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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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Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize - Stockholm

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics is announced in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 14, 2024. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided on Monday to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. This trio, consisting of Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, professors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James A. Robinson, professor of the University of Chicago, has been honored "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity." Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Yuliang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize - Stockholm

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics is announced in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 14, 2024. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided on Monday to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. This trio, consisting of Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, professors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James A. Robinson, professor of the University of Chicago, has been honored "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity." Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Yuliang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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US: Pro-Palestinian Protesters At MIT Clash With Police

Pro-Palestinian protesters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology clashed with police on Thursday, May 9. This video shows a standoff between offices and chanting protesters outside MIT's Stata Center on Vassar Street.

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US: MIT Pro-Palestinian Protesters Defy Order To Clear Encampment

Clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and police at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday, May 6 after the university ordered the protesters to clear the encampment. The protesters resisted a 2:30 p.m. deadline and tore down metal fences surrounding the encampment to reclaim the space.

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US: MIT Pro-Palestinian Protesters Defy Order To Clear Encampment 4

Clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and police at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday, May 6 after the university ordered the protesters to clear the encampment. The protesters resisted a 2:30 p.m. deadline and tore down metal fences surrounding the encampment to reclaim the space.

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US: MIT Pro-Palestinian Protesters Defy Order To Clear Encampment 5

Clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and police at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday, May 6 after the university ordered the protesters to clear the encampment. The protesters resisted a 2:30 p.m. deadline and tore down metal fences surrounding the encampment to reclaim the space.

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US: MIT Pro-Palestinian Protesters Defy Order To Clear Encampment 2

Clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and police at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday, May 6 after the university ordered the protesters to clear the encampment. The protesters resisted a 2:30 p.m. deadline and tore down metal fences surrounding the encampment to reclaim the space.

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US: MIT Pro-Palestinian Protesters Defy Order To Clear Encampment 3

Clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and police at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday, May 6 after the university ordered the protesters to clear the encampment. The protesters resisted a 2:30 p.m. deadline and tore down metal fences surrounding the encampment to reclaim the space.

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U.S.-MASSACHUSETTS-PROTEST

(240507) -- BOSTON, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Protesters chant slogans at a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-MASSACHUSETTS-PROTEST

(240507) -- BOSTON, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Protesters confront with the police at a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-MASSACHUSETTS-PROTEST

(240507) -- BOSTON, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Protesters confront with the police at a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240505) -- BEIJING, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold a banner with written slogan during a pro-Palestinian rally on Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, May 3, 2024. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-MASSACHUSETTS-PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST

(240504) -- BOSTON, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a paper written with slogan during the protest on Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, May 3, 2024. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-MASSACHUSETTS-PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST

(240504) -- BOSTON, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold a baner with written slogan during a pro-Palestinian rally on Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, May 3, 2024. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-MASSACHUSETTS-PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST

(240504) -- BOSTON, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A pro-Palestinian protest is held inside Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, May 3, 2024. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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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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MIT professor Langer wins Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology

KYOTO, Japan - Robert Samuel Langer (L), a biomedical engineer and institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, attends the award ceremony for the Kyoto Prize in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2014. The American scientist won this year's prize in Advanced Technology for his contributions in tissue engineering and drug delivery system technologies

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3 Kyoto Prize winners attend award ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Three Kyoto Prize winners (from L) -- Robert Samuel Langer, a biomedical engineer and institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Edward Witten, a theoretical physicist and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Fukumi Shimura, a Japanese dyeing and weaving artist, pose for photographs during an award ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2014. The prize awarded by the Inamori Foundation honors those who have contributed to scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment.

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MIT Professor Richard Samuels

NEW YORK, United States - Richard Samuels, political science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of "3.11 Disaster and Change in Japan," speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in New York on March 12, 2013.

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Japan's Yamanaka receives Israel's Wolf Prize

JERUSALEM, Israel - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University known for developing the multipurpose iPS cell, and Rudolf Jaenisch, a German researcher of the technology and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pose in Jerusalem on May 29, 2011, as they won the 2011 Wolf Prize for medicine.

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U.S. economist Thurow calls for more stimulus measures in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. economist Lester Thurow speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 25, 2010. Thurow, professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, urged Japan to focus more on economic stimulus measures although discussions on a consumption tax hike are gathering steam in the country ahead of the House of Councillors election in the following month.

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Nobel laureate economist Paul Samuelson dies at 94

NEW YORK, United States - Paul Samuelson, a Nobel Prize-winning American economist and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, shown in a November 1994 file photo, died at his home in Massachusetts on Dec. 13, 2009. He was 94. Samuelson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1970, influenced the fiscal policies of the United States and many other nations for decades.

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Japan film on Hiroshima A-bomb 'Face of Jizo' premieres in U.S.

BOSTON, United States - A Japanese film depicting the struggles of a Japanese woman, who survives the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, premiered in the United States on April 21 at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology theater as part of the Global Hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) Film Festival being held in Boston on April 14-24. Photo shows A-bomb survivors responding to questions from the film audience after the show.

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3 researchers win Japan Prize for 2002

TOKYO, Japan - The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announces in Tokyo on Dec. 13 that the Japan Prize for 2002 will be awarded to Anne McLaren (L) of Britain, Andrzej Tarkowski (C) of Poland and Tim Berners-Lee of Britain. Mclaren, 74, a principal research associate at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research Campaign Institute, and Tarkowski, 68, director of the Institute of Zoology at Warsaw University, share the prize in the field of health care and therapeutic science and technology for their contribution to the research of developmental biology of mammals. Berners-Lee, a senior researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Science, is selected in the field of system science and technology for his invention of the World Wide Web.

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3 researchers win Japan Prize for 2002

TOKYO, Japan - The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announces in Tokyo on Dec. 13 that the Japan Prize for 2002 will be awarded to Anne McLaren (L) of Britain, Andrzej Tarkowski (C) of Poland and Tim Berners-Lee of Britain. Mclaren, 74, a principal research associate at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research Campaign Institute, and Tarkowski, 68, director of the Institute of Zoology at Warsaw University, share the prize in the field of health care and therapeutic science and technology for their contribution to the research of developmental biology of mammals. Berners-Lee, a senior researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Science, is selected in the field of system science and technology for his invention of the World Wide Web.

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Japan film on Hiroshima A-bomb 'Face of Jizo' premieres in U.S.

BOSTON, United States - A Japanese film depicting the struggles of a Japanese woman, who survives the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, premiered in the United States on April 21 at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology theater as part of the Global Hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) Film Festival being held in Boston on April 14-24. Photo shows A-bomb survivors responding to questions from the film audience after the show. (Kyodo)

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Toyota ties up with U.S. universities on artificial intelligence studies

Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Kiyotaka Ise speaks at a press conference in East Palo Alto, California, on Sept. 4, 2015. Toyota said it will invest $50 million in the next five years to expand its research on safety technology to reduce deaths and injuries on the road using artificial intelligence through collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate economist Paul Samuelson dies at 94

NEW YORK, United States - Paul Samuelson, a Nobel Prize-winning American economist and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, shown in a November 1994 file photo, died at his home in Massachusetts on Dec. 13, 2009. He was 94. Samuelson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1970, influenced the fiscal policies of the United States and many other nations for decades. (Kyodo)

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U.S. economist Thurow calls for more stimulus measures in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. economist Lester Thurow speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 25, 2010. Thurow, professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, urged Japan to focus more on economic stimulus measures although discussions on a consumption tax hike are gathering steam in the country ahead of the House of Councillors election in the following month. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Yamanaka receives Israel's Wolf Prize

JERUSALEM, Israel - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University known for developing the multipurpose iPS cell, and Rudolf Jaenisch, a German researcher of the technology and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pose in Jerusalem on May 29, 2011, as they won the 2011 Wolf Prize for medicine. (Kyodo)

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3 Kyoto Prize winners attend award ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Three Kyoto Prize winners (from L) -- Robert Samuel Langer, a biomedical engineer and institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Edward Witten, a theoretical physicist and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Fukumi Shimura, a Japanese dyeing and weaving artist, pose for photographs during an award ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2014. The prize awarded by the Inamori Foundation honors those who have contributed to scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Chemical names MIT professor top technology officer

TOKYO, Japan - A promotional photo shows newly appointed Chief Technological Officer of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. George Stephanopoulos, who is currently on leave from his teaching stint at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).