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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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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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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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Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu

STORY: Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the water diversion project 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIA GUANGYU, Deputy director with the water diversion program STORYLINE: A water diversion project across a desert in northwest China has been in operation for more than two decades, providing much-needed water to residents and safeguarding the local ecology. In one section of the project, water is diverted from the Yellow River, China's second largest river, to Minqin, a county in Gansu Province that had long suffered severe water shortages. Construction of the project began in 1995, and was completed in 2000. The project was put into operation in March 2001. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official "A total of 1.755 billion cubic meters of water had been transferred to Minqin by the end of 2022. This has provid

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USJ visitors to reach 100 million

OSAKA, Japan - Many people visit Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Oct. 10, 2012. The number of visitors to the Hollywood-themed amusement park since its opening in 2001 is expected to reach 100 million as early as the end of October 2012.

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Japan's refueling ships return home after antiterrorism mission

TOKYO, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force's 13,500-ton supply ship Mashu returns to Marumi Wharf in Tokyo Bay on Feb. 6, 2010, after winding up its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan. The 4,550-ton destroyer Ikazuchi, along with the Mashu, also returned home, marking the end of Japan's contribution to the operations since December 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that year in the United States.

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Up to 6.4 C temperature rise expected by end of century

TOKYO, Japan - Ice from the Ilulissat Glacier in Greenland falls off into the sea in a photo taken in October 2006. A U.N. climate change panel warned on Feb. 2 that the Earth's average surface air temperature is projected to rise by up to 6.4 C from the 1990 level by the end of this century, revising upward its projection made in 2001 to show more serious concern over global warming.

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Koizumi vows to avoid financial crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a lecture in Tokyo on Jan. 17, pledging to do everything to prevent a financial crisis from occurring toward the March 31 end of fiscal 2001.

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Koizumi denies backtracking on reform agenda

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) shakes hands with Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party at the end of a parliamentary debate Dec. 5, 2001. The premier denied allegations that he has allowed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party old guards to influence his reform programs. ''The mass media and people who do not believe me say that I have compromised, but that is not the case at all,'' Koizumi said during the debate.

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African development ministerial confab wraps up in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Mali President Alpha Oumar Konare shake hands at the end of a two-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Dec. 4, 2001. Tanaka and Konare co-chaired the meeting.

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Year-end 'Jumbo' lottery tickets go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People queue in Tokyo's Ginza area as tickets for the year-end lottery, called ''Nenmatsu Jumbo'' in Japanese, with a maximum prize of 300 million yen, go on sale nationwide Nov. 27, 2001. This year, 77 top prizes worth 200 million yen and 385 second prizes of 100 million yen are offered.

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Musashimaru wins Emperor's Cup

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru, with the Emperor's Cup in hand, poses for picture with his supporters, at the end of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 25, 2001. ''What can I say? I'm delighted. I wasn't feeling too hot before the tournament but I stepped up the pace gradually and did my best to try and win the championship,'' the yokozuna said in a post tournament interview.

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Ex-Japan coach Okada to resign as Sapporo manager

SAPPORO, Japan - Former Japan coach Takashi Okada speaks at news conference Nov. 22, 2001 on his decision to resign as manager of Consadole Sapporo at the end of the season. Okada, who took Japan to the 1998 World Cup finals in France during his eight months in charge of the national side, took over at the helm of the Hokkaido club before the start of the 1999 season but said he felt exhausted.

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Int'l conference on lakes ends, adopts statement

OTSU, Japan - Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu, governor of Shiga Prefecture, central Japan, shakes hands with participants at the end of an international lake conference in Otsu on Nov. 16, 2001. The five-day meeting adopted a declaration calling for partnerships between people and lake-related organizations to promote conservation of lake environments.

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NTT DoCoMo, Nokia tie up on standardizing 3G technologies

TOKYO, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Nokia CEO Jorman Ollila (R) and NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Keiji Tachikawa shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2001. They announced the two firms will cooperate in standardizing technologies for third-generation (3G) high-speed mobile phone services. They will work to unify the protocol for browsing by the end of this year and call on content providers around the world to adopt the protocol.

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Fujitsu falls into red for 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. Vice President Takashi Takaya meets the press Oct. 24 in Tokyo as the leading Japanese computer maker plunged into the red for the first half of fiscal 2001. The company said it will slash 4,600 more jobs by the March 31 end of fiscal 2001 as well as 16,400 jobs already slated to be cut.

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Crown prince says fest will boost ties with Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (pool photo) delivers a speech at an opening reception in London on May 20 for Japan 2001, a yearlong festival introducing Japanese culture. More than two million people are expected to participate in the hundreds of events to take place throughout Britain from May to the end of March 2002. (Pool photo)

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Goh, Mori share toast at luncheon

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) and Singapore Prime Minister Go Chok Tong clink glasses at a luncheon held at Mori's official residence Oct. 22. Mori and Goh agreed earlier in the day to open talks in January on concluding a bilateral free trade agreement by the end of 2001.

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Singapore's Goh speaks at Tokyo news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Singapore Prime Minister Go Chok Tong speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 22 following talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. The two leaders agreed earlier in the day to open talks in January on concluding a bilateral free trade agreement by the end of 2001.

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NTT DoCoMo, Nokia tie up on standardizing 3G technologies

TOKYO, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Nokia CEO Jorman Ollila (R) and NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Keiji Tachikawa shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2001. They announced the two firms will cooperate in standardizing technologies for third-generation (3G) high-speed mobile phone services. They will work to unify the protocol for browsing by the end of this year and call on content providers around the world to adopt the protocol.

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Int'l conference on lakes ends, adopts statement

OTSU, Japan - Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu, governor of Shiga Prefecture, central Japan, shakes hands with participants at the end of an international lake conference in Otsu on Nov. 16, 2001. The five-day meeting adopted a declaration calling for partnerships between people and lake-related organizations to promote conservation of lake environments.

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Ex-Japan coach Okada to resign as Sapporo manager

SAPPORO, Japan - Former Japan coach Takashi Okada speaks at news conference Nov. 22, 2001 on his decision to resign as manager of Consadole Sapporo at the end of the season. Okada, who took Japan to the 1998 World Cup finals in France during his eight months in charge of the national side, took over at the helm of the Hokkaido club before the start of the 1999 season but said he felt exhausted.

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Year-end 'Jumbo' lottery tickets go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People queue in Tokyo's Ginza area as tickets for the year-end lottery, called ''Nenmatsu Jumbo'' in Japanese, with a maximum prize of 300 million yen, go on sale nationwide Nov. 27, 2001. This year, 77 top prizes worth 200 million yen and 385 second prizes of 100 million yen are offered.

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Koizumi denies backtracking on reform agenda

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) shakes hands with Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party at the end of a parliamentary debate Dec. 5, 2001. The premier denied allegations that he has allowed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party old guards to influence his reform programs. ''The mass media and people who do not believe me say that I have compromised, but that is not the case at all,'' Koizumi said during the debate.

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Koizumi vows to avoid financial crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a lecture in Tokyo on Jan. 17, pledging to do everything to prevent a financial crisis from occurring toward the March 31 end of fiscal 2001.

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Fujitsu falls into red for 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. Vice President Takashi Takaya meets the press Oct. 24 in Tokyo as the leading Japanese computer maker plunged into the red for the first half of fiscal 2001. The company said it will slash 4,600 more jobs by the March 31 end of fiscal 2001 as well as 16,400 jobs already slated to be cut.

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2010 The Star Child also seen at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey 2010 Date: 1984

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Up to 6.4 C temperature rise expected by end of century

TOKYO, Japan - Two simulation pictures provided by the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) show what the Arctic Sea looked like in 2000 (top) and what it will look like in 2040 (bottom). A U.N. climate change panel warned on Feb. 2 that the Earth's average surface air temperature is projected to rise by up to 6.4 C from the 1990 level by the end of this century, revising upward its projection made in 2001 to show more serious concern over global warming. (Kyodo)

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Up to 6.4 C temperature rise expected by end of century

TOKYO, Japan - Ice from the Ilulissat Glacier in Greenland falls off into the sea in a photo taken in October 2006. A U.N. climate change panel warned on Feb. 2 that the Earth's average surface air temperature is projected to rise by up to 6.4 C from the 1990 level by the end of this century, revising upward its projection made in 2001 to show more serious concern over global warming. (Kyodo)

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Japan's refueling ships return home after antiterrorism mission

TOKYO, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force's 13,500-ton supply ship Mashu returns to Marumi Wharf in Tokyo Bay on Feb. 6, 2010, after winding up its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan. The 4,550-ton destroyer Ikazuchi, along with the Mashu, also returned home, marking the end of Japan's contribution to the operations since December 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that year in the United States. (Kyodo)

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Hana Hegerova

***OCTOBER 21, 2001, FILE PHOTO*** Czech singer Hana Hegerova died at the age of 89 in the Na Homolce hospital in Prague today, on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, her friend, publisher Tomas Padevet has confirmed the news. Hegerova, widely considered the First Lady of the Czechoslovak Chanson, recently suffered from a number of health problems after the head of her femur was broken. Hegerova, born as Carmen Farkasova-Celkova, hails from Slovakia. She started her career as an actress in the theatre in Zilina, north Slovakia. At the end of the 1950s and beginning of the 1960s, she worked in the Prague modern theatres Rokoko and Semafor. She also had tours abroad, including the Olympia Hall in Paris. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Andrej Babis, Monika Babisova, Ground Zero, 9/11

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, second from left, and his wife Monika Babisova attend the memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks Ground Zero in New York on September 27, 2019, at the end of his five-day visit to the United States. (CTK Photo/Ales Zapotocky)

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Andrej Babis, Monika Babisova, Ground Zero, 9/11

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his wife Monika Babisova attend the memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks Ground Zero in New York on September 27, 2019, at the end of his five-day visit to the United States. (CTK Photo/Ales Zapotocky)

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki career highlights

File photo taken in April 2001 shows Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners getting his first major league career hit in Seattle. Suzuki has informed the Mariners of his decision to end his major league career, a source familiar with the matter said on March 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors to Tokyo Disneyland, DisneySea reach 700 million

Sae Tanaka (R) receives gifts after becoming the 700 millionth visitor to Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea in Chiba Prefecture's Urayasu, east of Tokyo, on July 31, 2017. Tanaka, who traveled to the Tokyo Disney Resort comprising Disneyland, which opened in 1983, and DisneySea which opened in 2001, with her husband and two children from the western Japanese prefecture of Shiga, received a free passport valid for both parks until the end of 2020 along with other gifts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown prince says fest will boost ties with Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (pool photo) delivers a speech at an opening reception in London on May 20 for Japan 2001, a yearlong festival introducing Japanese culture. More than two million people are expected to participate in the hundreds of events to take place throughout Britain from May to the end of March 2002.

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Singapore's Goh speaks at Tokyo news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Singapore Prime Minister Go Chok Tong speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 22 following talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. The two leaders agreed earlier in the day to open talks in January on concluding a bilateral free trade agreement by the end of 2001.

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Goh, Mori share toast at luncheon

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) and Singapore Prime Minister Go Chok Tong clink glasses at a luncheon held at Mori's official residence Oct. 22. Mori and Goh agreed earlier in the day to open talks in January on concluding a bilateral free trade agreement by the end of 2001.