Sri Lanka: Emergency Declared as Cyclone Ditwah Causes Catastrophic Flooding 5

Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday, November 29, after Cyclone Ditwah caused catastrophic flooding, leaving over 330 people dead and hundreds more missing.

Sri Lanka: Emergency Declared as Cyclone Ditwah Causes Catastrophic Flooding 4

Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday, November 29, after Cyclone Ditwah caused catastrophic flooding, leaving over 330 people dead and hundreds more missing.

US: Brush Fire Burns Over 100 Acres Near Dublin and San Ramon in California

A brush fire, named the Parks Fire, burned in the Tri-Valley area near Dublin and San Ramon, California on Friday afternoon, August 22. The fire, fueled by grassy terrain along the Dublin-San Ramon border near Camp Parks and the former FCI Dublin prison, grew to about 118 acres and was 25% contained by evening. Fire crews from Cal Fire, SRVFPD, ACFD, and Camp Parks’ fire department responded, and authorities said the fire posed minimal threat to structures by the evening.

Paris Olympics: Judo

Paris Olympics: Judo

South Korea's Huh Mi Mi (white) and Brazil's Rafaela Silva compete in a women's judo 57-kilogram semifinal match at the Paris Olympics on July 29, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in the French capital.

Paris Olympics: Judo

Paris Olympics: Judo

South Korea's Huh Mi Mi (R) is pictured after beating Brazil's Rafaela Silva in a women's judo 57-kilogram semifinal match at the Paris Olympics on July 29, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in the French capital.

Paris Olympics: Judo

Paris Olympics: Judo

Japan's Haruka Funakubo (white) and Brazil's Rafaela Silva compete in a women's judo 57-kilogram bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics on July 29, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris.

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-JUDO

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-JUDO

(240729) -- PARIS, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rafaela Silva (blue) of Brazil competes against Funakubo Haruka of Japan during the judo women-57 kg contest for bronze medal A match at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 29, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Wei)

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-JUDO

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-JUDO

(240729) -- PARIS, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rafaela Silva (blue) of Brazil competes against Hakura Funakubo of Japan during the judo women-57 kg contest for bronze medal A match of Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 29, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Wei)

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Mimi Huh of Korea and Rafaela Silva of Brazil during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Champ de Mars on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Mimi Huh of Korea and Rafaela Silva of Brazil during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Champ de Mars on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Mimi Huh of Korea and Rafaela Silva of Brazil during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Champ de Mars on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Mimi Huh of Korea and Rafaela Silva of Brazil during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Champ de Mars on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Mimi Huh of Korea and Rafaela Silva of Brazil during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Champ de Mars on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Mimi Huh of Korea and Rafaela Silva of Brazil during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Champ de Mars on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Mimi Huh of Korea and Rafaela Silva of Brazil during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Champ de Mars on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Judo

Mimi Huh of Korea and Rafaela Silva of Brazil during Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Champ de Mars on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Olympics: Judo

Paris Olympics: Judo

Haruka Funakubo (R) of Japan reacts after beating Rafaela Silva of Brazil in the women's judo 57-kilogram bronze medal contest at the Paris Olympics on July 29, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris.

Paris Olympics: Judo

Paris Olympics: Judo

Haruka Funakubo (white) of Japan competes in the women's judo 57-kilogram bronze medal contest against Rafaela Silva of Brazil at the Paris Olympics on July 29, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris.

Paris Olympics: Judo

Paris Olympics: Judo

Haruka Funakubo (R) of Japan reacts after beating Rafaela Silva of Brazil in the women's judo 57-kilogram bronze medal contest at the Paris Olympics on July 29, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris.

Paris Olympics: Judo

Paris Olympics: Judo

Haruka Funakubo (white) of Japan competes in the women's judo 57-kilogram bronze medal contest against Rafaela Silva of Brazil at the Paris Olympics on July 29, 2024, at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris.

Judo - Paris Grand Slam

Judo - Paris Grand Slam

Rafaela Silva during the Paris Grand Slam 2024 IJF World Judo Tour event at Accor Arena in Paris, France on February 2, 2024. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

Judo - Paris Grand Slam

Judo - Paris Grand Slam

Rafaela Silva during the Paris Grand Slam 2024 IJF World Judo Tour event at Accor Arena in Paris, France on February 2, 2024. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

Judo - Paris Grand Slam

Judo - Paris Grand Slam

Rafaela Silva during the Paris Grand Slam 2024 IJF World Judo Tour event at Accor Arena in Paris, France on February 2, 2024. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

World judo championships

World judo championships

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Rafaela Silva of Brazil reacts after winning gold in the women's 57-kilogram class at the world judo championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 28, 2013.

Sato wins women's 57 kg at world judo c'ships

Sato wins women's 57 kg at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Aiko Sato (top) beats Brazil's Rafaela Silva in the women's 57-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 24, 2011.

