Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

Stabbing spree in Tokyo

Stabbing spree in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers (top) examining the site where a knife-wielding man stabbed several people near an entrance of subway's Toyocho Station in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on March 19, 2013. Four people were sent to hospitals.

Stabbing spree in Tokyo

Stabbing spree in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers (top) examining the site where a knife-wielding man stabbed several people near an entrance of subway's Toyocho Station in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on March 19, 2013. Four people were sent to hospitals.

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters stand in long lines waiting for buses during the rush-hour on Sept. 9, 2009, outside Kasai-Nishi Station on the Tokyo Metro Co.'s Tozai Line after the commute in and around the Tokyo downtown area was disrupted by an accident at a station on the line. A railway maintenance train bumped into an unoccupied passenger train at 4:08 a.m. at Toyocho Station where the 10-car train was parked ahead of its service, but no one was injured in the collision.

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters stand in long lines waiting for buses during the rush-hour on Sept. 9, 2009, outside Kasai Station on the Tokyo Metro Co.'s Tozai Line after the commute in and around the Tokyo downtown area was disrupted by an accident at a station on the line. A railway maintenance train bumped into an unoccupied passenger train at 4:08 a.m. at Toyocho Station where the 10-car train was parked ahead of its service, but no one was injured in the collision.

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metro Co. employees check on a passenger train at Toyocho Station on the Tozai Line which a railway maintenance train bumped into in the early morning of Sept. 9, 2009. No one was injured in the collision as the passenger train was unoccupied, but the accident disrupted the rush-hour commute in and around the downtown area.

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters stand in long lines waiting for buses during the rush-hour on Sept. 9, 2009, outside Kasai Station on the Tokyo Metro Co.'s Tozai Line after the commute in and around the Tokyo downtown area was disrupted by an accident at a station on the line. A railway maintenance train bumped into an unoccupied passenger train at 4:08 a.m. at Toyocho Station where the 10-car train was parked ahead of its service, but no one was injured in the collision. (Kyodo)

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metro Co. employees check on a passenger train at Toyocho Station on the Tozai Line which a railway maintenance train bumped into in the early morning of Sept. 9, 2009. No one was injured in the collision as the passenger train was unoccupied, but the accident disrupted the rush-hour commute in and around the downtown area. (Kyodo)

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters stand in long lines waiting for buses during the rush-hour on Sept. 9, 2009, outside Kasai-Nishi Station on the Tokyo Metro Co.'s Tozai Line after the commute in and around the Tokyo downtown area was disrupted by an accident at a station on the line. A railway maintenance train bumped into an unoccupied passenger train at 4:08 a.m. at Toyocho Station where the 10-car train was parked ahead of its service, but no one was injured in the collision. (Kyodo)