US: Time-Lapse Shows Heavy Snow Blanketing Ohio State University’s South Oval

Time-lapse footage shows snow accumulating over a 24-hour period on Sunday, January 25, at the South Oval on the Ohio State University campus. A major winter storm swept across the U.S., bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain. The storm has caused seven deaths and massive power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

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.

Myanmar aims to export 350,000 tons of rubber in FY 2024-25

STORY: Myanmar aims to export 350,000 tons of rubber in FY 2024-25 SHOOTING TIME: May 9, 2024 DATELINE: May 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:06:10 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of workers collecting rubber latex 2. various of a rubber plantation STORYLINE: Myanmar aims to export 350,000 tons of rubber in the 2024-25 fiscal year, which started in April, according to a statement on Monday by an official from the Myanmar Rubber Planters and Producers Association. The majority of rubber exports from Myanmar are destined for China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, and India, the official told Xinhua. Mon State is the region of Myanmar with the most rubber trees. It is followed by Tanintharyi Region, Kayin State, Bago Region, Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region, Shan State, Kachin State, Sagaing Region and Rakhine State. According to the association, international investment will be used to enhance rubber quality and establish manufacturing facilities. In fiscal year 2023-24,

Over 45,000 displaced as floods, landslides hit Myanmar

STORY: Over 45,000 displaced as floods, landslides hit Myanmar DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: BAGO, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people wading through flood water in Bago 2. various of people rowing boats through floodwater 3. various of flood victims taking shelter at a monastery 4. various of donations of food and bottled drinking water for flood victims STORYLINE: Myanmar's Department of Disaster Management said on Friday that more than 45,000 people were currently in flood shelters across the country due to floods triggered by surging river levels and intense rainfall in recent days. Daw Lay Shwe Sin Oo, a director from the Department of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, told Xinhua on Friday that five people, including three from Mon State and two from Rakhine State, were reported to have died so far during this monsoon in the floods. The regions and states affected by the natural disasters during the monsoon s

Türkiye's central bank expected to hike interest rate: media

STORY: Türkiye's central bank expected to hike interest rate: media DATELINE: July 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:32 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Türkiye's central bank 2. various of Istanbul STORYLINE: Türkiye's central bank is likely to raise its main interest rate by 500 basis points to 20 percent, economists told the state-run Anadolu news agency on Wednesday. The bank's rate decision will be announced on Thursday at 2 p.m. local time (1100 GMT). Marek Drimal, an expert at Societe Generale's Emerging Markets Strategy research team, predicted that the central bank's rate decision would be compatible with its policy of gradual return to the economic orthodoxy. He forecast the bank would increase its rate to 20 percent from 15 percent, according to Anadolu. Last month, the bank, led by its new governor Hafize Gaye Erkan, raised the interest rate from 8.5 percent to 15 percent, the first such hike in more than two years. The rate hike marks a return to more orthodox mon

Cyclone Mocha death toll surpasses 140 in Myanmar

STORY: Cyclone Mocha death toll surpasses 140 in Myanmar DATELINE: May 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: WEATHER SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue workers removing fallen trees in cyclone-hit areas 2. various of rescue workers cleaning cyclone-hit areas STORYLINE: The death toll from Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar has surpassed 140 as of Friday afternoon, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC) reported on Friday. On Thursday, 97 deaths were newly reported, including six local residents and 91 from the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, the information team said. Cyclone Mocha damaged 183,024 houses, 1,711 religious buildings, 59 monasteries, 1,397 schools, 227 hospitals or clinics, 11 telecom towers, 119 lamp posts, two airports, and 340 departmental buildings, it said. The regions and states battered by Mocha included Rakhine, Ayeyarwady, Bago, Yangon, Magway, Sagaing, Chin, Mandalay, Mon, Shan and Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, it said. Local authori

Death toll from cyclone Mocha increases to 48 in Myanmar

STORY: Death toll from cyclone Mocha increases to 48 in Myanmar DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:35 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue workers 2. various of the cyclone-hit areas STORYLINE: The death toll from cyclone Mocha in Myanmar has reached 48 as of Wednesday afternoon, state media reported on Thursday. According to the Mirror Daily, cyclone Mocha damaged 44,928 houses, 376 religious buildings, 59 monasteries, 439 schools, 59 hospitals or clinics, 11 telecom towers, 119 lamp posts, two airports, and 158 departmental buildings. The regions and states battered by Mocha include Rakhine, Ayeyarwady, Bago, Yangon, Magway, Sagaing, Chin, Mandalay, Mon, Shan and Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, the media report said. Mocha caused the loss of property in 1,068 wards or villages in the Southeast Asian country, it said. Myanmar issued declarations of natural disaster-affected areas for 17 townships in Rakhine state on Monday and four townships in Chin state

Death toll from cyclone Mocha rises to 21 in Myanmar

STORY: Death toll from cyclone Mocha rises to 21 in Myanmar DATELINE: May 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of cyclone-hit areas in Rakhine State, Myanmar STORYLINE: The death toll from cyclone Mocha that battered Myanmar on Sunday has climbed to 21, the state-run television channel MRTV reported on Tuesday. According to the media report, cyclone Mocha damaged 11,532 houses, 73 religious buildings, 47 monasteries, 163 schools, 29 hospitals or clinics, 11 telecom towers, 119 lamp posts, two airports and 112 departmental buildings. The regions and states battered by Mocha include Rakhine, Ayeyarwady, Bago, Yangon, Magway, Sagaing, Chin, Mandalay, Mon, Shan and Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, the media report said. Mocha caused the loss of property in 769 wards or villages in the country, it said. Myanmar issued declarations of natural disaster-affected area for 17 townships in Rakhine State on Monday and four townships in Chin State on Tuesda

Japan foundation aid for Myanmar

Japan foundation aid for Myanmar

MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar - Yohei Sasakawa (2nd from L), head of Japan's Nippon Foundation, and Aung Min (4th from L), Myanmar minister at the presidential office, hold aid supplies from the Japanese group in Mawlamyine in Myanmar's southeastern Mon State on Dec. 22, 2012. The Nippon Foundation donated $70,000 in assistance to internally displaced people living in an ethnic group-controlled cease-fire area in Mon State.

Texas reports 1st possible death from monkeypox in U.S.

STORY: Texas reports 1st possible death from monkeypox in U.S. DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of a monkeypox vaccination site in Los Angeles STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Health officials in the U.S. southern state of Texas have confirmed the death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox, the first of its kind publicly reported by authorities in the United States. If monkeypox is confirmed as the cause, it will be the first confirmed death from the virus in this country. However, the authorities said it was too early to say how monkeypox was connected to the death. The adult patient was 'severely immunocompromised,' had 'various severe illnesses,' and died in a hospital in Harris County on August 28. Autopsy results from the patient are expected 'in the next few weeks.' John Hellerstedt, head of Texas' state health department, said in a statement that 'mon

Flash floods kill 18, injure 40 in Afghanistan's Kunar province

STORY: Flash floods kill 18, injure 40 in Afghanistan's Kunar province DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of flood affected areas in Kunar province STORYLINE: At least 18 people were killed and 40 others injured on Sunday due to flash floods that hit Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported Monday. Floods swept through several villages in Sarkano district of the province on Sunday afternoon, killing 18 people including women and children and injuring 40 others, the report said. According to the report, 579 houses were destroyed due to torrential rains and heavy floods in the district. In another development, heavy rains which triggered flash floods claimed the lives of seven people including two children and injured 11 others in Spin Boldak district of the southern Kandahar province on Saturday. Over 200 people have been reportedly killed and more than 250 others injured over the past one mon

Schools in N. Korea resume classes since Mon.

BEIJING/PYONGYANG, June 2 Kyodo - Elementary, junior high and high schools in North Korea have resumed classes since Monday after a monthslong-closure over the new coronavirus pandemic, a state-run newspaper reported Tuesday.