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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Battleship Island in Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 14, 2023, shows the World Heritage-listed Hashima Island, better known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan.

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Battleship Island in Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 14, 2023, shows the World Heritage-listed Hashima Island, better known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan.

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Battleship Island in Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2023, shows the World Heritage-listed Hashima Island, better known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan.

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Ex-resident visits "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman points to her former residence on Hashima, an island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed.

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Ex-resident sheds tear visiting "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman sheds a tear looking up at her former residence on Hashima, an island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed.

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Ex-resident visits home on "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - A man (L) walks to his former residence on Hashima, a currently uninhabited island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, with a Nagasaki city official on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed.

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Ex-residents visit "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - Women chat in front of a residential building that used to be their home on Hashima, an island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed.

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"Gunkanjima" island of Nagasaki

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hashima, a deserted island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, is seen in the photo taken in September 2013.

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Old industrial facility

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 17, 2013, shows Hashima Island, known as "Battleship Island" that once flourished with its undersea coal mine, in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The Japanese government said the same day that it will seek to have the old industrial facilities, including the island, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites in 2015.

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Old industrial facility

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 17, 2013, shows Hashima Island, known as "Battleship Island" that once flourished with its undersea coal mine, in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The Japanese government said the same day that it will seek to have the old industrial facilities, including the island, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites in 2015.

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Old industrial facility

TOKYO, Japan - A November 2008 file photo shows Hashima Island, known as "Battleship Island" that once flourished with its undersea coal mine, in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The Japanese government said on Sept. 17, 2013, that it will seek to have the old industrial facilities, including the island, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites in 2015.

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"Battleship Island" in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the interior of an apartment room on Hashima Island in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 29, 2012. The island, nicknamed "Gunkanjima" (battleship island), was once prosperous but became uninhabited after its coal mines closed in 1974.

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"Battleship Island" in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2012, shows Hashima Shrine (back), the highest point on Hashima Island in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, and the shrine's name plate (front) fallen from the torii shrine gate. The island, nicknamed "Gunkanjima" (battleship island), was once prosperous but became uninhabited after its coal mines closed in 1974.

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"Battleship Island" in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building on Hashima Island in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 29, 2012. The island, nicknamed "Gunkanjima" (battleship island), was once prosperous but became uninhabited after its coal mines closed in 1974.

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"Battleship Island" in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows Hashima Island in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 29, 2012. The island is nicknamed "Gunkanjima" (battleship island) due to the silhouette of its ruined structures and seawall. It was once prosperous but became uninhabited after its coal mines closed in 1974.

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"Battleship Island" in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2012, shows posts of a conveyor belt that used to deliver coal on Hashima Island in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The island, nicknamed "Gunkanjima" (battleship island), was once prosperous but became uninhabited after the coal mines closed in 1974.

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'Battleship' island opened to public for 1st time in 35 yrs

NAGASAKI, Japan - Toshiko Kuroda, who formerly lived on Hashima Island, points to the ruin of a condominium on the island off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on April 22. She visited the tiny uninhabited island, nicknamed Gunkanjima (battleship island), after the city of Nagasaki allowed people to make a one-day trip there for the first time in 35 years.

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'Battleship' island opened to public for 1st time in 35 yrs

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former islanders and sightseers walk around the now uninhabited Hashima Island off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on April 22. The city of Nagasaki allowed people to make a one-day trip to the tiny island, nicknamed Gunkanjima (battleship island), the same day for the first time in 35 years.

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'Battleship' island opened to public for 1st time in 35 yrs

NAGASAKI, Japan - About 70 sightseers and former residents visit the now uninhabited Hashima Island, nicknamed Gunkanjima (battleship island), off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on April 22. The city of Nagasaki allowed people to make a one-day trip to the tiny island for the first time in 35 years.

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Chinese ex-forced laborers survey ruins of Nagasaki coal mine

NAGASAKI, Japan - Li Qingyun (C), a 77-year-old former Chinese forced laborer, sails around the Hashima Island, southwest of Nagasaki, on July 27 to survey the ruins of a coal mine on the island. About 1,000 Chinese were forced to work in four coal mines in Nagasaki Prefecture, including one on Hashima Island, during World War II.

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Nagasaki group to research Chinese forced laborers

NAGASAKI, Japan - File photo taken July 17 shows Yasunori Takazane, professor at Nagasaki University, standing at the ruins of a coal mine on Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, where Chinese laborers were forced to work during World War II. A civic group headed by Takazane will visit China in August to interview some of those Chinese workers or their family members.

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Ex-Battleship Island resident talks about wartime life

Hideshi Inoue, an 85-year-old former resident of the Hashima Coal Mine, known as "Battleship Island," in Nagasaki in April 2015, talks about air raids and other experiences in World War II. The coal mine was added in July to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tour participants take photos of Battleship Island in Japan

People on a tour to land on the Hashima Coal Mine, known as Battleship Island, take pictures on July 6, 2015. The island is one of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution that was granted UNESCO World Heritage status the same month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Battleship Island" off Nagasaki, candidate for World Heritage site

Hashima Island off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, known for its underground coal mining during the industrialization of Japan, is commonly called "Battleship Island" because of its shape as seen in this photo taken on April 25, 2015. It is one of the candidate sites for registration on a UNESCO World Heritage list as remnants of Japan's Meiji era (1868-1911) industrial revolution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man talks about childhood spent on 'Battleship Island' off Nagasaki

Azuma Ishikawa talks about his childhood spent on Hashima Island off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2015. The island, commonly called "Battleship Island" because of its shape, is seen far in the distance at the center of this photo. It is one of the candidate sites for registration on a UNESCO World Heritage list as remnants of Japan's Meiji era (1868-1911) industrial revolution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Architecture experts land on Gunkanjima for survey

About 240 experts on architecture from Japan and abroad land on Hashima, an island commonly called Gunkanjima (meaning Battleship Island) off the coast of Nagasaki, on June 1, 2015, to survey superannuated buildings there. A UNESCO advisory body has recommended that the "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution," including the coal mine on the island, should be listed as a World Cultural Heritage site. The event was organized by the Japan Concrete Institute. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Meiji industrial sites endorsed for World Heritage listing

File photo taken in July 2014 shows a decaying housing complex at Hashima Coal Mine on Hashima Island, popularly known as "Battleship Island," off Nagasaki in southwestern Japan. Hashima Coal Mine is among the 23 "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution" that a UNESCO advisory panel has recommended for World Heritage status. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Battleship Island" off Nagasaki

File photo taken April 25, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Hashima Coal Mine on Hashima Island, popularly known as "Battleship Island," off Nagasaki in southwestern Japan. Hashima Coal Mine is among the 23 "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution" that a UNESCO advisory panel has recommended for World Heritage status. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Battleship' island opened to public for 1st time in 35 yrs

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former islanders and sightseers walk around the now uninhabited Hashima Island off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on April 22. The city of Nagasaki allowed people to make a one-day trip to the tiny island, nicknamed Gunkanjima (battleship island), the same day for the first time in 35 years. (Kyodo)

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'Battleship' island opened to public for 1st time in 35 yrs

NAGASAKI, Japan - About 70 sightseers and former residents visit the now uninhabited Hashima Island, nicknamed Gunkanjima (battleship island), off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on April 22. The city of Nagasaki allowed people to make a one-day trip to the tiny island for the first time in 35 years. (Kyodo)

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'Battleship' island opened to public for 1st time in 35 yrs

NAGASAKI, Japan - Toshiko Kuroda, who formerly lived on Hashima Island, points to the ruin of a condominium on the island off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on April 22. She visited the tiny uninhabited island, nicknamed Gunkanjima (battleship island), after the city of Nagasaki allowed people to make a one-day trip there for the first time in 35 years. (Kyodo)

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Ex-resident visits "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman points to her former residence on Hashima, an island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed. (Kyodo)

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Ex-resident visits home on "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - A man (L) walks to his former residence on Hashima, a currently uninhabited island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, with a Nagasaki city official on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed. (Kyodo)

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Ex-residents visit "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - Women chat in front of a residential building that used to be their home on Hashima, an island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed. (Kyodo)

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"Gunkanjima" island of Nagasaki

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hashima, a deserted island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, is seen in the photo taken in September 2013. (Kyodo)

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"Battleship Island" in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 29, 2020, shows the heavily damaged No. 30 building (C) -- Japan's oldest reinforced concrete-made apartment complex -- at World Heritage site Hashima Island, known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki. Local authorities see some aging buildings on the island as difficult to be maintained or restored.

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"Battleship Island" in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 29, 2020, shows the heavily damaged No. 30 building (C) -- Japan's oldest reinforced concrete-made apartment complex -- at World Heritage site Hashima Island, known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki. Local authorities see some aging buildings on the island as difficult to be maintained or restored.

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"Battleship Island" in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 29, 2020, shows World Heritage site Hashima Island, known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. Local authorities see some aging buildings on the island as difficult to be maintained or restored.

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"Battleship Island" in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 29, 2020, shows World Heritage site Hashima Island, known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. Local authorities see some aging buildings on the island as difficult to be maintained or restored.

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"Battleship Island" in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 29, 2020, shows World Heritage site Hashima Island, known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. Local authorities see some aging buildings on the island as difficult to be maintained or restored.

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World Heritage-listed "Battleship Island" coal mine in Japan

File photo taken in April 2015 shows the Hashima Coal Mine on Hashima Island, better known as Battleship Island, one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites related to Japan's industrial revolution during the Meiji period, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported June 21, 2020, that the country's government will demand that UNESCO remove the historical sites from the World Heritage site list as an exhibit at the sites' information center in Tokyo fails to show that Koreans were coerced to work at some of the sites during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battleship Island in Japan off-limits to tourists

File photo taken in April 2015 shows the World Cultural Heritage-designated Hashima Coal Mine, known as Battleship Island, off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The Nagasaki city government said July 31, 2019, that it had made the island off-limits to tourists after dust feared to be asbestos was found in the air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki group to research Chinese forced laborers

NAGASAKI, Japan - File photo taken July 17 shows Yasunori Takazane, professor at Nagasaki University, standing at the ruins of a coal mine on Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, where Chinese laborers were forced to work during World War II. A civic group headed by Takazane will visit China in August to interview some of those Chinese workers or their family members.