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US: Tornado Reported in San Antonio, Texas 3

A tornado touched down Wednesday morning, July 15 in northwest Bexar County near The Rim shopping center in San Antonio, Texas, following a tornado warning and multiple eyewitness reports.

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US: Lake-Effect Snow Buries Upstate New York, Up to 6 Feet in Oswego County

Intense lake-effect snow buried parts of upstate New York on Sunday, dumping up to six feet of snow in Oswego County within days.

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US: Massive Tornado Touches Down Near Morton, West Texas

A large tornado was spotted near Morton, West Texas on Thursday, June 5, as severe storms swept through the region.

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India: Air Force Show Causes Travel Chaos In Chennai

An air show was held on Sunday, October 6, at Chennai Marina Beach to mark the 92nd IAF (Indian Air Force) Day celebrations. More than 1.5 million people flocked to the beach in scorching heat to watch the show. Buses and trains were packed for hours. Five people died, and more than 100 were taken to hospitals due to heatstroke and dehydration.

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Oi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 25 Kyodo - File photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, shows the Nos. 3 (R) and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture.

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Oi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, shows the Nos. 3 (R) and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture.

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Oi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 25 Kyodo - File photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, shows (from R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture.

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Takahama nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 25 Kyodo - File photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, shows (from R) the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Takahama in Japan's Fukui Prefecture.

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2 Oi reactors clear regulator's safety review

TOKYO, Japan, May 24 Kyodo - Photo taken May 18, 2017, shows Nos. 3 (R) and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority formally determined on May 24 that the two units have met the country's post-Fukushima safety standards.

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All fuel removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 unit pool

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 20, 2014, shows the buildings for Nos. 1-4 reactors (from R to L) of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the same day it has finished removing all fuel rods from the spent fuel pool of the No. 4 reactor building, a major step in decommissioning efforts.

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KEPCO starts special check on Takahama Nos. 1, 2 reactors

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in the town of Takahama along the Sea of Japan. The utility said on Dec. 1 that it has started special checks on the No. 1 (L on the front) and No. 2 (R on the front) reactors to enable their operation beyond a 40-year limit set for their lifespan.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy visits nuclear plant in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and her son Jack Schlossberg (R) wearing protective suits and masks are briefed during their visit to the central control room for the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 14, 2014. The plant was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Fuel removal starts at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2013, shows (from R) the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. started a yearlong mission later that day to remove fuel from the cooling pool at the damaged No. 4 reactor building (far L).

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TEPCO files for safety assessments of 2 idled reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Takafumi Anegawa (R), managing executive officer of Tokyo Electric Power Co., submits applications for state safety assessments of the Nos. 6 and 7 nuclear reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant in Niigata Prefecture to an official of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013. TEPCO joined moves by four other utilities in Japan seeking to reactivate atomic power plants to improve their business conditions.

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Abe visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from R) inspects the area near a storage tank from which radioactive water was found to have leaked at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2013. Abe urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO restores spent fuel pool cooling system

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Ono (R), spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co., holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on March 19, 2013. TEPCO said it has resumed cooling the spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a day after the key system was suspended due to a suspected problem with a power switchboard.

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TEPCO restores spent fuel pool cooling system

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows buildings housing the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor units (from L to R) at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on March 19, 2013. TEPCO said the same day it has resumed cooling the spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 reactors at the crippled nuclear power plant, a day after the key system was suspended due to a suspected problem with a power switchboard.

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Electricity trouble occurs at Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken March 11, 2013, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, with buildings housing reactor units No. 1 to 4 seen in the foreground (from R to L). TEPCO said March 18 a problem with electric power has occurred at the crippled nuclear power plant, leading to the suspension of the system to cool spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 units.

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Oi nuclear power complex

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows (from R to L) the Nos. 3 and 4 units at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power complex in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture.

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Aerial view of Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 26, 2012, shows (from R to L) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows (from R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2 reactor buildings of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from R to L) the Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A large crane near the damaged No. 1 reactor building is being used to install airtight sheeting to help prevent the further spread of radioactive substances.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L to R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, and 1 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L to R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A large crane near the damaged No. 1 reactor building is being used to install airtight sheeting to help prevent the further spread of radioactive substances.

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2 reactors at Takahama plant

File photo taken Jan. 12, 2016, shows the Nos. 1 and 2 (R and L) reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. Oral arguments began on July 13 at the Nagoya District Court in a lawsuit filed by a group of people seeking to nullify a decision by the Nuclear Regulation Authority approving an additional 20 years of operation for the two aging reactors. The extension would put them beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear regulator OKs additional 20-yr operation for aging reactors

File photo taken in January 2016 shows the Nos. 1 (R) and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved an additional 20 years of operation for the two aging reactors on June 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear regulator OKs additional 20-yr operation for aging reactors

File photo taken in January 2016 shows the Nos. 1 (R) and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved an additional 20 years of operation for the two aging reactors on June 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Regulators to examine Takahama reactors

File photo taken in January 2016 shows the Nos. 1 (R) and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. It is expected that the Nuclear Regulation Authority will determine on April 20, 2016, whether the two units will be the first over 40 years of age to satisfy the new safety regulations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suit filed to seek suspension of old reactors

Lawyer Sakae Kitamura (R) attends a press conference in Nagoya on April 14, 2016. Kitamura heads a group of lawyers representing those who demand the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast not be operated as more than 40 years have passed since they first went online. The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit on the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reactors given initial OK for restart beyond 40-yr limit for 1st time

File photo taken Jan. 12, 2016, shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan. The Nos. 1 (R in back) and 2 (L in back) reactors of the plant gained initial approval for their restart in the first such safety clearance for reactors running beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period under new rules set after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. But it remains uncertain whether the reactors can actually resume operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Nos. 1 (R) and 2 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled in the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the disaster.

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Combined photo shows (from R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, crippled by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. The top photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 17, 2011, six days after the earthquake, and the bottom photo taken from a helicopter on Feb. 14, 2021, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, showing tanks storing water contaminated with low-toxicity radioactive tritium used to cool the reactors.

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Oi nuclear plant

File photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, shows (from R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oi nuclear plant

File photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, shows the Nos. 3 (R) and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama nuclear plant

File photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, shows (from R) the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Takahama in Japan's Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oi nuclear plant

File photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, shows the Nos. 3 (R) and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oi power plant

File photo taken on Nov. 26, 2017, shows (from R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mihama nuclear plant in Japan

File photo taken May 18, 2017, shows (from R) the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 reactors at the Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Nuclear regulator OKs additional 20-yr operation for aging reactors

File photo taken June 16, 2016, shows the Nos. 1 (R) and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved an additional 20 years of operation for the two aging reactors on June 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear regulator OKs additional 20-yr operation for aging reactors

File photo taken in January 2016 shows the Nos. 1 (R) and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved an additional 20 years of operation for the two aging reactors on June 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from R to L) the Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A large crane near the damaged No. 1 reactor building is being used to install airtight sheeting to help prevent the further spread of radioactive substances. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L to R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A large crane near the damaged No. 1 reactor building is being used to install airtight sheeting to help prevent the further spread of radioactive substances. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L to R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, and 1 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Oi nuclear power complex

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows (from R to L) the Nos. 3 and 4 units at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power complex in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant a year after start of crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2012, exactly a year after the start of the nuclear crisis there triggered by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami. The disaster resulted in the loss of power at those four reactor facilities, prompting the government to declare nuclear emergency and direct residents within a 3-kilometer radius of the plant to evacuate on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Aerial view of Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 26, 2012, shows (from R to L) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows (from R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2 reactor buildings of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Sept. 30, 2017 shows the Nos. 6 (R) and 7 reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture. The two nuclear reactors on the Sea of Japan coast passed a safety review, the first of the operator's to do so after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dismantlement of exhaust stack at crippled Fukushima plant

Photo taken Aug. 1, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 120-meter exhaust stack (R) for the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, crippled in the wake of a major earthquake and tsunami in 2011 in northeastern Japan. The stack was used to release highly radioactive vapor during the disaster. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. began dismantling part of the stack to reduce the risk of collapse. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama nuclear power plant in Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2019, shows (from R, background) the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors, and (from R, foreground) the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo