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US: Massive Warehouse Fire Destroys Medline Distribution Center in Northern California

A massive fire broke out at a Medline distribution warehouse in Tracy, Northern California, on Thursday, June 11, destroying the one-million-square-foot facility and sending a large column of black smoke into the sky. The blaze started around 1 p.m. and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

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China: Wedding Feast Carries On as Heavy Rain Floods Venue in Shaanxi

This unforgettable scene was captured in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, on May 18, 2026. It looks like a party on a river, but it’s actually an outdoor wedding feast. A sudden heavy downpour flooded the square with dozens of centimeters of water. Relatives and friends sit around dozens of round tables, watching the ceremony and waiting for the meal. Thankfully, the organizers set up cozy canopies and fences, keeping guests dry. Rain can’t stop love and blessings—everyone shows up in the storm to celebrate the newlyweds.

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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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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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4 scientists worldwide win Shaw Prize in 2024

STORY: 4 scientists worldwide win Shaw Prize in 2024 SHOOTING TIME: May 21, 2024 DATELINE: May 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Four scientists won the Shaw Prize this year for their outstanding work in the prize's three categories, the Shaw Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday. The Astronomy prize went to Shrinivas R Kulkarni, George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology, for his discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other variable or transient astronomical objects. The Life Science and Medicine prize is awarded in equal shares to Swee Lay Thein from the National Institutes of Health in the United States and Stuart Orkin from Harvard Medical School, for their discovery of the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the fetal-to-adult hemoglobin switch that facilitated treatment for devastating blood diseases

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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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DeNA, Tokyo Univ. to start DNA health check service

TOKYO, Japan - A DNA analyzing kit using saliva samples to assess the risk of various diseases is shown at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science in Tokyo on July 9, 2014. DeNA Co., a social game operator, and the institute announced they will start a health check service from August.

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WHO recommends full publication of avian flu studies

GENEVA, Switzerland - Yoshihiro Kawaoka (L), a professor of the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, and Masato Tashiro from Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, hold a press conference in Geneva on Feb. 17, 2012. The World Health Organization recommended the same day that two reports on avian flu studies by Japanese and European researchers, including one by the University of Tokyo institute, be published in full. A U.S. government panel had called on two leading scientific journals not to print them completely over fears that detailed information about the lethal virus could be used in bioterrorism. Kawaoka called the WHO recommendation a ''reasonable conclusion.''

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Emperor attends Japan Academy award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L, back) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L, back) watch as Keiji Tanaka, acting head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, receives a Japan Academy award at the academy's hall in Tokyo on June 21, 2010. Eleven people received the awards this year.

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Irradiated nuclear worker moved to different hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A plant worker exposed to an excessive dose of radiation last September in Japan's worst nuclear accident is transferred from the Research Hospital of the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science in Tokyo's Minato Ward to the University of Tokyo Hospital in Bunkyo Ward about 9 kilometers away on April 10 to receive more generalized care. Masato Shinohara, 40, a worker at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. arrived by ambulance at the hospital at around 11:30 a.m. and was carried to the intensive care unit.

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Vlog: How Chinese researchers prepare for scientific tasks on Mt. Qomolangma

STORY: Vlog: How Chinese researchers prepare for scientific tasks on Mt. Qomolangma DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:00 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1 various of the base camp 2 various of the expedition team STORYLINE: Voice of XU MIN, Researcher of the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences: "It's the 13th day of our scientific expedition on Mt. Qomolangma. We are going to take a physical examination conducted by Peking University at the base camp. Here is the medical room. Here are the physical examinations that we will take. One of the expedition groups will go up the mountains today. These yaks are to carry all the supplies. They are going to send this equipment to the elevation of 5,800 meters (on Mount Qomolangma) and this one to 8,800 meters and this one to 7,028 meters. They are the first batch of researchers who are going up the mountain today. They are leaving soon. Now it's 11 o'clock in the morning. They are leaving. Another t

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India grants emergency use authorization to Covaxin for 6-12 age group, Corbevax for 5-12 age group

STORY: India grants emergency use authorization to Covaxin for 6-12 age group, Corbevax for 5-12 age group DATELINE: April 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): DEEPAK PRAKASH, Xinhua reporter 2. various of street views of New Delhi 3. various of AIIMS (All India Institute Of Medical Science) hospital area 4. various of India's vaccination drive STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): DEEPAK PRAKASH, Xinhua reporter "The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Tuesday granted emergency use authorization to Covaxin for children between 6-12 years and Corbevax for those between 5-12 years of age." The approval has come amid an uptick in the COVID-19 cases in schools. India is witnessing the surge in COVID-19 cases again at a time when markets have been reopened, businesses returned to normalcy and travel activities resumed to the pre-pandemic levels. Schools and colleges have been open for in-person classes and there is no bar to gatherings. The approval by t

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KM Biologics begins development of vaccine for novel coronavirus

KM Biologics (Kita Ward, Kumamoto City) has started to develop a vaccine for a new coronavirus infection. At a press conference held on April 25, President Nagasato said, "Our strength lies in the fact that we have skilled technicians and facilities from our days at the Research Institute for Chemotherapy and Serotherapy (KAKETSUKEN). As a member of the Meiji Group, we will do our utmost to expand this business. The new drug will be developed jointly with the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Institute of Medical Science of the University of Tokyo, and the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition. The company will consider using its Kikuchi Research Center in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, and its Koshi Plant in Koshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, which are capable of producing vaccines for 57 million new influenza cases. (Photo taken on May 25, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Yuji Yamanashi, Director of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

The photo shows Professor Junichiro Inoue of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo taking off his mask for explanation. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Scene of the press conference. (From right) Kohei Miyazono, Executive Vice President for Research at the University of Tokyo, Makoto Gogami, President of the University of Tokyo, Yuji Yamanashi, Director of the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, and Junichiro Inoue, Professor of the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo. (From right to left: Dr. Kohei Miyazono, Vice President for Research, The University of Tokyo; Dr. Yuji Yamanashi, Director, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo; and Dr. Junichiro Inoue, Professor, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo.

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Makoto Gogami, President of the University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Makoto Gogami, President of the University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Professor Junichiro Inoue of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Professor Junichiro Inoue of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

(From right) Makoto Gogami, President of the University of Tokyo, Yuji Yamanashi, Director of the Institute of Medical Science of the University of Tokyo, and Junichiro Inoue, Professor of the Institute of Medical Science of the University of Tokyo, wearing masks at the press conference. The University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, March 18, 2020.

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Scene of the press conference. (From right) Makoto Gogami, President of the University of Tokyo, Yuji Yamanashi, Director of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, and Junichiro Inoue, Professor of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo. The University of Tokyo Yasuda Auditorium, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, March 18, 2020.

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Professor Junichiro Inoue of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Professor Junichiro Inoue of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, wearing a mask at the press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Yuji Yamanashi, Director of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Professor Junichiro Inoue of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Professor Junichiro Inoue of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Photo shows Kohei Miyazono, Executive Vice President (Research) of the University of Tokyo, at a press conference. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Professor Inoue of University of Tokyo, announce the identification of a new coronavirus drug candidate

Professor Junichiro Inoue and his colleagues at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science held a press conference on April 18 and announced that they had identified nafamostat. Nafamostat has been used for more than 30 years in Japan, and early clinical trials are expected to be conducted. The clinical research is expected to start by the beginning of April in cooperation with the National Center for Global Health and Medicine and others. When the new corona infects humans, proteins on the surface of the virus and proteins on the surface of human cells bind to each other, causing the outer membrane of the virus to fuse with the membrane of human cells. As a result, ribonucleic acid (RNA), which is the genetic information of the new corona, enters the human cell, and the virus multiplies. (March 18, 2020, Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Prof. Yotsuyanagi and Prof. Kawaoka of the University of Tokyo announcing the phase I clinical trial of iEvac-Z

Professor Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka and their colleagues at the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo announced on April 5 that they will start Phase I clinical trials of the Ebola vaccine "iEvac-Z" at the hospital affiliated with the Institute this month. iEvac-Z is an inactivated vaccine made from mutant Ebola virus that lacks some of its genes. iEvac-Z is an inactivated vaccine produced from a mutant Ebola virus that lacks some of its genes, and is expected to be highly safe. The research team created a mutant virus that lacks the gene that makes VP30, a protein essential for the multiplication of the Ebola virus. Professor Yotsuyanagi said, "We can assume that there are side effects such as serious allergic symptoms that may occur in general, but nothing specific to iEvac-Z has been reported yet. We are planning to use it on people who are at high risk of infection" he explained. (= December 5, 2019, photo credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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No internal radiation exposure in Fukushima children: survey

Masaharu Tsubokura, a researcher at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science, explains at a news conference in Hirata, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2015, about the results of an extensive study on internal radiation exposure among children in the northeastern Japanese village. The study found no detectable internal radiation exposure in 2,707 children of up to 11 years old who were checked between December 2013 and March 2015 in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. Most of the children surveyed lived in Fukushima Prefecture while others resided in nearby Miyagi and Ibaraki prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vehicle to detect COVID-19 cases online

Photo taken in Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 17, 2021, shows a vehicle equipped with an X-ray and other medical systems enabling remotely located doctors to diagnose new coronavirus cases. The vehicle, developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, is designed to eliminate medical staff's risks of COVID-19 infections.

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Vehicle to detect COVID-19 cases online

Photo taken in Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 17, 2021, shows an interior of a vehicle equipped with an X-ray and other medical systems enabling remotely located doctors to diagnose new coronavirus cases. The vehicle, developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, is designed to eliminate medical staff's risks of COVID-19 infections.

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Emperor attends Japan Academy award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L, back) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L, back) watch as Keiji Tanaka, acting head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, receives a Japan Academy award at the academy's hall in Tokyo on June 21, 2010. Eleven people received the awards this year. (Kyodo)

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WHO recommends full publication of avian flu studies

GENEVA, Switzerland - Yoshihiro Kawaoka (L), a professor of the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, and Masato Tashiro from Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, hold a press conference in Geneva on Feb. 17, 2012. The World Health Organization recommended the same day that two reports on avian flu studies by Japanese and European researchers, including one by the University of Tokyo institute, be published in full. A U.S. government panel had called on two leading scientific journals not to print them completely over fears that detailed information about the lethal virus could be used in bioterrorism. Kawaoka called the WHO recommendation a ''reasonable conclusion.'' (Kyodo)

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Irradiated nuclear worker moved to different hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A plant worker exposed to an excessive dose of radiation last September in Japan's worst nuclear accident is transferred from the Research Hospital of the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science in Tokyo's Minato Ward to the University of Tokyo Hospital in Bunkyo Ward about 9 kilometers away on April 10 to receive more generalized care. Masato Shinohara, 40, a worker at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. arrived by ambulance at the hospital at around 11:30 a.m. and was carried to the intensive care unit.