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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Passengers stand in front of Sanriku Railway's Miyako Station in Miyako in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after railway services were suspended following a tsunami warning. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the warning for the country's Pacific coast in the wake of a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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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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St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Christmas illuminations in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - A couple looks at Christmas illuminations lit up Nov. 22, 2011, in front of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in quake- and tsunami-hit Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan.

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Okinawan island testing bio-ethanol for greener future

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshiro Nikai supplies ethanol-mixed gasoline at a gas station on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 2.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line on March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo cars. The large white building in the background is the Otsuchi Town Hall, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi Town, Kamihei-gun, Iwate Prefecture; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Otsuchi Station, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi-cho, Kamihai-gun, Iwate Prefecture.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Otsuchi Station, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi-cho, Kamihai-gun, Iwate Prefecture.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Unozome Station, March 1, 2019, near Unozome Station, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ceremony held to start rebuilding railway ruined by 2011 disaster

A groundbreaking ceremony is held in front of East Japan Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 7, 2015, to launch reconstruction of the Yamada Line destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Christmas illuminations in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - A couple looks at Christmas illuminations lit up Nov. 22, 2011, in front of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in quake- and tsunami-hit Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Olympic torch in Japan

Photo taken at Tsugaruishi Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2020, shows the flame for the Tokyo Olympics being carried by Sanriku Railway's Rias Line. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch in Japan

Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (3rd from R) holds a lantern containing the flame for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at Miyako Station of Sanriku Railway in Iwate Prefecture on March 22, 2020. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch in Japan

People visit Miyako Station of Sanriku Railway in Iwate Prefecture to see the flame for this year's Tokyo Olympics on March 22, 2020. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch in Japan

A ceremony is held at Miyako Station of Sanriku Railway in Iwate Prefecture on March 22, 2020, marking the departure of the flame for this year's Tokyo Olympics on a tour of northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (2nd from R) attends the ceremony for the torch tour, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch in Japan

People visit Miyako Station of Sanriku Railway in Iwate Prefecture to see the flame for this year's Tokyo Olympics on March 22, 2020. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo