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US: Widemouth 2 Fire Burns 84,000 Acres and Remains Uncontained

The lightning-caused Widemouth 2 Fire in Millard County, Utah, grew to more than 84,000 acres and remained at zero percent containment as of Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 4, prompting evacuation orders for Fillmore, Kanosh, and Meadow as crews worked to protect structures and infrastructure.

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US: Massive Warehouse Fire Destroys Medline Distribution Center in Northern California

A massive fire broke out at a Medline distribution warehouse in Tracy, Northern California, on Thursday, June 11, destroying the one-million-square-foot facility and sending a large column of black smoke into the sky. The blaze started around 1 p.m. and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

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China: Wedding Feast Carries On as Heavy Rain Floods Venue in Shaanxi

This unforgettable scene was captured in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, on May 18, 2026. It looks like a party on a river, but it’s actually an outdoor wedding feast. A sudden heavy downpour flooded the square with dozens of centimeters of water. Relatives and friends sit around dozens of round tables, watching the ceremony and waiting for the meal. Thankfully, the organizers set up cozy canopies and fences, keeping guests dry. Rain can’t stop love and blessings—everyone shows up in the storm to celebrate the newlyweds.

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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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[Breaking News]Nobel laureate Kitagawa in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, visits the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on Dec. 6, 2025, ahead of the award ceremony on Dec. 10. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa

Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2025, shows the bottom of a chair autographed by Professor Susumu Kitagawa (top) of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, as per tradition at a cafe at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa in Stockholm

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, visits the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on Dec. 6, 2025, ahead of the award ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa in Stockholm

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, visits the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on Dec. 6, 2025, ahead of the award ceremony on Dec. 10.

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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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Exhibition on manga history held in Taiwan

The opening ceremony of an exhibition tracking the history of manga in Japan and Taiwan is held at the National Taiwan Museum of Comics in Taichung on Aug. 16, 2025. Over 300 items, including those related to Japanese manga legend Osamu Tezuka, are on display at the exhibition, co-hosted by Japan's Kyoto International Manga Museum, for a run through Oct. 12.

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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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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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Signage and logo of the Nintendo Museum

Signage and logo of the Nintendo Museum=September 25,2024,Kyoto, Japan

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Signage and logo of the Nintendo Museum

Signage and logo of the Nintendo Museum=September 25,2024,Kyoto, Japan

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Signage and logo of the Nintendo Museum

Signage and logo of the Nintendo Museum=September 25,2024,Kyoto, Japan

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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: 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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Emperor, Empress visit Kyoto National Museum

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the 150th Year Commemorative Special Exhibition on Japanese national hero Sakamoto Ryoma at Kyoto National Museum in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on Oct. 24, 2016.

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Kanji museum opens in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, June 29 Kyodo - Photo taken in the western Japan city of Kyoto shows tourists making the kanji character "fuku," meaning "to hide" in Japanese, at the Japan Kanji Museum & Library on June 29, 2016, the day of its opening. The museum, launched by the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, allows visitors to deepen their knowledge about the shape, sound and meaning of each Chinese character through interactive exhibitions.

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Original shinkansen front car to be displayed at Kyoto museum

KYOTO, July 1 Kyodo - Photo taken July 1, 2015, in Kyoto shows one of the original front cars of the shinkansen bullet train, being towed on a trailer, heading to the Kyoto Railway Museum for exhibition. The first front cars, nicknamed "button nose," were operated from 1964 to 2008. The museum will open in the spring of 2016.

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Statues back to Kyoto Buddhist temple after 7 decades

KYOTO, Japan - A standing statue of Bishamonten (front), or Vaisravana, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings and an important figure in Buddhism, and a sitting statue of Chugan Engetsu, a prominent Japanese poet in the 14th century, are shown on Jan. 7, 2015, at a temple in Kyoto, western Japan, after being returned for the first time in about 70 years following their repair at the Kyoto National Museum.

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Statues back to Kyoto Buddhist temple after 7 decades

KYOTO, Japan - A monk points to a standing statue of Bishamonten (front), or Vaisravana, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings and an important figure in Buddhism, and a sitting statue of Chugan Engetsu, a prominent Japanese poet in the 14th century, at the Reigenin sub-temple of Kenninji in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015. They were returned for the first time in about 70 years after being repaired at the Kyoto National Museum.

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'Yoshitsune' steam locomotive runs for 1st time in 17 years

KYOTO, Japan - Amid cheering by kindergarten pupils, the Yoshitsune steam locomotive runs in the Umenokoji Steam Locomotive Museum in the city of Kyoto on Oct. 10, 2014. The first run in 17 years by the locomotive, imported from the United States in 1880, marked the 100th anniversary of the establishment of a fan-shaped locomotive house in the museum.

