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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: Massive Shelf Cloud Caught on Time-Lapse Video Over Orland Park, Illinois

Severe thunderstorms swept through Chicago on Wednesday, July 16, bringing wind gusts up to 67 mph. The storm caused damage, including downed trees, power outages, and flight disruptions. This video captures a massive shelf cloud looming over the sky in Orland Park.

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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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Plastic whale sculpture in London

A basket labeled "Sudo-maru Kuji Port" in Japanese is seen on a giant whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste in London on April 17, 2025. The 11-meter-long sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Kuji was one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the tsunami.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

A basket labeled "Ishinomaki Fish Market" in Japanese is seen on a giant whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste in London on April 17, 2025. The 11-meter-long sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Ishinomaki was one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the tsunami.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

An 11-meter-long whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste washed up on Hawaii's beaches is seen in London on April 17, 2025. The sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

OFUNATO, Japan, March 12 Kyodo - Flowers are seen placed on a stand set up in front of a monument created in memory of tsunami victims in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Flowers are seen placed on a stand set up in front of a monument created in memory of tsunami victims in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Fireworks are launched in Futaba, a northeastern Japan town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in memory of the victims and in hope the affected areas can be reconstructed.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

About 600 candles are lit at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in memory of its victims.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (4th from L, front row) offers a silent prayer during a memorial ceremony in the city of Fukushima at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2025, the time a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan 14 years earlier, triggering a deadly tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks to offer a flower at a ceremony in the city of Fukushima on March 11, 2025, marking the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

About 300 yellow handkerchiefs with written messages hang on ropes in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Lanterns are lit at the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students, and 10 teachers and officials of the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech on March 11, 2025, at a ceremony in the city of Fukushima marking the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in the Japanese capital on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in memory of the victims and to wish for the reconstruction of affected areas.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in the Japanese capital on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in memory of the victims and to wish for the reconstruction of affected areas.

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Japan: Colorful Balloons Released to Mark 14th Anniversary of 2011 Earthquake

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, March 11. At former Arahama Elementary School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, whose building was damaged in the natural disaster, the commemoration event "HOPE FOR project" was held where people released colorful balloons after observing a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time of the 2011 earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A former local government-run facility in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku is illuminated on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. The building, reduced to a skeleton, is preserved as an architectural relic to commemorate the victims and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Houses that burned down in a recent forest fire are seen Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A former local government-run facility in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku is illuminated on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. The building, reduced to a skeleton, is preserved as an architectural relic to commemorate the victims and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A former local government-run facility in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku is illuminated on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. The building, reduced to a skeleton, is preserved as an architectural relic to commemorate the victims and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Flowers are seen at a memorial park created in a tsunami-devastated area in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Work is underway to decommission the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, seen from the shore of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A former local government-run facility in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku is illuminated on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. The building, reduced to a skeleton, is preserved as an architectural relic to commemorate the victims and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

An off-limits area is seen behind a retractable fence in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

An off-limits area is seen behind a retractable fence in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event held in front of JR Futaba Station in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event held in front of JR Futaba Station in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A Japanese national flag flies at half-staff at the parliament building in Tokyo on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A person watches the sunrise at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (L, back) is seen in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on the early morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.