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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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Jerusalem: Protesters March Against Benjamin Netanyahu

Thousands of anti-government protesters marched toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, blocking the city's main entrance. The protest, which occurred on Wednesday morning, March 19, was driven by opposition to Netanyahu's decision to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet domestic security service and his move to resume the war in the Gaza Strip.

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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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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHEMICAL ATTACK-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230202) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Milad Atiyeh, Syria's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 2, 2023. Syria on Thursday rejected a recent report by an intergovernmental chemical watchdog that accuses the Syrian forces of a chemical attack near Damascus in 2018 as "politicized" by the United States and its Western allies. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHEMICAL ATTACK-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230202) -- DAMASCUS, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Milad Atiyeh, Syria's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 2, 2023. Syria on Thursday rejected a recent report by an intergovernmental chemical watchdog that accuses the Syrian forces of a chemical attack near Damascus in 2018 as "politicized" by the United States and its Western allies. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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Last of Syria's chemical weapons handed over: OPCW

HAGUE, Netherlands - Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, at a press conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 23, 2014, says the last of Syria's declared chemical weapons components have been removed from the country.

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Syria chemical weapons elimination

NEW YORK, United States - Sigrid Kaag, who heads the joint mission of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons, answers reporters' questions at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 4, 2014.

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Syria arms disposal

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Japanese Ambassador to the Netherlands Masaru Tsuji (L) and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Director General Ahmet Uzumcu shake hands at the OPCW headquarters in the Hague, the Netherlands, on Feb. 25, 2014. They exchanged documents on the Japanese government's offer of 1.4 billion yen (about $13.69 million) to a fund to cover the costs of chemical stockpile disposal, said to be the largest contribution to the fund so far.

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to chemical arms watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Ichiro Akiyama, a former Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer, is pictured after the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2013. Akiyama joined the ceremony as he served as the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the OPCW, created in 1997.

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Former Japan officer invited to Nobel Prize ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Akiyama, who served as first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks about his tenure at the global chemical weapons watchdog during an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2013. Akiyama was invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo earlier in December 2013 as his contributions to the organization, recipient of the year's prize, were highly acclaimed.

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Chemical weapons watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on Dec. 9, 2013, in Oslo, Norway, holds an invitation letter for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to be held in the city the following day, where the OPCW will receive the prize.

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Chemical weapons watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks in an interview in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2013. Akiyama has been invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in the city the following day, where the OPCW will receive the prize.

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1st OPCW Inspectorate director

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in a group interview in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2013.

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Norwegian Nobel Committee head

OSLO, Norway - Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, is interviewed in Oslo on Oct. 11, 2013, after the committee awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons."

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OPCW wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway - Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, holds a press conference in Oslo on Oct. 11, 2013, after the committee awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons."

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OPCW wins Nobel Peace Prize

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - File photo from September 2013 shows the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the OPCW on Oct. 11, 2013, "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons."

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Chemical weapons watchdog

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Director General Ahmet Uzumcu holds a press conference in the Hague, the Netherlands, on Oct. 9, 2013.

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Chemical arms watchdog

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Photo shows the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, Netherlands, on Sept. 27, 2013.

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AUM sect's nerve gas site inspected

Chemical weapons experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Dec. 10 inspect the site, where the AUM Shinrikyo cult attempted to mass-produce sarin nerve gas, to verify the demolition of the facilities.

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Pope Francis Meets Aldo Cavalli - Vatican

Pope Francis meets with Mons. Aldo Cavalli, tit. archbishop of Vibo Valentia, Apostolic Nuncio in the Netherlands; Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Vatican on May 15, 2021. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA /CPP / IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Aldo Cavalli - Vatican

Pope Francis meets with Mons. Aldo Cavalli, tit. archbishop of Vibo Valentia, Apostolic Nuncio in the Netherlands; Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Vatican on May 15, 2021. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA /CPP / IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Aldo Cavalli - Vatican

Pope Francis meets with Mons. Aldo Cavalli, tit. archbishop of Vibo Valentia, Apostolic Nuncio in the Netherlands; Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Vatican on May 15, 2021. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA /CPP / IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AUM sect's nerve gas site inspected

Chemical weapons experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Dec. 10 inspect the site, where the AUM Shinrikyo cult attempted to mass-produce sarin nerve gas, to verify the demolition of the facilities.

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Iraq alleges Islamic State group's use of chlorine gas: OPCW chief

Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, says at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2015, that the OPCW was informed by Iraqi authorities that the Islamic State militant group used chlorine gas against Iraqi soldiers in northern Baghdad in October 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foreign Minister Kishida talks with OPCW director general

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Ahmet Uzumcu, visiting director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, before their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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OPCW HQ

Photo taken in November 2016 shows the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, the Netherlands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo