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Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Melissa Batters, Causing Damage and Disruptions 2

Tropical Storm Melissa swept through the Dominican Republic, toppling trees, traffic lights, and triggering small landslides. Authorities closed schools and government offices across several provinces as the storm disrupted water systems and threatened severe flooding. Melissa is expected to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane this weekend as it lashes the Caribbean with heavy rain and destructive winds.

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Indonesia: Mt. Lewotobi Erupts, Triggers Highest Alert and Spews Ash High Into Sky

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, erupted late Tuesday, October 15, and again early Wednesday, spewing ash up to 10 kilometers into the sky. Indonesia’s volcanology agency raised the alert to its highest level after detecting deep tremors that signaled possible explosive activity.

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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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US: Severe Weather Warning for Houston Area With Hail, High Winds, Tornado Risk

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Houston area until evening of Monday, May 5. It brought hail, damaging winds, flooding, and possible tornadoes.

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[Breaking News]20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

AMAGASAKI, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa speaks during a memorial ceremony at the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2025, its 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa speaks during a memorial ceremony at the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2025, its 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa speaks during a memorial ceremony at the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2025, its 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa (C) observes a moment of silence at the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2025, its 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa bows to the bereaved family of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki during the memorial ceremony at the site of the accident on April 25, 2025, its 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa (C) observes a moment of silence at the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2025, its 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo)

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New Zealand: Fire Breaks Out at Abilities Group Recycling Depot in Auckland 2

A large fire erupted at the Abilities Group Recycling Depot in Auckland's Wairau Valley on Thursday, April 23, around 5:24 p.m., sending dark smoke across the suburbs. According to reports, batteries burning inside the facility fueled the fire, prompting authorities to issue a "stay inside" warning.

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US: Sunset Fire Ignites In Hollywood Hills, Triggering Mandatory Evacuation Orders

A brush fire, dubbed the Sunset Fire, broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, January 8, triggering mandatory evacuation orders.

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Philippines: Thunderstorms Hit, Bringing Intense Rainfall To Central Regions

The regions of Visayas, Bicol, Calabarzon, and Mimaropa may experience cloudy skies with scattered rains as isolated thunderstorms hit. According to reports, heavy rainfall of 100 to 200 mm was expected in Northern Samar on Monday.

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[Breaking News]Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railway, in 1973.(Kyodo)

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service runs in Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Izumo and the Okayama Prefecture capital of Okayama. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service runs in Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Izumo and the Okayama Prefecture capital of Okayama. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railway, in 1973.

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Japan's beloved "Doctor Yellow" bullet train to retire

File photo taken in January 2015 shows a "Doctor Yellow" track-testing bullet train, considered a unicorn by fans for running on an undisclosed schedule, at JR Hakata Station in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. Central Japan Railway Co. announced on June 13, 2024, that its Doctor Yellow train will be retired in January 2025, with West Japan Railway Co. also planning to retire another train around 2027.

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XR bus

Photo taken on May 31, 2024, shows a so-called XR or cross reality bus in front of JR Fukui Station in Fukui city in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui ahead of the start of its commercial service the following day. The bus, operated by West Japan Railway Co., is intended to promote sightseeing spots in Fukui Prefecture by having tourists visiting the prefecture experience virtual reality and augmented reality worlds while riding the bus.

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18th anniv. of deadly train derailment in Amagasaki

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa offers flowers at a memorial built at the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2023, its 18th anniversary. Over 100 passengers and the driver were killed when a JR West train derailed along a curve and crashed into a condominium building.

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JR West runs 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) displays a train sporting the images of characters of "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit video game and animation for children, at a railroad yard in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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JR West shows interior of 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014, the interior of a "Yokai Watch" train featuring the popular role-playing game. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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JR West promotes train rides for senior travelers

OSAKA, Japan - Actress Ran Ito (R) poses with West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe in Osaka on Dec. 17, 2014, at a press conference announcing the launch of a campaign to promote train rides for travelers aged 50 and over in 2015 by discounting tickets for Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains.

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JR West adopts new safety system for station platforms

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, shows to the press on Dec. 16, 2014, a new platform safety system set up at its Rokkomichi Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. With the sensor-equipped system, wired barriers are kept low (top photo) but raised to let passenger get off and on (bottom photo) each time a strain stops.

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JR West installs new safety system for station platforms

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, opens to the press on Dec. 16, 2014, a new platform safety system installed at its Rokkomichi Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. The sensor-equipped system automatically raises wired barriers to allow passengers to get off and on each time a train arrives.

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JR West to open prayer rooms at Osaka Station

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 21, 2014, shows part of a worship facility for all religions in the JR Osaka Station building. West Japan Railway Co. said it will open the facility the following day with the aim of better serving foreign travelers.

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JR West to open prayer rooms at Osaka Station

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 21, 2014, shows part of a worship facility for all religions in the JR Osaka Station building. Given the need to know the direction to offer prayers in Islam, the azimuth direction is shown on the ceiling of the room. West Japan Railway Co. said it will open the facility the following day with the aim of better serving foreign travelers.

