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World Cup 2026 – US: Dutch Fans March Through Kansas City Ahead of Match Against Tunisia

Netherlands fans marched through the streets of Kansas City ahead of their team's final World Cup group-stage match against Tunisia on Thursday, June 25.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow dome in northeastern Japan

A snow dome is pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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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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Japan: Severe Flooding Hits Akita Following Record Heavy Rains

Severe flooding hit Akita on Wednesday, July 24, following heavy rains in the region. Damage to homes due to the flooding were reported in Nikaho, Yurihonjo, Yokote, Yuzawa, and Ugo town. Landslide damage has also been reported in Nikaho, Yurihonjo, and Yokote cities. In Higashiyuri, Yurihonjo City, the 24-hour rainfall up to 6 a.m. on the 25th reached 196.5 mm, equivalent to the average for one month in July, making it the heaviest rainfall on record since statistics began to be collected.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2024.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2024.

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Illuminated snow domes in northeastern Japan

Candles illuminate snow domes during a photo session on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023. The Yokote Kamakura Festival, named after the snow domes called "kamakura," will be held with tourists for the first time in three years after the recent lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Japan.

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Illuminated snow domes in northeastern Japan

Candles illuminate snow domes during a photo session on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023. The Yokote Kamakura Festival, named after the snow domes called "kamakura," will be held with tourists for the first time in three years after the recent lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Japan.

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Illuminated snow domes in northeastern Japan

Candles illuminate a snow dome during a photo session on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023. The Yokote Kamakura Festival, named after the snow domes called "kamakura," will be held with tourists for the first time in three years after the recent lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Japan.

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - A man removes snow on a rooftop of a garage in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 20, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above.

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - An elderly person walks into her snow-covered home in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 21, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above.

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Father and daughter keeping pure-rice sake tradition alive

YOKOTE, Japan - Hanako Kudo (R), 42, and her father, Mikio, 71, work at a big storehouse of Maizuru Shuzo Co. in Yokote city, Akita Prefecture.

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Kamakura festival to open in Yokote Feb. 15

YOKOTE, Japan - Children sit in snow huts called kamakura in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, the eve of the two-day annual kamakura festival in the northern Japanese city. During the festival, tourists will be invited into snow huts and served sake and rice cakes. About 100 kamakura have been built in the city for the event.

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Lunar occultation of Venus

Photo taken in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, at 1:43 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2021, shows the start of a lunar occultation of Venus, when the planet is hidden by the Moon.

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Kamakura festival to open in Yokote Feb. 15

YOKOTE, Japan - Children sit in snow huts called kamakura in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, the eve of the two-day annual kamakura festival in the northern Japanese city. During the festival, tourists will be invited into snow huts and served sake and rice cakes. About 100 kamakura have been built in the city for the event.

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - A man removes snow on a rooftop of a garage in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 20, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above. (Kyodo)

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Elderly deaths in record snowfall

SENDAI, Japan - An elderly person walks into her snow-covered home in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City where snow has accumulated over 150 centimeters, more than double in the average year, on Jan. 21, 2011. At least 23 people have died in Akita and four other northeastern Japan prefectures from snow-related accidents, with 70 percent of the victims being 60 years old and above. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

TV talent Danmitsu runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on June 8, 2021.

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Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Jan. 6, 2021, shows an aerial view of the snow-blanketed northeastern Japan city of Yokote where about 100 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel have been mobilized for snow-clearing work after heavy snow hit the region.

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Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Jan. 6, 2021, shows an aerial view of the snow-blanketed northeastern Japan city of Yokote where about 100 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel have been mobilized for snow-clearing work after heavy snow hit the region.

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Kamakura snow hut festival in northeastern Japan

Two people crouch inside a "kamakura" snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2019. The snow hut commemorating Valentine's Day is part of some 100 igloo-like snow huts to be displayed across the city during the Feb. 15-16 kamakura festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamakura snow hut festival in northeastern Japan

Two people crouch inside a "kamakura" snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2019. The snow hut commemorating Valentine's Day is part of some 100 igloo-like snow huts to be displayed across the city during the Feb. 15-16 kamakura festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamakura snow hut festival in northeastern Japan

Children gather inside "kamakura" snow huts in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2019, ahead of the Feb. 15-16 kamakura festival. In a tradition dating back some 450 years, some 100 igloo-like snow huts are displayed across the city during the festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamakura snow hut festival in northeastern Japan

Children gather inside "kamakura" snow huts in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2019, ahead of the Feb. 15-16 kamakura festival. In a tradition dating back some 450 years, some 100 igloo-like snow huts are displayed across the city during the festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamakura snow hut festival in Akita

Two people crouch inside a snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2018. The snow hut commemorating Valentine's Day is part of some 100 igloo-like snow huts known as kamakura to be displayed across the city during the Feb. 15-16 kamakura festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamakura snow hut festival in Akita

Children warm themselves with a charcoal brazier inside a snow hut in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2018, ahead of the Feb. 15-16 kamakura festival. To celebrate a tradition dating back some 450 years, some 100 igloo-like snow huts known as kamakura are displayed across the city during the festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamakura snow hut festival in Akita

Children gather inside snow huts in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2018, ahead of the Feb. 15-16 kamakura festival. In a tradition dating back some 450 years, some 100 igloo-like snow huts known as kamakura are displayed across the city during the festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another body found in building destroyed by fire, death toll now 5

Firefighters examine an apartment building destroyed by fire on Aug. 23, 2017, in the city of Yokote in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The death toll from the fire that broke out the previous day rose to five, after another body was discovered. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another body found in building destroyed by fire, death toll now 5

Firefighters examine an apartment building destroyed by fire on Aug. 23, 2017, in the city of Yokote in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The death toll from the fire that broke out the previous day rose to five, after another body was discovered. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in northeastern Japan fire

Police officers and firefighters examine an apartment building razed by fire in the city of Yokote in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2017. Four residents died in the fire and another was unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in northeastern Japan fire

Police officers and firefighters examine an apartment building razed by fire in the city of Yokote in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2017. Four residents died in the fire and another was unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in northeastern Japan fire

Police officers and firefighters examine an apartment building razed by fire in the city of Yokote in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2017. Four residents died in the fire and another was unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in northeastern Japan fire

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2017, shows an apartment building that was razed by fire in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote in northeastern Japan. At least four people were killed, police said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in northeastern Japan fire

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2017, shows an apartment building that was razed by fire in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote in northeastern Japan. At least four people were killed, police said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 killed, 2 unaccounted for in apartment fire in northeastern Japan

Firefighters try to extinguish fire at an apartment building in the city of Yokote in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Akita on Aug. 22, 2017. At least three people were killed and two others remained unaccounted for after the fire, which started around 1 a.m. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional Yokote Kamakura Festival to start

A couple pose inside a snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance, made especially for Valentine's Day, at a square near the city office building in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2017, during a photo event before the two-day Yokote Kamakura Festival, which has a history of about 450 years, begins the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional Yokote Kamakura Festival to start

Children warm themselves with charcoal braziers inside snow huts in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2017, during a photo event before the two-day Yokote Kamakura Festival, which has a history of about 450 years, begins the following day. The festival features a number of igloo-like snow huts built in locations across the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo