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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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Pro-Palestine Protest - NYC

An arrested demonstrator sits in a New York Police Department (NYPD) van during a protest against the Donald Trump administration's policies on the Middle East, campus protests and immigration in New York City, the United States, March 11, 2025. Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters on Tuesday staged a rally and march in New York City in protest of the Donald Trump administration's policies on the Middle East, campus protests and immigration. Protesters took to the streets and marched to the City Hall in Lower Manhattan from Washington Park in the afternoon, with a dozen of them detained by the police. Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Palestine Protest - NYC

New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrest demonstrators during a protest against the Donald Trump administration's policies on the Middle East, campus protests and immigration in New York City, the United States, March 11, 2025. Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters on Tuesday staged a rally and march in New York City in protest of the Donald Trump administration's policies on the Middle East, campus protests and immigration. Protesters took to the streets and marched to the City Hall in Lower Manhattan from Washington Park in the afternoon, with a dozen of them detained by the police. Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Palestine Protest - NYC

New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrest a demonstrator during a protest against the Donald Trump administration's policies on the Middle East, campus protests and immigration in New York City, the United States, March 11, 2025. Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters on Tuesday staged a rally and march in New York City in protest of the Donald Trump administration's policies on the Middle East, campus protests and immigration. Protesters took to the streets and marched to the City Hall in Lower Manhattan from Washington Park in the afternoon, with a dozen of them detained by the police. Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid in western Nimroz province

STORY: 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid in western Nimroz province DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the China-donated humanitarian assistance distribution site in western Nimroz province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghan authorities distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 400 families in the western Nimroz province on Thursday, Mawlawi Sediqullah Nasrtat, the provincial director for refugees and repatriation affairs, said Friday. "We distributed China-donated humanitarian assistance to 400 poor families here in provincial capital Zaranj city yesterday afternoon and each family received a bag of 50 kg rice and 50 kg wheat," Nasrat told Xinhua. The assistance was distributed in the presence of Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the official said. China has provided foodstuff to nearly 1,800 families in Nimroz and neighboring Herat provinces over the past two months, officials said.

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Lessons from 2011 quake to create safer evacuation

KAMAISHI, Japan - Mikio Yamazaki, a district welfare commissioner in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 3, 2013, describes how he guided other residents toward evacuation shelters after the ground shook on the afternoon of March 11, 2011, at the former site of his shop in the city.

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Amazon Japan Pres. Cheung, Sendai Mayor Okuyama

SENDAI, Japan - Jasper Cheung (L), president of Amazon Japan K.K., shakes hands with Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama at the Sendai city office on the afternoon of Sept. 27, 2011. The Japanese unit of U.S.-based Internet commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. said the same day it will open a call center in the capital of Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in March 2012.

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Mt. Usu erupts for 4th time

TOYA, Japan - Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido erupted for a fourth time on the afternoon of April 1, just hours after it lit up the night sky and formed a new crater with an early morning blast, the Meteorological Agency says. The latest eruption, which occurred at 1 p.m. on the western side of Mt. Usu, followed a small-scale phreatic explosion high on the northwestern side of Mt. Usu at 11:41 a.m. On March 31, the volcano erupted for the first time in nearly 23 years.

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Rescue underway after plane with 132 aboard crashes in Guangxi, China

STORY: Rescue underway after plane with 132 aboard crashes in Guangxi, China DATELINE: March 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: WUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the wreckage in the crash site 2. STANDUP (English): WU SISI, Xinhua correspondent 3. VOICEOVER 1 (English): WU SISI, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Local villager 5. VOICEOVER 2 (English): WU SISI, Xinhua correspondent 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Rescuer 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WU SISI, Xinhua correspondent 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Rescuer 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WANG QIWEN, Xinhua correspondent 10. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): Rescuer 11. VOICEOVER 3 (English): WU SISI, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WU SISI, Xinhua correspondent "I'm Wu Sisi with Xinhua News Agency. A passenger plane with 132 people aboard crashed in south China's Guangxi on Monday afternoon. And here is the crash site." VOICEOVER 1 (English): WU SISI, Xinhua correspondent "The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 air

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-PETROL-PRICE HIKE

(220312) -- WELLINGTON, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People queue to fill the tanks at a Waitomo gas station in New Zealand's capital city Wellington in the afternoon of March 11, 2022, moment before another hike of fuel price. Cars, boats and gallon bottles, New Zealanders were filling every tank with fuel before another big price hike tipped at the weekend. Petrol prices have already jumped up dramatically over the past month, which saw national average price of 91 petrol increase 11.8 percent to 2.94 New Zealand dollars per litre, and 23.1 percent increase for diesel to 2.28 New Zealand dollars per litre, according to the price comparing tool Gaspy. (Photo by Meng Tao/Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-PETROL-PRICE HIKE

(220312) -- WELLINGTON, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People queue to fill the tanks at a Waitomo gas station in New Zealand's capital city Wellington in the afternoon of March 11, 2022, moment before another hike of fuel price. Cars, boats and gallon bottles, New Zealanders were filling every tank with fuel before another big price hike tipped at the weekend. Petrol prices have already jumped up dramatically over the past month, which saw national average price of 91 petrol increase 11.8 percent to 2.94 New Zealand dollars per litre, and 23.1 percent increase for diesel to 2.28 New Zealand dollars per litre, according to the price comparing tool Gaspy. (Photo by Meng Tao/Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-PETROL-PRICE HIKE

(220312) -- WELLINGTON, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man drives away from a Waitomo gas station in capital Wellington after filling the tanks of his jeep and boat in the afternoon of March 11, 2022, moment before another hike of fuel price. Cars, boats and gallon bottles, New Zealanders were filling every tank with fuel before another big price hike tipped at the weekend. Petrol prices have already jumped up dramatically over the past month, which saw national average price of 91 petrol increase 11.8 percent to 2.94 New Zealand dollars per litre, and 23.1 percent increase for diesel to 2.28 New Zealand dollars per litre, according to the price comparing tool Gaspy. (Photo by Meng Tao/Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-PETROL-PRICE HIKE

(220312) -- WELLINGTON, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People queue to fill the tanks at a Waitomo gas station in New Zealand's capital city Wellington in the afternoon of March 11, 2022, moment before another hike of fuel price. Cars, boats and gallon bottles, New Zealanders were filling every tank with fuel before another big price hike tipped at the weekend. Petrol prices have already jumped up dramatically over the past month, which saw national average price of 91 petrol increase 11.8 percent to 2.94 New Zealand dollars per litre, and 23.1 percent increase for diesel to 2.28 New Zealand dollars per litre, according to the price comparing tool Gaspy. (Photo by Meng Tao/Xinhua)

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NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-PETROL-PRICE HIKE

(220312) -- WELLINGTON, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man fills in the tank of his boat a Waitomo gas station in New Zealand's capital city Wellington in the afternoon of March 11, 2022, moment before another hike of fuel price. Cars, boats and gallon bottles, New Zealanders were filling every tank with fuel before another big price hike tipped at the weekend. Petrol prices have already jumped up dramatically over the past month, which saw national average price of 91 petrol increase 11.8 percent to 2.94 New Zealand dollars per litre, and 23.1 percent increase for diesel to 2.28 New Zealand dollars per litre, according to the price comparing tool Gaspy. (Photo by Meng Tao/Xinhua)

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Amazon Japan Pres. Cheung, Sendai Mayor Okuyama

SENDAI, Japan - Jasper Cheung (L), president of Amazon Japan K.K., shakes hands with Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama at the Sendai city office on the afternoon of Sept. 27, 2011. The Japanese unit of U.S.-based Internet commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. said the same day it will open a call center in the capital of Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in March 2012. (Kyodo)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (Social Democrats, CSSD) in a protective face mask speaks during a press conference, on March 25, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. A special flight brought 204 Czechs and 82 citizens of 11 other EU countries from Vietnam to Prague this afternoon, Petricek has told journalists. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (Social Democrats, CSSD) in a protective face mask speaks during a press conference, on March 25, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. A special flight brought 204 Czechs and 82 citizens of 11 other EU countries from Vietnam to Prague this afternoon, Petricek has told journalists. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (Social Democrats, CSSD) in a protective face mask speaks during a press conference, on March 25, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. A special flight brought 204 Czechs and 82 citizens of 11 other EU countries from Vietnam to Prague this afternoon, Petricek has told journalists. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomas Petricek (Social Democrats, CSSD) in a protective face mask speaks during a press conference, on March 25, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. A special flight brought 204 Czechs and 82 citizens of 11 other EU countries from Vietnam to Prague this afternoon, Petricek has told journalists. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Mt. Usu erupts for 4th time

TOYA, Japan - Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido erupted for a fourth time on the afternoon of April 1, just hours after it lit up the night sky and formed a new crater with an early morning blast, the Meteorological Agency says. The latest eruption, which occurred at 1 p.m. on the western side of Mt. Usu, followed a small-scale phreatic explosion high on the northwestern side of Mt. Usu at 11:41 a.m. On March 31, the volcano erupted for the first time in nearly 23 years.