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New wing opens at Kyoto National Museum

KYOTO, Japan - Buddha statues are exhibited in the Heisei Chishinkan Wing of the Kyoto National Museum in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 10, 2014, during a press preview prior to the official opening on Sept. 13. The wing, a replacement of an old facility, features a combination of contemporary and traditional Japanese architectural designs.

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2 scrolls of 'Choju-giga' shown to press

OSAKA, Japan - Part of the third scroll of "Choju-jinbutsu-giga" (Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans) is shown to the press at the Kyoto National Museum in Kyoto City, western Japan, on July 7, 2014. All four scrolls will be on display from Oct. 7 to Nov. 24 at the exhibition "Masterpieces of Kosan-ji Temple: Commemorating the Restoration of the National Treasure Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans."

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Ex-POW at Siberian labor camp talks about ordeal

KYOTO, Japan - Jiro Harada, seen in this file photo take in May 2014, talks about his ordeal as a prisoner of war at a Siberian labor camp in the former Soviet Union at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan.

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SL Yoshitsune placed on turntable at Kyoto SL museum

KYOTO, Japan - The steam locomotive Yoshitsune is placed on a turntable at the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in the city of Kyoto on April 17, 2014. The Yoshitsune was transferred from a recently-closed museum in Osaka.

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Steam locomotive Yoshitsune pulled in front of Toji

KYOTO, Japan - The steam locomotive Yoshitsune is transported on a trailer in front of Toji, a world heritage temple in Kyoto, toward the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in the western Japan city on April 15, 2014, from a museum in Osaka.

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Steam locomotive Yoshitsune pulled to Kyoto museum

OSAKA, Japan - The steam locomotive Yoshitsune is transported on a trailer on a road in Osaka toward the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in the city of Kyoto on April 15, 20014.

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Kyoto National Museum shows Collections Hall to press

KYOTO, Japan - The Kyoto National Museum shows the new Collections Hall's exhibition room to the press on March 18, 2014, ahead of its September opening. The room is equipped with a quake-absorbing device.

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Kyoto National Museum shows new Collections Hall to press

KYOTO, Japan - The inside of the new Collections Hall of the Kyoto National Museum is shown to the media on March 18, 2014, ahead of its September opening.

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Ex-Japanese POWs records

KYOTO, Japan - Mementos and records of the return home of Japanese prisoners of war detained in the Soviet Union after World War II are displayed at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 4, 2014. Maizuru City on the Sea of Japan coast said the same day it will recommend the materials for entry on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

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UNESCO listing sought for ex-Japanese POW records

KYOTO, Japan - A memoir composed by a former Japanese detainee at a Soviet-era labor camp in Siberia after World War II is photographed at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 4, 2014. It is among 570 items the city applied the same day for entry into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

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Ancient mirror projects mysterious image

KYOTO, Japan - A replica of an ancient, triangular-rimmed mirror decorated with gods and animals, reputed to have been presented from China to shaman queen Himiko (170-248 CE) of Japan, reflects light and projects a mysterious image on a screen at the Kyoto National Museum on Jan. 29, 2014.

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Kenji Yanobe's new work

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese contemporary artist Kenji Yanobe's new work, Sun Sister, is exhibited at the Museum of Kyoto in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 2014.

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Kenji Yanobe's new work

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese contemporary artist Kenji Yanobe's new work, Sun Sister, is exhibited at the Museum of Kyoto in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 2014.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, after meeting with other Nobel prize awardees on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm after he and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, after meeting with other Nobel prize awardees on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm after he and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Museum of 'Ogura hyakunin isshu'

KYOTO, Japan - A diorama forms part of the displays at Shigureden, a Kyoto museum devoted to ''Ogura hyakunin isshu'' (100 poems by 100 poets). The museum was shown to the media on March 14, 2012, prior to its scheduled reopening on March 17 following a yearlong renovation. Hyakunin isshu karuta (playing cards) of the Edo period (1603-1868) and dolls representing the poets are among the exhibits and visitors can try on Heian period (794-1185) costumes.

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto on July 14, 2011. The paintings will be on display at the museum during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011.

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken on July 14, 2011, shows three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa. The never publicly shown paintings will go on display at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011.

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Rediscovered fish on display

KYOTO, Japan - Samples of kunimasu freshwater salmon, a Japanese indigenous species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago and rediscovered in December 2010, are displayed at the Kyoto University Museum in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Kyoto manga museum marks 1 mil. visitors

KYOTO, Japan - Liana Smale (L), a 12-year-old sixth grader from Los Angeles, receives a certificate from ''Mamyu,'' the mascot of Kyoto International Manga Museum, at the museum in Kyoto on Aug. 23, 2010, with her family as she became the 1 millionth visitor to the museum.