UK: Widespread Flooding Hits Greater Manchester Forcing Hundreds To Evacuate 4

Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident.

Typhoon hits Japan

Typhoon hits Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people at the swollen Katsura River in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward on Sept. 16, 2013, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi.

Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at an illuminated tower at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, during a lighting test on Nov. 4, 2010. The temple plans to start a night tour from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5.

Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at an illuminated tower at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, during a lighting test on Nov. 4, 2010. The temple plans to start a night tour from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5.

Tradesman's houses in Kyoto disappearing

Tradesman's houses in Kyoto disappearing

KYOTO, Japan - A tradesman's house is lit up for an event organized by a group of citizens in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward.

Kyoto resorts to enforcement to deal with "garbage house"

Kyoto resorts to enforcement to deal with "garbage house"

An official of the Kyoto municipal government removes garbage from outside a house (back) and from its balcony in the western Japanese city's Ukyo Ward on Nov. 13, 2015, enforcing an ordinance to deal with so-called garbage houses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kyoto resorts to enforcement to deal with "garbage house"

Kyoto resorts to enforcement to deal with "garbage house"

Garbage is piled up on a privately owned road facing a house and on the balcony of the home in Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, in western Japan on Nov. 11, 2015. The municipal government of Kyoto enforced an ordinance to deal with so-called garbage houses on Nov. 13, removing about 7.5 cubic meters of garbage, mostly newspapers and magazines, from the road and balcony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at an illuminated tower at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, during a lighting test on Nov. 4, 2010. The temple plans to start a night tour from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5. (Kyodo)

Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

Daikakuji temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at an illuminated tower at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, during a lighting test on Nov. 4, 2010. The temple plans to start a night tour from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5. (Kyodo)