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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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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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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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Relatives unsatisfied with Waddle testimony, want punishment

HONOLULU, United States - Relatives of the nine Japanese lost at sea in the Feb. 9 sinking of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. submarine speak to reporters at the U.S. naval base in Oahu, Hawaii, on March 20 after the Navy's Court of Inquiry ended its last session. They expressed dissatisfaction with testimony by Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the USS Greeneville, which sank the Ehime Maru in a collision.

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Waddle takes stand in surprise move

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville, walks to the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry on Oahu Island, Hawaii, on March 20. Waddle, acting against the advice of his counsel, testified on the collision of the sub with the Japanese ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii last month, accepting full responsibility for the accident but also blaming his crew for not following his orders.

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Waddle unlikely to testify at Court of Inquiry

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (3rd from L), the former captain of the nuclear-powered attack submarine that collided with a Japanese fisheries training boat Feb. 9, makes comments before a group of reporters in Hawaii before attending U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry proceedings on March 19. His defense lawyer, Charles Gittins said earlier in the day Waddle will probably not testify before the Court of Inquiry because it is unlikely he will be granted testimonial immunity.

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Sonar analyst says he didn't know Ehime closing on sub

HONOLULU, United States - A sonar analyst on the U.S. submarine which hit and sank a Japanese fisheries training ship off Hawaii on Feb. 9 testifies on March 19 that the crowding of civilian VIPs in the sub's control room was not why he failed to alert the captain at a key juncture that the ship was less than 4,000 meters away and closing. Rather, Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Seacrest told the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry, he was simply unaware that the two vessels were on a collision course because he was focusing on a new surface contact the sub's sonar had picked up.

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Letter given to Waddle who apologizes to kin of missing Japanese

HONOLULU, United States - The photo shows a letter written by the wife of a missing teacher and handed to Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. Navy submarine that collided with and sank a Japanese fisheries training ship Feb. 9. Waddle on March 16 directly apologized to relatives of some of the nine missing Japanese including Naoko Nakata, 36, wife of Jun Nakata, a 33-year-old high school teacher. The letter said, ''I am unable to recover myself from the disaster and unable to accept your apology...My husband who was to share joy and sorrow of life with me is gone forever.'' It asks Waddle to tell the truth and explain why the accident happened at the Navy's ongoing Court of Inquiry.

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Waddle won't submit written testimony: lawyer

HONOLULU, United States - A lawyer for former Greeneville captain Cmdr. Scott Waddle (R) on March 18 denies his client will submit written testimony to the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry investigating the sub's fatal collision with the Ehime Maru, despite a statement by the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu indicating he would. ''Cmdr. Waddle has no written testimony,'' Charles Gittins said in an e-mail message to Kyodo News. File photo shows Waddle chatting with Gittins after attending the first day of the court of inquiry on March 5.

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More time might have averted collision: sonar chief

HONOLULU, United States - Petty Officer Edward McGiboney, sonar supervisor on the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, tells the Navy's Court of Inquiry in Honolulu on March 16 that the collision between the sub and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru might have been averted had more time been put into getting an accurate sonar reading of the surface picture.

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Ehime Maru captain urges U.S. Navy inquiry to be thorough

HONOLULU, United States - Hisao Onishi, captain of the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru, leaves a U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry on Oahu Island, Hawaii, on March 14 after testifying on the events surrounding the Feb. 9 collision between his ship and the U.S. submarine Greeneville. He called for the court to be thorough in its investigation into the accident to prevent similar disasters.

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Admiral calls Ehime Maru rescue effort 'perfect'

HONOLULU, United States - Rear Adm. Albert Konetzni is seen outside a U.S Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on March 12. The court is probing the Feb. 9 collision between the U.S. submarine Greeneville and the Japanese ship Ehime Maru, which sank. Konetzni, who heads the Pacific Fleet submarine force, testified that he thinks the post-collision search and rescue operation was ''perfect.''

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Ehime Maru captain arrives in Hawaii to testify

HONOLULU, United States - Hisao Onishi, captain of the Ehime Maru training ship, arrives at Honolulu airport on March 11 to testify at a U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry. The inquiry is looking into the sinking of his ship by the U.S. submarine Greeneville on Feb. 9. Onishi has been asked by the court to recount his version of events surrounding the collision.

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Wife of sub commander says his career is over

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (L), captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville which sank a Japanese training ship off Hawaii on Feb. 9, and his wife, Jill, leave the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor on March 9. In an interview with ABC television, Jill said her husband realizes his career in the Navy is ''over'' as a result of the accident.

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Court of Inquiry ends 4th day of proceedings

HONOLULU, United States - The U.S. submarine Greeneville'a captain, Cmdr. Scott Waddle (C), his wife Jill (R) and defense counsel Charles Gittins (L) leave the Navy's Court of Inquiry at the end of the fourth day of proceedings March 8. Rear Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted the Navy's preliminary probe into the Feb. 9 accident, said that while Waddle may be ultimately responsible for the accident he did not appear to be ''criminally negligent.''

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Sub captain directly apologizes to relatives

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, is pictured March 8 after he directly apologized for the first time to relatives of the nine Japanese who went missing in last month's collision between the sub and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii. Waddle privately made the apology outside the courtroom of the Navy's Court of Inquiry in Honolulu after the fourth day of the inquiry into the accident concluded.

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Navy investigator names 5 causes for sub-ship crash

HONOLULU, United States - Lt. j.g. Michael Coen, the officer of the deck at the time of the collision between the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville and the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru last month, leaves the Navy's Court of Inquiry at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii on March 7. Rear Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted a preliminary probe into the fatal collision, identified five causes of the accident.

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Navy investigator says sub crew in awe of captain

HONOLULU, United States - Rear Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted a preliminary probe into the Feb. 9 collision between a Navy submarine and a Japanese training ship, leaves a Court of Inquiry at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii on March 6. Griffiths testified that the sub's crew appeared reluctant to offer contrary advice to its captain, but more from reverence than from fear.

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Navy inquiry enters 2nd day

HONOLULU, United States - Scott Waddle and his wife Jill leave the U.S. Navy court of inquiry at Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii on March 6.

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Navy inquiry enters 2nd day with visit to dry-docked sub

HONOLULU, United States - The U.S. submarine Greeneville, dry-docked at Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, is on March 6 examined by members of the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry into last month's collision between the sub and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru. The group toured the sub on the second day of the inquiry.

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Greeneville rushing maneuver before collision, inquiry told

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (R), former captain of the US. submarine Greeneville, talks with his lawyer Charles Gittins at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on March 5 after the first day of a U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry. The inquiry is examining a collision in February between the sub and a Japanese fisheries training ship, the Ehime Maru. In the session March 5, Rear. Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted a preliminary inquiry into the collision, testified that the Greeneville was rushing through an emergency-surfacing maneuver when it struck the Ehime Maru because the sub was 45 minutes behind schedule after lunch for a group of 16 civilian visitors on board took longer than expected.

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Victim's kin urges court to discover truth behind accident

HONOLULU, United States - Kazuo Nakata, father of one of the nine Japanese missing and presumed dead in the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine and a Japanese fisheries training ship, leaves the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii, on March 5. ''I want the court to reveal the truth of the accident and come to a conclusion,'' Nakata said.

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U.S. Navy inquiry on sub collision opens in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, commander of the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville, arrives at the U.S. Navy's Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii, on March 5.

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Ehime Maru victims' kin arrive at Honolulu

HONOLULU, U.S. - Six relatives of the nine Japanese who went missing in the Feb. 9 collision of the U.S. Navy sub Greeneville and the training trawler Ehime Maru arrive on March 3 in Honolulu for a Navy Court of Inquiry into the cause of the tragedy that is set to convene on March 5. They include Kazuo Nakata (L), father of Uwajima Fisheries High School's teacher Jun Nakata, 33.

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Reporters shown U.S. Navy hearing room in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - A U.S. serviceman on Feb. 22 shows media representatives a hearing room at the Pearl Harbor naval base where a Navy Court of Inquiry is scheduled to be held to investigate the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese training ship. Scott Waddle, then commander of the Greeneville, and two other officers are to be questioned over the crash. The Ehime Maru sank after being struck by the sub, and nine people who were aboard went missing.

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Waddle takes stand in surprise move

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville, walks to the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry on Oahu Island, Hawaii, on March 20. Waddle, acting against the advice of his counsel, testified on the collision of the sub with the Japanese ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii last month, accepting full responsibility for the accident but also blaming his crew for not following his orders.

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Waddle unlikely to testify at Court of Inquiry

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (3rd from L), the former captain of the nuclear-powered attack submarine that collided with a Japanese fisheries training boat Feb. 9, makes comments before a group of reporters in Hawaii before attending U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry proceedings on March 19. His defense lawyer, Charles Gittins said earlier in the day Waddle will probably not testify before the Court of Inquiry because it is unlikely he will be granted testimonial immunity.

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Sonar analyst says he didn't know Ehime closing on sub

HONOLULU, United States - A sonar analyst on the U.S. submarine which hit and sank a Japanese fisheries training ship off Hawaii on Feb. 9 testifies on March 19 that the crowding of civilian VIPs in the sub's control room was not why he failed to alert the captain at a key juncture that the ship was less than 4,000 meters away and closing. Rather, Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Seacrest told the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry, he was simply unaware that the two vessels were on a collision course because he was focusing on a new surface contact the sub's sonar had picked up.

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Waddle won't submit written testimony: lawyer

HONOLULU, United States - A lawyer for former Greeneville captain Cmdr. Scott Waddle (R) on March 18 denies his client will submit written testimony to the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry investigating the sub's fatal collision with the Ehime Maru, despite a statement by the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu indicating he would. ''Cmdr. Waddle has no written testimony,'' Charles Gittins said in an e-mail message to Kyodo News. File photo shows Waddle chatting with Gittins after attending the first day of the court of inquiry on March 5.

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More time might have averted collision: sonar chief

HONOLULU, United States - Petty Officer Edward McGiboney, sonar supervisor on the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, tells the Navy's Court of Inquiry in Honolulu on March 16 that the collision between the sub and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru might have been averted had more time been put into getting an accurate sonar reading of the surface picture.

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Letter given to Waddle who apologizes to kin of missing Japanese

HONOLULU, United States - The photo shows a letter written by the wife of a missing teacher and handed to Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. Navy submarine that collided with and sank a Japanese fisheries training ship Feb. 9. Waddle on March 16 directly apologized to relatives of some of the nine missing Japanese including Naoko Nakata, 36, wife of Jun Nakata, a 33-year-old high school teacher. The letter said, ''I am unable to recover myself from the disaster and unable to accept your apology...My husband who was to share joy and sorrow of life with me is gone forever.'' It asks Waddle to tell the truth and explain why the accident happened at the Navy's ongoing Court of Inquiry.

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Admiral calls Ehime Maru rescue effort 'perfect'

HONOLULU, United States - Rear Adm. Albert Konetzni is seen outside a U.S Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on March 12. The court is probing the Feb. 9 collision between the U.S. submarine Greeneville and the Japanese ship Ehime Maru, which sank. Konetzni, who heads the Pacific Fleet submarine force, testified that he thinks the post-collision search and rescue operation was ''perfect.''

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Wife of sub commander says his career is over

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (L), captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville which sank a Japanese training ship off Hawaii on Feb. 9, and his wife, Jill, leave the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor on March 9. In an interview with ABC television, Jill said her husband realizes his career in the Navy is ''over'' as a result of the accident.

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Sub captain directly apologizes to relatives

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, is pictured March 8 after he directly apologized for the first time to relatives of the nine Japanese who went missing in last month's collision between the sub and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii. Waddle privately made the apology outside the courtroom of the Navy's Court of Inquiry in Honolulu after the fourth day of the inquiry into the accident concluded.

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Navy investigator names 5 causes for sub-ship crash

HONOLULU, United States - Lt. j.g. Michael Coen, the officer of the deck at the time of the collision between the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville and the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru last month, leaves the Navy's Court of Inquiry at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii on March 7. Rear Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted a preliminary probe into the fatal collision, identified five causes of the accident.

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Navy inquiry enters 2nd day

HONOLULU, United States - Scott Waddle and his wife Jill leave the U.S. Navy court of inquiry at Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii on March 6.

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Victim's kin urges court to discover truth behind accident

HONOLULU, United States - Kazuo Nakata, father of one of the nine Japanese missing and presumed dead in the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine and a Japanese fisheries training ship, leaves the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii, on March 5. ''I want the court to reveal the truth of the accident and come to a conclusion,'' Nakata said.

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Greeneville rushing maneuver before collision, inquiry told

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (R), former captain of the US. submarine Greeneville, talks with his lawyer Charles Gittins at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on March 5 after the first day of a U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry. The inquiry is examining a collision in February between the sub and a Japanese fisheries training ship, the Ehime Maru. In the session March 5, Rear. Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted a preliminary inquiry into the collision, testified that the Greeneville was rushing through an emergency-surfacing maneuver when it struck the Ehime Maru because the sub was 45 minutes behind schedule after lunch for a group of 16 civilian visitors on board took longer than expected.

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Reporters shown U.S. Navy hearing room in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - A U.S. serviceman on Feb. 22 shows media representatives a hearing room at the Pearl Harbor naval base where a Navy Court of Inquiry is scheduled to be held to investigate the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese training ship. Scott Waddle, then commander of the Greeneville, and two other officers are to be questioned over the crash. The Ehime Maru sank after being struck by the sub, and nine people who were aboard went missing.