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Philippines: Residents Rush to Stores Ahead of Typhoon Kalmaegi 2

Typhoon Kalmaegi swept across the central Philippines, killing one person, flooding communities, cutting power, and displacing tens of thousands after making landfall around midnight over Silago in Southern Leyte early on November 4. The storm reached typhoon strength shortly before landfall, with winds of up to 150 kph and gusts reaching 185 kph. This video shows the inside of a local supermarket crowded with shoppers preparing for the typhoon in Cebu City on November 3.

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US: California’s Garnet Fire Burns 57,000 Acres in Sierra Nevada, Forces Evacuations

The Garnet Fire, sparked by lightning on August 24 in the Sierra National Forest near Garnet Dike, central California has burned about 57,000 acres and is 15% contained. Fire activity remains intense, particularly on the northwestern front, where crews are struggling with steep terrain that limits the use of heavy equipment. Mandatory evacuation orders are in place for multiple zones, with warnings in surrounding areas. Road closures affect McKinley Grove Road and sections of Trimmer Springs Road.

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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks 6

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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US: Large Hail Pelts Kerrville, Texas

Kerrville, Texas experienced large hail on Sunday evening, March 23, as strong storms swept through the city and surrounding areas.

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US: Heavy Snowfall And Icy Conditions Grip New England Amid Widespread Storm

A widespread storm swept across the Northeast, bringing heavy snowfall and icy conditions to parts of New England on Sunday, February 16. This video shows heavy snow falling in Hinesburg, Vermont.

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South Korea: People Protest Outside Parliament, Calling For President Yoon’s Resignation

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeo declared martial law late on Tuesday, December 3, accusing the opposition of anti-national activities. However, he lifted the order early Wednesday after the National Assembly passed a resolution calling for its removal. After the emergency order was lifted, protesters gathered around the parliament in Yeouido, calling for Yoon's resignation.

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France: Paris Sees First Snowfall Of The Season

Paris saw its first snow of the season on Thursday morning, November 21. Snow also fell much of northern and western France.

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New Zealand: Vegetation Fire Erupts In Port Hills In Christchurch, Evacuation Underway 5

A huge vegetation fire erupted in Christchurch's Port Hills Wednesday afternoon, February 14, prompting evacuations of nearby residents. About 55,000 homes are experiencing a power outage due to the fire, reports say.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (L front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also in the photo.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes as he walks beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R front), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also present.

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S. Korea's private delegation meets Kim Yong Nam

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (From L) Lee Hee Ho (L), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, North Korea's Kim Yong Nam, president of Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong Un pose for photos in Pyongyang on Dec. 27, 2011. An unofficial condolence delegation from South Korea, including Lee and Hyun, paid respects to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Widow of Kim Dae Jung in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Lee Hee Ho (L), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, shake hands in Pyongyang on Dec. 27, 2011. Lee arrived in the country the previous day, accompanied by a 17-member entourage, to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Widow of Kim Dae Jung in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Lee Hee Ho (R), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, meet in Pyongyang on Dec. 27, 2011. Lee arrived in the country the previous day, accompanied by a 17-member entourage, to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Rikidozan's kin wins judo practice match in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese professional wrestler-turned-politician Antonio Inoki congratulates Yu Il Hun after the 14-year-old North Korean boy won a judo practice match at a pro wrestling promotion event in Pyongyang in August 2014. Yu's grandmother Kim Yong Suk is known in North Korea as the daughter of Rikidozan, a Korean-born wrestler regarded as the father of Japanese pro wrestling.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki holds talks with senior N. Korean official

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese opposition lawmaker Antonio Inoki (L) talks with Kim Yong Il, director of the International Department of the Workers' Party of (North) Korea, in Pyongyang on Jan. 15, 2014. The professional wrestler-turned member of the House of Councillors is in Pyongyang on a four-day stay from Jan. 13.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki holds talks with senior N. Korean official

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese opposition lawmaker Antonio Inoki (R) is greeted by Kim Yong Il, director of the International Department of the Workers' Party of (North) Korea, in Pyongyang on Jan. 15, 2014. The professional wrestler-turned member of the House of Councillors is in Pyongyang on a four-day stay from Jan. 13.

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Abe adviser meets N. Korea party secretary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang's airport on May 14, 2013. Iijima held talks the following day with Kim Yong Il, a secretary of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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Memorial service for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front C) in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, attends a national memorial service to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, his father and predecessor. To the left is Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament.

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N. Korea celebrates rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (far R), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, is seen during a rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate North Korea's successful launch of an "earth observation satellite" on Dec. 12. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korean military chief relieved of all posts

BEIJING, China - Photo shows North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (R) talking to Ri Yong Ho, chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, as they view a military parade in Pyongyang in February 2012, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported on July 16, 2012, that Ri, known as one of the closest aides of Kim Jong Un, has been removed from all his posts because of illness.

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Kim Jong Un at military parade

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012, the centennial of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung. To the left is Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

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Kim Jong Un at unveiling ceremony

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) acknowledges the crowd during an unveiling ceremony of huge bronze statues of the country's former leaders Kim Il Sung, his grandfather, and Kim Jong Il, his father, in Pyongyang on April 13, 2012. To the right is Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

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100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's parliament, observe a moment of silence at a memorial service held at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 25, 2012, to mark the 100th day since the death of former leader and Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il. The event marked the end of the national period of mourning.

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Kim Jong Il anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (R) talks to Ri Yong Ho, chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, as they view a military parade in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un.

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N. Korean leaders mark 70th anniv. of Kim Jong Il's birth

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (R) and Ri Yong Ho, chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, applaud while viewing a military parade in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012, part of a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un.

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N. Korean leaders mark 70th anniv. of Kim Jong Il's birth

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (L) chats with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's parliament, in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. The two were viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un.

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1st bronze statue of Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Yong Ho (2nd from R), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, and Jang Song Thaek (L), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, attend a ceremony at which bronze statues of deceased leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung, riding horses side by side, are unveiled on the grounds of the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2012. It is the first public statue of the younger Kim.

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N. Korean leaders attend Kim Jong Il statue ceremony

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (far R), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean parliament, and Jang Song Thaek (far L), vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, attend an unveiling ceremony of a bronze statue of deceased leader Kim Jong Il, his first public statue, alongside other leaders at the grounds of the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2012. The bronze statue stands side by side with another bronze statue of Kim's father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Ex-U.S. President Carter leaves Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho shake hands in Pyongyang on April 28, 2011, as Carter leaves North Korea after his visit aiming to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Carter told a press conference in Seoul the same day that the North's leader Kim Jong Il expressed his willingness to talk to parties of the six-party nuclear talks about any subject at any time without any preconditions in a message Carter received.

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Kim Jong Un at anniversary event

BEIJING, China - Kim Jong Un (L), North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 3rd son and the country's leader-in-waiting, and Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, watch an event marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang in October 2010.

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N. Korean official in China

BEIJING, China - Kim Yong Il (C), director of the Workers' Party of Korea's International Department, arrives at Beijing airport on Nov. 30, 2010. He traveled with Choe Thae Bok, a secretary of the party's Central Committee and an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Pyongyang after island attack

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Hwang (L), a professor of linguistics at Kim Il Sung University, watches a recap of a parade of the North Korean People's Army in October on TV at his home in Pyongyang on Nov. 28, 2010. Kim, seated next to his granddaughter So Yon, criticized the United States for using an artillery exchange between the two Koreas as an excuse to send the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington to the Yellow Sea.

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Kim Jong Un, top general Ri

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (L), North Korea's leader-in-waiting, and Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the People's Army, salute during a parade at Kim Il Sung Square on Oct. 10, 2010.

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N. Korea generals leave for Cuba

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Yong Ho (C), chief of the General Staff of the North Korean people's army, and other generals pose at Pyongyang airport on Oct. 28, 2010, before leaving for Cuba. Ri is seen as a central figure in supporting leader Kim Jong Il's third son and heir apparent Jong Un.

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N. Korea generals leave for Cuba

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Yong Ho (C), chief of the General Staff of the North Korean people's army, walks to board an airplane to visit Cuba at Pyongyang airport on Oct. 28, 2010. Ri is seen as a central figure in supporting leader Kim Jong Il's third son and heir apparent Jong Un.

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China delegation in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Il (R), chief of the International Department of North Korea's Workers Party, greets Zhou Yongkang, a standing committee member of the Chinese Communist Party's Political Bureau, upon the arrival of Zhou's delegation at Pyongyang airport on Oct. 9, 2010. The Chinese delegation visited North Korea on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Workers Party.

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China delegation in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Il (front, R), chief of the International Department of North Korea's Workers Party, and Zhou Yongkang (L, front), a standing committee member of the Chinese Communist Party's Political Bureau, walk at Pyongyang airport on Oct. 9, 2010. The Chinese delegation visited North Korea on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Workers Party.

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Argentina beat S. Korea 4-1 in World Cup Group B

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Argentina striker Sergio Aguero (R) runs with the ball against South Korea's Cho Yong Nyung (4) and Kim Nam Il (5) during the second half of their World Cup Group B match at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 17, 2010. Argentina won 4-1.

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N. Korea celebrates leader Kim's 68th birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (C), North Korea's No. 2 leader who serves as chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, arrives at the venue of a concert celebrating the 68th birthday of the country's leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2010.

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N. Korean vice foreign minister arrives in Beijing

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Yong Il (R) shakes hands with Chinese Ambassador to Pyongyang Liu Xiaoming as he leaves Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang for Beijing on Sept. 1.

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N. Korea marks anniversary of birth of Kim Jong Il's grandfather

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (2nd from R in front), president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, along with the country's key figures, visits the grave of the grandfather of Kim Jong Il on July 10 as part of an event to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the leader's grandfather.

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N. Korean premier arrives in China for 5-day visit

BEIJING, China - North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il arrives at Beijing international airport on March 17 for talks with Chinese leaders.

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N. Korean premier arrives in China for 5-day visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il (C) and other senior officials pose for a photo at Pyongyang international airport on March 17 before leaving for China for talks with Chinese leaders.

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N. Korean premier arrives in China for 5-day visit

BEIJING, China - North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il (C) arrives at Beijing airport March 17 for a five-day visit aimed at holding talks with Chinese leaders. Kim was accompanied by three senior economic officials, including Foreign Trade Minister Ri Ryong Nam, as well as the minister of culture.

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Egyptian company launches 3G mobile phone network in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Naguib Sawiris (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Egypt's mobile carrier giant Orascom Telecom Holding, and North Korean Vice Premier Kim Yong Il shake hands as they meet in Pyongyang on Dec. 15. Orascom Telecom launched a third-generation mobile phone network in North Korea, the country's first such system.

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N. Korea's No. 2 leader says no health problem with Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's No. 2 leader as president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 10. Kim said there is no problem with top leader Kim Jong Il, whose absence from events held since Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the country's founding has fueled speculation as to his health condition.

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S. Korean president meets N. Korean premier

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il (L) meets with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (R) at the presidential office in Seoul on Nov. 16. North and South Korea agreed the same day to launch a regular cross-border cargo railway service starting Dec. 11.

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2 Koreas agree to launch cross-border cargo railway service Dec. 11

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il (L) and South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo (R) shake hands at the outset of their talks at a Seoul hotel on Nov. 16. They agreed to launch a regular cross-border cargo railway service starting Dec. 11 to further develop a joint industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

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2 Koreas agree to launch cross-border cargo railway service Dec. 11

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il (L) and South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo (R) shake hands at a Seoul hotel on Nov. 16, after they exchanged documents to launch a regular cross-border cargo railway service starting Dec. 11 to further develop a joint industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong. The prime ministers exchanged documents on the final day of their three-day talks, the first of their kind in 15 years.

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N. Korean Premier Kim arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Han Duck Soo upon his arrival at a hotel in Seoul Nov. 14 for the first inter-Korean prime ministerial talks in 15 years.