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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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Prayer room at Osaka department store

OSAKA, Japan - Nankai Electric Railway Co. unveils a prayer room available mainly for Muslims at its department store in the Namba City mall connected to Namba station in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014. The arrow attached to the ceiling shows the direction of Mecca.

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The watertight board "Tomemi-chan" released by Hamaguchi Shokai

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the annual number of rainfall events averaging more than 50 millimeters per hour nationwide averaged about 311 during 2009-18. This is about 40% more than the 226 times in the first 10 years of the statistical period, 1976-85. Small and medium-sized machinery-related companies believe that such data and the actual damage caused by the torrential rains in western Japan will increase demand for products that can be used to prepare for localized heavy rains such as "guerrilla rains. In June, Hamaguchi Shokai (Naniwa Ward, Osaka City) launched "Tomemi-chan," an aluminum watertight plate. According to Minoru Namba, deputy general manager of the sales department of Hamaguchi Shokai, its strength is its ease of installation at building entrances, "even women have no difficulty. Photo taken on June 7, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Prayer room at Osaka department store

OSAKA, Japan - Nankai Electric Railway Co. unveils a prayer room available mainly for Muslims at its department store in the Namba City mall connected to Namba station in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014. The arrow attached to the ceiling shows the direction of Mecca. (Kyodo)

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New Marriott hotel in Osaka

Photo taken July 1, 2020, shows a room in the Fairfield by Marriott Osaka Namba hotel, which opened the same day in the western Japan city.

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Goldfish scooping competition in Japan

Photo taken on July 28, 2019, shows 12-year-old Daichi Namba practicing in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, for a national goldfish scooping competition in August. The competition in which players catch goldfish with a paper scooper, often seen at summer festivals, is held annually in the western Japan city, one of the country's biggest goldfish producers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Goldfish scooping competition in Japan

Photo taken on July 28, 2019 shows (from L) Kota Namba with his sister Kurumi and younger brother Daichi practicing in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, for a national goldfish scooping competition in August. The competition in which players catch goldfish with a paper scooper, often seen at summer festivals in Japan, is held annually in the western Japan city, one of the country's biggest goldfish producers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Consumer electronics retailer Edion's flagship store

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 5, 2019, shows the largest store of Osaka-based consumer electronics retail chain Edion Corp., which will open in the western Japan city's Namba commercial district on June 7. The nine-story building with one basement floor is easily accessible from Kansai airport as Edion aims to attract overseas visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Consumer electronics retailer Edion's flagship store

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 5, 2019, shows the largest store of Osaka-based consumer electronics retail chain Edion Corp., which will open in the western Japan city's Namba commercial district on June 7. The nine-story building with one basement floor is easily accessible from Kansai airport as Edion aims to attract overseas visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Consumer electronics retailer Edion's flagship store

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 5, 2019, shows the largest store of Osaka-based consumer electronics retail chain Edion Corp., which will open in the western Japan city's Namba commercial district on June 7. The nine-story building with one basement floor is easily accessible from Kansai airport as Edion aims to attract overseas visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Consumer electronics retailer Edion's flagship store

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 5, 2019, shows the largest store of Osaka-based consumer electronics retail chain Edion Corp., which will open in the western Japan city's Namba commercial district on June 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Consumer electronics retailer Edion's flagship store

Photo taken on June 5, 2019, shows the largest store of Osaka-based consumer electronics retail chain Edion Corp., which will open in the western Japan city's Namba commercial district on June 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Consumer electronics retailer Edion's flagship store

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 5, 2019, shows the largest store of Osaka-based consumer electronics retail chain Edion Corp., which will open in the western Japan city's Namba commercial district on June 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo