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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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How a resignation support service works

User of the service:The user of the service asks a resignation support agency, via smartphone, to expedite his resignation from his company. The service costs 20,000 yen ($140) to 50,000 yen.Resignation support agency:The resignation support agency approaches the company and offers his resignation on behalf of him.Company:(Kyodo)

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How a resignation support service works

User of the service:The user of the service asks a resignation support agency, via smartphone, to expedite his resignation from his company. The service costs 20,000 yen ($140) to 50,000 yen.Resignation support agency:The resignation support agency approaches the company and offers his resignation on behalf of him.Company(Kyodo)

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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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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. unveils a lineup of new smartphones for the summer season, including the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly (far R), at its promotional event at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. The lineup of 16 smartphones also includes models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service.

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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. unveils a lineup of new smartphones for the summer season at its promotional event at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. The lineup of 16 smartphones includes the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly, and models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service.

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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Maki Horikita (L) and actor Ken Watanabe appear in NTT Docomo Inc.'s promotional event for its new lineup of smartphones for the summer season, at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. NTT Docomo unveiled a lineup of 16 new smartphones including the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly, while adding models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service.

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People Staff to let robots care for seniors, work as receptionists

NAGOYA, Japan - An employee of People Staff Co. shows off two robots at a press conference on Jan. 25. The company said it will begin offering them for use in the care of residents of homes for the aged or to work as receptionists at offices in February. Yorisoi ifbot (L) quizzes seniors in order to prevent them from becoming senile while Kitty Robo (R) greets a visitor with a voiced message upon recognizing him or her with a sensor and transmits the image and voice of the visitor to the computer of a user in another room. The service is the first of its kind by a staffing service company, according to the Nagoya-based firm.

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NTT DoCoMo's new cell phones used as walkie-talkies

TOKYO, Japan - Models holds up NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s new 902i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets during a presentation in Tokyo on Oct. 19. The series is equipped with ''Push Talk'' walkie-talkie-style communication service, which will allow phones to be used like walkie-talkies for simultaneous, one-way communication from one 902i user to as many as four other 902i users.

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Commuters in Ethiopia face transportation headache amid fuel price hike

STORY: Commuters in Ethiopia face transportation headache amid fuel price hike DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the street view in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): LIDYA ENDESHAW, Taxi user in Addis Ababa 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): TEWODROS MASRESHA, Taxi driver in Addis Ababa STORYLINE: The soaring price of fuel is impacting transportation service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital where commuters are seen waiting for hours before they could get rides. The Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration recently increased the price of gasoline by 30 percent to 47.83 birr (0.92 U.S. dollars) per liter and hiked the price of one liter of diesel by 38 percent to 49.02 birr. Commuters who spoke to Xinhua said they had to wait for hours for taxis and pay higher fares despite the government's fuel subsidies for commercial transport providers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): LIDYA ENDESHAW, Taxi user in Addis Ababa "Th

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YKK AP's "Mimot" door lock security system

YKK AP's IoT system, which notifies the user's smartphone when the user forgets to lock the windows or doors, is the company's first B-to-C (consumer-to-consumer) service. TOTO is using IoT at Narita Airport to collect various data, including visualization of congestion. Photo taken on May 21, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Takoyaki Robot Octo Chef

Connected Robotics (Koganei City, Tokyo) will launch a new service plan for its octopus dumpling robot "Octo Chef" in August for a monthly fee. The plan includes all the costs for upgrading and adding functions to the robot, so that users can always use the latest version, and also aims to make it easier for small businesses to introduce the robot by reducing the initial cost. Takoyaki robots and other cooking robots may be used in small and medium-sized restaurants, but the price is a hurdle to their widespread use. In addition to the competition with the labor cost of part-time workers, the cost of adding new functions or changing to a new image processing unit during the process is also a reason for hesitation. The new plan solves these user concerns. The monthly fee and the length of the cancellation penalty period will be worked out in the future. Photo taken on July 3, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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People Staff to let robots care for seniors, work as receptionis

NAGOYA, Japan - An employee of People Staff Co. shows off two robots at a press conference on Jan. 25. The company said it will begin offering them for use in the care of residents of homes for the aged or to work as receptionists at offices in February. Yorisoi ifbot (L) quizzes seniors in order to prevent them from becoming senile while Kitty Robo (R) greets a visitor with a voiced message upon recognizing him or her with a sensor and transmits the image and voice of the visitor to the computer of a user in another room. The service is the first of its kind by a staffing service company, according to the Nagoya-based firm. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo's new cell phones used as walkie-talkies

TOKYO, Japan - Models holds up NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s new 902i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets during a presentation in Tokyo on Oct. 19. The series is equipped with ''Push Talk'' walkie-talkie-style communication service, which will allow phones to be used like walkie-talkies for simultaneous, one-way communication from one 902i user to as many as four other 902i users. (Kyodo)

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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. unveils a lineup of new smartphones for the summer season, including the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly (far R), at its promotional event at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. The lineup of 16 smartphones also includes models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service. (Kyodo)

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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. unveils a lineup of new smartphones for the summer season at its promotional event at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. The lineup of 16 smartphones includes the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly, and models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service. (Kyodo)

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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Maki Horikita (L) and actor Ken Watanabe appear in NTT Docomo Inc.'s promotional event for its new lineup of smartphones for the summer season, at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. NTT Docomo unveiled a lineup of 16 new smartphones including the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly, while adding models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service. (Kyodo)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Slovakian mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Czech mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Filip Malenak, Zachranka (Emergency) app, Czech mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. People have been asking for the app to cover the Slovak mountains, a favourite holiday destination, for a long time and it is great that this was achieved in the year of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia, the Zachranka app author Filip Malenak (photo) said. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Czech mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Filip Malenak, Zachranka (Emergency) app, Czech mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. People have been asking for the app to cover the Slovak mountains, a favourite holiday destination, for a long time and it is great that this was achieved in the year of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia, the Zachranka app author Filip Malenak (photo) said. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Czech mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. On the photo the head of the Czech mountain rescue service Beskydy Radim Pavlica. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Czech mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Slovakian mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. On the photo the head of the Slovak mountain rescue service Jozef Janiga. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Slovakian mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Slovakian mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)

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Zachranka (Emergency) app, Slovakian mountain rescue service

The Czech Zachranka (Emergency) app through which people can call help has been launched in the Slovak mountains and is connected to the mountain rescue service there, emergency workers have said when introducing it in Novy Hrozenkov at the Czech-Slovak border on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. They say one of the greatest advantages is that the application helps locate its user, which is particularly helpful in the mountains. The app was launched in the Czech Republic in 2016 and has almost 800,000 users with more than 12,300 emergency calls this year so far. It unites the emergency services, the Czech mountain rescue service, the water rescue service as well as the Austrian rescue service. (CTK Photo/Dalibor Gluck)