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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Unmanned station in northeastern Japan popular among anime fans

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2016, shows Maeda-Minami station, an unmanned railway station on Akita Nairiku Jukan Tetsudo Railway Co.'s Akita Nairiku line in Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The station has become popular among movie fans for its resemblance to a station in the Japanese anime film "Your Name," directed by Makoto Shinkai.

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Police officer writing out victim certificates

Tokuo Fujita, then 28, a police officer from the Ujina Police Station, surrounded by victims, is writing out victim certificates for survivors in front of the Hiroshima District Monopoly Bureau, located on the east side of Miyuki Bridge. The desk was placed on the south side of the "Minami-machi 3-chome" streetcar stop (now called "Minami-machi 6-chome"). Mr. Fujita, who had just finished working the night shift, experienced the atomic bombing at the police station about 4.7 kilometers from the hypocenter. His forehead was cut by broken window glass, but he rushed to the police box on the west side of Miyuki Bridge and helped injured citizens and students. (Distance from hypocenter 2400 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Panoramic view)

At the west end of Miyuki Bridge, 2.2 kilometers southeast of the hypocenter. A police officer from the Ujina Police Station had begun to administer first aid by applying oil stored in the station to the wounds of the injured men and women of all ages who had taken refuge there. Men and women collapsed or squatting, a woman holding a baby, female students receiving first aid, and a police officer are captured in the photo. The railings on the lower river side (left side) of the bridge had been blown into the river. The building on the left is the Senda-machi Police Box of the Ujina Police Station, and the building in the back is Hiroshima Technical Institute. Miyuki Bridge, connecting Senda-machi and Minami-machi, is one of the major bridges in Hiroshima City, on which streetcars also run. (Distance from hypocenter 2200 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Close-up)

People suffering burns received dabs of transformer oil brought from the nearby Hiroshima Electric Railway. The girl in the foreground, wearing a sailorstyle uniform with a triangular collar, and the girl to her left were second-year students at Hiroshima Girls' Commercial School (then 13 years old) who experienced the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Postal Savings Bureau in Senda-machi 1-chome, where they were mobilized to work, but survived. The boy second to the right of the police officer from the Ujina Police Station was a first-year student at Hiroshima Municipal Junior High School (then 12 years old) who experienced the atomic bombing in Koami-cho (now part of Naka Ward), where he was helping to demolish buildings to create fire lanes. It is believed he was on his way to his home in Danbarasuehiro-cho (now Danbara in Minami Ward), where he lived with his parents. He went missing and his remains were never found. (Distance from hypocenter 2200 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Collapsed Minami Branch of Nishi Fire Station

The view from the destroyed window of the home-cum-barbershop looking east. The Minami Branch of the Nishi Fire Station, a two-story wooden structure, collapsed in the blast and was reduced to rubble. A man in a national defense uniform walks toward Miyuki Bridge along the street on which ran the Ujina Line streetcars. (Distance from hypocenter 2800 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Heavy snow in Japan

A station staff member tries to remove snow from a pedestrian bridge in front of Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail's Tachikawa-Minami Station in western Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Ex-soccer player urges proper use of emergency call

OSAKA, Japan - Former Japanese football player Hiroaki Morishima shows off his ball skills as chief for the day at the Minami Police Station in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015, during an event to promote the proper use of the 110 emergency phone call number.

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3 plaques of AKB48 group missing at Iwate Pref. station

MORIOKA, Japan - Plaques made of scallop shells hanging in a waiting room of Koishihama Station on the Sanriku Railway Co.'s Minami Rias Line in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, are seen in this photo taken on May 29, 2014. Three plaques on which members of popular Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, including Mayu Watanabe, wrote some messages went missing recently.

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Kyoto police station to move functions to Toji in disaster

KYOTO, Japan - A policeman from Kyoto Prefecture's Minami station prepares food during an emergency drill held in Kyoto, on May 7, 2014. The police station signed an agreement the same day with Toji, a World Heritage temple in the western Japanese city, to transfer its functions to the temple and use its facilities and property in the event of disasters. The Minami police station building built in 1957 is one of the oldest police stations in Japan.

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Tsunami-hit railway partially reopens

OFUNATO, Japan - Residents celebrate as a special train arrives at Yoshihama Station in Iwate Prefecture on the Minami Riasu Line on April 3, 2013, as the Sanriku Railway Co. line crippled by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster partially reopened for service. New carriages were bought with the help of the Kuwaiti government.

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Tsunami-hit railway partially reopens

OFUNATO, Japan - A special train departs Sakari Station in Iwate Prefecture on the Minami Riasu Line on April 3, 2013, as the Sanriku Railway Co. line crippled by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster partially reopened for service. New carriages were bought with the help of the Kuwaiti government.

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Tsunami-hit railway partially reopens

OFUNATO, Japan - Residents see a special train off from Sakari Station in Iwate Prefecture on the Minami Riasu Line on April 3, 2013, as the Sanriku Railway Co. line crippled by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster partially reopened for service. New carriages were bought with the help of the Kuwaiti government.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show JR Minami-Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the roof and railway tracks have been removed.

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Dead fish near destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows a dead fish (front) lying near rail tracks of JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami.

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Tsunami-destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami.

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1 dead as alleged ex-Mazda temp hits 11 plant workers with car

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Police officers examine a car driven by Toshiaki Hikiji at Hiroshima-Minami Police Station in Hiroshima on June 22, 2010, after Hikiji allegedly hit 11 employees at Mazda Motor Corp.'s plant in the city, killing one of them. Hikiji told police he had been fired in April by Mazda as a temporary worker.

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1 dead as alleged ex-Mazda temp hits 11 plant workers with car

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A car driven by Toshiaki Hikiji is transferred to Hiroshima-Minami Police Station in Hiroshima on June 22, 2010, after Hikiji allegedly hit 11 employees at Mazda Motor Corp.'s plant in the city, killing one of them. Hikiji told police he had been fired in April by Mazda as a temporary worker.

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Shinjuku light-up event

Festive lights brighten up streets near Tokyo's JR Shinjuku Station on Nov. 14, 2022, the first day of the Shinjuku Minami Rumi winter illumination event that lasts through Feb. 14.

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Shinjuku light-up event

Festive lights brighten up streets near Tokyo's JR Shinjuku Station on Nov. 14, 2022, the first day of the Shinjuku Minami Rumi winter illumination event that lasts through Feb. 14.

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Small camera used for secretly photographing women

CHIBA, Japan - The Minami Police Station in Chiba Prefecture displays a small camera, shown at lower left front, that was used for secretly photographing women. The camera was hidden in the shoe. The photo was taken on July 20, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Installation resembling chess knight at JR Minami-Urawa Station

People check out a piece of art resembling a white chess knight at East Japan Railway Co.'s Minami-Urawa Station in Saitama Prefecture on June 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 dead as alleged ex-Mazda temp hits 11 plant workers with car

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A car driven by Toshiaki Hikiji is transferred to Hiroshima-Minami Police Station in Hiroshima on June 22, 2010, after Hikiji allegedly hit 11 employees at Mazda Motor Corp.'s plant in the city, killing one of them. Hikiji told police he had been fired in April by Mazda as a temporary worker. (Kyodo)

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1 dead as alleged ex-Mazda temp hits 11 plant workers with car

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Police officers examine a car driven by Toshiaki Hikiji at Hiroshima-Minami Police Station in Hiroshima on June 22, 2010, after Hikiji allegedly hit 11 employees at Mazda Motor Corp.'s plant in the city, killing one of them. Hikiji told police he had been fired in April by Mazda as a temporary worker. (Kyodo)

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Dead fish near destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows a dead fish (front) lying near rail tracks of JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami-destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show JR Minami-Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the roof and railway tracks have been removed. (Kyodo)

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Ex-soccer player urges proper use of emergency call

OSAKA, Japan - Former Japanese football player Hiroaki Morishima shows off his ball skills as chief for the day at the Minami Police Station in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015, during an event to promote the proper use of the 110 emergency phone call number. (Kyodo)

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Man charged in 2010 driving rampage at Mazda plants

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo taken on Oct. 25, 2010, shows former Mazda Motor Corp. seasonal worker Toshiaki Hikiji being escorted to Hirohima Minami Police Station in Hiroshima Prefecture. Hikiji pleaded guilty in court on Jan. 26, 2012, to hitting and injuring eight people with a car at two Mazda plants in Hiroshima Prefecture in June 2010, but said he was innocent of the death of one other man and causing injuries to two others in the incident. (Kyodo)

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ON-chan in the former HTB headquarters building

On-chan, the mascot character of HTB, a broadcasting station in Hokkaido, was placed on the roof of the former headquarters building of HTB (Minami Hiragishi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo). It was removed after the new building was moved.