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Typhoon Vongfong hits Shikoku

OSAKA, Japan - Employees at JR Osaka Station explain to passengers the cancellation of services by West Japan Railway Co. in Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe areas due to the approaching of Typhoon Vongfong on Oct. 13, 2014. The typhoon made landfall on the Japanese western main island of Shikoku the same day and is likely to sweep through the Japanese archipelago during the next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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JR West unveils 227 series train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. unveils to the media its new 227 series train to be operated in the Hiroshima area from the spring of 2015, at Kinki Sharyo Co. in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 26, 2014. The front car has parts on both sides to prevent passengers from falling when it is connected with another train.

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JR West sets up ticket counters for foreign visitors

OSAKA, Japan - Passengers line up at ticket counters newly set up specifically for foreign visitors by West Japan Railway Co. at Kansai Airport station at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Seven-Eleven opens store at JR's Kyoto Station

KYOTO, Japan - A Kiosk store-turned Seven-Eleven is seen at West Japan Railway Co.'s Kyoto Station in Kyoto City, western Japan, on June 4, 2014. Based on an agreement, Seven-Eleven Japan Co. will open around 500 outlets at JR West's train stations in western Japan.

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Twilight Express to end service in spring of 2015

OSAKA, Japan - A family gets a commemorative picture taken in front of the Twilight Express at JR Osaka Station on May 28, 2014. The West Japan Railway Co.'s luxurious sleeper train linking Osaka, western Japan, with Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, will end service next spring due to the aging of the rolling stock produced about 40 years ago.

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Overnight Osaka-Sapporo train

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a Twilight Express train at JR Osaka Station in western Japan on May 28, 2014. West Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the train, its luxurious overnight express train linking Osaka with Sapporo, known for the longest travel distance in Japan, will finish service in the spring of 2015 due to the aging of the rolling stock produced about 40 years ago. It began operations in July 1989.

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JR West's tourism ambassador to promote Tottori, Shimane

YONAGO, Japan - Nana Gobyo (C), a 28-year-old TV and radio personality from Shimane Prefecture's Matsue, is named special ambassador by West Japan Railway Co.'s Yonago branch on March 18, 2014, to promote tourism in Tottori and Shimane prefectures, western Japan, for one year.

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Hot spring project in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A March 11, 2013, photo shows JR Sannomiya Station and Sannomiya Terminal Building in Kobe, western Japan. West Japan Railway Co. reportedly plans to dig a hot spring to build a spa facility as part of the redevelopment plan for the building.

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Hot spring project in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A Jan. 22, 2014, photo shows JR Sannomiya Station and Sannomiya Terminal Building in Kobe, western Japan. West Japan Railway Co. reportedly plans to dig a hot spring to build a spa facility as part of the redevelopment plan for the building.

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JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka, western Japan, on July 5, 2013. He said the company known as JR West is considering running luxury sleeper carriages for trips of a few days covering Kyoto, Hiroshima and elsewhere in the region in fiscal 2017.

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New JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - New West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks to employees at the JR West head office in Osaka on May 1, 2012.

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New JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - New West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks to employees at the JR West head office in Osaka on May 1, 2012.

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Manabe to become West Japan Railway president

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken April 27, 2012, shows Seiji Manabe, vice president of West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, at a press conference at the company headquarters in Osaka. The company said the same day that Manabe will be appointed president on May 1, succeeding Takayuki Sasaki, who will become chairman.

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Manabe to become West Japan Railway president

OSAKA, Japan - Seiji Manabe (R), vice president of West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, shakes hands with President Takayuki Sasaki at the headquarters of the company in Osaka on April 27, 2012. The company said the same day that Manabe will be appointed president on May 1, succeeding Sasaki, who will become chairman.

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7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki offers flowers at an altar at the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding JR West train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building beside the track.

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JR West president on 6th anniv. of fatal derailment

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki speaks to reporters after offering flowers at the fatal train accident site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2011, the sixth anniversary of the accident in which 106 passengers and the driver were killed while 562 people were injured. Sasaki vowed to improve safety of his company's train operations in his speech during a memorial ceremony.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura (C), who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, arrives at a site where bereaved relatives and surviving passengers were allowed to view the wreckage of the accident. The wreckage was returned to West Japan Railway Co. from the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, which had retained it as evidence in the trials of former JR West executives charged over the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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JR West blasted for poor mishap info handling

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Utsunomiya, head of the transport safety department at West Japan Railway Co., bows in apology at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 13, 2010. Utsunomiya admitted that the company, known commonly as JR West, failed to make public 10 cases from 2005 to 2009 in which its trains went over the speed limit, activating the automatic train stopping system at the curve in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, where a derailment killed 107 people.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Executives and other officials of West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, bow during a mourning ceremony in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010, the fifth anniversary of an accident involving a train of the company which killed 107 people.

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2 JR West execs resign over dubious handling of accident probe

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki bows in apology during a news conference on Oct. 23, 2009, at the transport ministry after submitting the company's report on its executives' questionable handling of the investigation process into a 2005 fatal train derailment. Two of its executives resigned the same day over their handling of the process.

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JR West to set up investigative panel on improper access to info

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki speaks during a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 29, 2009. Sasaki said his company will set up a panel of outside investigators to look into how and why its officials approached the governmental railway accident investigation panel and obtained a draft report in advance on the cause of a 2005 fatal derailment that claimed the lives of more than 100 people.

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JR West ordered to improve business

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) hands a notice to West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki on Sept. 28, 2009, ordering the company to improve its business practices after the railway operator admitted late last week that it had obtained a draft report on the cause of a 2005 fatal derailment involving its train services from a member of the government safety board.