about the size of a TV remote controller by the end of fiscal 2002.

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Crown prince says fest will boost ties with Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (pool photo) delivers a speech at an opening reception in London on May 20 for Japan 2001, a yearlong festival introducing Japanese culture. More than two million people are expected to participate in the hundreds of events to take place throughout Britain from May to the end of March 2002. (Pool photo)

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Snow Brand to cut 1,300 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Nishi, president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., involved in a massive food poisoning scandal, meets the press at the Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Tokyo on Sept. 26. He unveiled a restructuring plan that includes cutting the company's workforce by 1,300 to 5,500 by the end of fiscal 2002.

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Asian Games athletes promise to compete again in Pusan

A drop curtain saying, ''See you again in Pusan,'' gradually rises at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok to mark the end of the 13th Asian Games on Dec. 20, the largest-ever regional version of the summer Olympics. Pusan will host the 14th Asian Games in 2002.

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Nippon Shimpo's drill used in the previous deep drilling of the Antarctic ice sheet

Nippon Shinkan (Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture) has delivered high-precision aluminum tubes to the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) for their deep drilling of the Antarctic ice sheet. This is the first time in 17 years that Nippon Shintube has supplied aluminum tubes to the National Institute of Polar Research since 2002, when the company supplied them to the institute's 2003-2007 drilling project. According to the Polar Research Institute, the first drill is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. In order not to collide with the rotary drill stored inside, a high degree of precision was achieved with a length of 5 meters and a bending accuracy of 0.3 mm or less. "There are no molds left. We had to redo everything, including the materials," said Takeo Kitazawa, general manager of the Technology Development Department, Safety & Environment Department, and Management Department. Photo taken on June 21, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Former Japan manager Ooft named as new Urawa boss

SAITAMA, Japan - Former Japan national team manager Hans Ooft (file photo) will become the manager of Urawa Reds in the 2002 season, officials of the J-League first-division side said Dec. 11. The Dutchman, who signed a one-year contract from February 2002, will take over from Brazilian Pita who will step down at the end of the season-ending Emperor's Cup.

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Asian Games athletes promise to compete again in Pusan

A drop curtain saying, ''See you again in Pusan,'' gradually rises at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok to mark the end of the 13th Asian Games on Dec. 20, the largest-ever regional version of the summer Olympics. Pusan will host the 14th Asian Games in 2002. ==Kyodo

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SMBC voices readiness to recapitalize by end of FY 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 30. Nishikawa expressed his readiness to expand his bank's capital base by the March 31, 2003 end of the current fiscal year. (Kyodo)

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JAWOC launches paper cranes project for World Cup final

TOKYO, Japan - Children at a Tokyo primary school hold paper cranes they folded April 19 as the Japanese Organizing Committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) launched its ''Wings of a Dream'' project, the plan to drop around 2 million paper cranes onto the pitch at the end of the World Cup final in Yokohama.

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Takagi fails to deliver on promise to fix Daiei in 3 yrs

NARASHINO, Japan - Then Daiei Inc. president, Kunio Takagi (L), and Daiei Hawks manager, Sadaharu Oh, conduct a sake casket-cutting ceremony to launch a year-end sales campaign in the city of Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, in November 2002. (Kyodo)

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(8)Germany vs Paraguay

SOGWIPO, South Korea - Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn (C) and his Paraguay counterpart Jose Luis Chilavert embrace at the end of their second-round game at Cheju World Cup Stadium on June 15. Germany won 1-0. (World Cup 2002)

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(13)England vs Brazil

FUKUROI, Japan - Brazil midfielder Roberto Carlos (R) consoles England captain David Beckham at the end of their quarterfinal match against Brazil at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 21. Brazil won 2-1. (World Cup 2002)

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(11)England vs Brazil

FUKUROI, Japan - Brazil striker Ronaldo (9) shakes hands with England captain David Beckham at the end of their quarterfinal match at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 21. Brazil won 2-1. (World Cup 2002)

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S. Korea beat Japan in soccer friendly

SAITAMA, Japan - South Korean forward Park Ju Young (L) scores from the penalty spot past Japanese goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki near the end of an international friendly at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama City on May 24, 2010. Japan lost 2-0 to South Korea in its final World Cup warm-up on home soil. (Kyodo)

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Soccer square for citizens opens in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 9,000-square-meter soccer park for citizens is opened Feb. 3 in Yokohama to promote the 2002 World Cup soccer games. The space, located in Minatomirai district facing Yokohama port near the Yokohama Station, is also to be used for Japan-South Korea cultural exchanges and World Cup-related events. It will remain open to the public until the end of June.

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(2)Paralympics end in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Confetti flutters at the end of the closing ceremony for the 2002 Paralympics held in Salt Lake City on March 16.

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(3)UAE vs. Lebanon: Olympic soccer Asian qualifiers

SAITAMA, Japan - Lebanon and United Arab Emirates players wrangle with each other after the end of their Asian zone qualifier for the 2004 Athens Olympics at Saitama Stadium 2002 on March 14. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. (Kyodo)

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MMC eyeing 4-fold sales increase in China

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) said March 14 it plans to raise annual sales in China to 300,000 vehicles by the end of 2007, up more than four times over the 2002 level. As part of the sales increase plan for the Chinese market, MMC began producing sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) under the Pajero Sport brand at German auto giant DaimlerChrysler AG's local joint-venture plant. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho announces 1 tril. yen capital increase

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda tells reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 21 that the Mizuho Financial Group will boost its capital by about 1 trillion yen by the March 31 end of fiscal 2002 because it will increase its loan-loss charges. (Kyodo)

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(2)Marriage makes newly wed ozeki Asashoryu go ga-ga

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu and his wife Gombotseren Tamir pose for a photograph at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 10. The couple filed marriage documents at the end of 2002 and plan to hold the ceremony some time after the autumn basho in September 2003.(Kyodo)