Judo: World championships

Judo: World championships

Rafaela Silva of Brazil poses with the gold medal after winning the women's 57-kilogram event at the judo world championships on Oct. 8, 2022, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Judo: World championships

Judo: World championships

Rafaela Silva (blue) of Brazil competes against Japan's Haruka Funakubo en route to winning the women's 57-kilogram final at the judo world championships on Oct. 8, 2022, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

(SP) HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-JUDO-GRAND SLAM 2022-DAY 1

(SP) HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-JUDO-GRAND SLAM 2022-DAY 1

(220709) -- BUDAPEST, July 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Funakubo Haruka (top) and Brazil's Rafaela Silva compete during the Women's 57kg final at the IJF Grand Slam Hungary 2022 in Budapest, Hungary on July 8, 2022. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

(SP) HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-JUDO-GRAND SLAM 2022-DAY 1

(SP) HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-JUDO-GRAND SLAM 2022-DAY 1

(220709) -- BUDAPEST, July 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist Brazil's Rafaela Silva (1st L), gold medalist Japan's Funakubo Haruka (2nd L) pose with bronze medalists Israel's Timna Nelson Levy (2nd R) and Canada's Jessica Klimkait during the awards ceremony for the Women's 57kg event at the IJF Grand Slam Hungary 2022 in Budapest, Hungary on July 8, 2022. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

World champ Matsumoto eliminated in Grand Slam Tokyo 2nd round

World champ Matsumoto eliminated in Grand Slam Tokyo 2nd round

Japan's world and Olympic champion Kaori Matsumoto looks stunned after being defeated by former world champion Rafaela Silva of Brazil in the second round of the women's 57-kilogram category of the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2015. Matsumoto was eliminated on the first day of the international judo tournament, one of the qualifying competitions for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

World champ Matsumoto eliminated in Grand Slam Tokyo 2nd round

World champ Matsumoto eliminated in Grand Slam Tokyo 2nd round

Japan's world and Olympic champion Kaori Matsumoto looks stunned after being defeated by former world champion Rafaela Silva of Brazil in the second round of the women's 57-kilogram category of the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2015. Matsumoto was eliminated on the first day of the international judo tournament, one of the qualifying competitions for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

World champ Matsumoto eliminated in Grand Slam Tokyo 2nd round

World champ Matsumoto eliminated in Grand Slam Tokyo 2nd round

Japan's world and Olympic champion Kaori Matsumoto (L) and former world champion Rafaela Silva of Brazil compete in the second round of the women's 57-kilogram category of the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2015. Matsumoto was defeated on the first day of the international judo tournament, one of the qualifying competitions for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Olympics: Silva wins Brazil's 1st gold at Rio 2016

Olympics: Silva wins Brazil's 1st gold at Rio 2016

Brazilian judoka Rafaela Silva (C), who grew up in a Rio de Janeiro slum, is congratulated by the crowd after winning the women's 57-kilogram division for the host country's first gold of the Rio Olympics on Aug. 8, 2016. (Photo taken with camera set up on the ceiling)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sato wins women's 57 kg at world judo c'ships

Sato wins women's 57 kg at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Aiko Sato (top) beats Brazil's Rafaela Silva in the women's 57-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 24, 2011. (Kyodo)

Japanese heading Brazil's judo team

Japanese heading Brazil's judo team

Head coach for Brazil's national men's judo team Yuko Fujii is pictured on Aug. 25, 2019, at the world judo championships in Tokyo. The 37-year-old Japanese is known to have coached Rafaela Silva, who won a gold medal in the women's 57-kilogram division at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making her Brazil's first Olympic judo champion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Judo: World championships

Judo: World championships

Brazil's Rafaela Silva (blue) defeats France's Sarah Leonie Cysique in the women's 57-kilogram bronze-medal match at the world judo championships in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Judo: Grand Slam event in Dusseldorf

Judo: Grand Slam event in Dusseldorf

Tsukasa Yoshida (R) of Japan competes en route to winning the women's 57-kilogram final against Rafaela Silva of Brazil at a Grand Slam judo event in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Feb. 22, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Paralympics: Torch relay arrives in Rio

Paralympics: Torch relay arrives in Rio

Brazilian judoka Rafaela Silva, the Rio Olympic gold medalist in the women's 57-kilogram class, receives the Paralympic torch during its relay in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop the Corcovado mountain in Rio De Janeiro on Sept. 6, a day before the opening ceremony of the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Paralympics: Torch relay arrives in Rio

Paralympics: Torch relay arrives in Rio

Brazilian judoka Rafaela Silva, the Rio Olympic gold medalist in the women's 57-kilogram class, receives the Paralympic torch during its relay in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop the Corcovado mountain in Rio De Janeiro on Sept. 6, a day before the opening ceremony of the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Paralympics: Torch relay arrives in Rio

Paralympics: Torch relay arrives in Rio

Brazilian judoka Rafaela Silva (L), the Rio Olympic gold medalist in the women's 57-kilogram class, receives the Paralympic torch during its relay in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop the Corcovado mountain in Rio De Janeiro on Sept. 6, a day before the opening ceremony of the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Brazil's Silva grabs gold in women's 57-kg judo

Brazil's Silva grabs gold in women's 57-kg judo

Brazil's Rafaela Silva is congratulated by the crowd as she wins the women's 57-kilogram judo competition at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 8, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Brazil's Silva grabs gold in women's 57-kg judo

Brazil's Silva grabs gold in women's 57-kg judo

Brazil's Rafaela Silva is overcome with emotion on the podium after winning the women's 57-kilogram judo gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 8, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Brazil's Silva grabs gold in women's 57-kg judo

Brazil's Silva grabs gold in women's 57-kg judo

Brazil's Rafaela Silva reacts after winning the gold medal in the women's 57-kilogram judo at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 8, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo