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China: Wedding Feast Carries On as Heavy Rain Floods Venue in Shaanxi

This unforgettable scene was captured in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, on May 18, 2026. It looks like a party on a river, but it’s actually an outdoor wedding feast. A sudden heavy downpour flooded the square with dozens of centimeters of water. Relatives and friends sit around dozens of round tables, watching the ceremony and waiting for the meal. Thankfully, the organizers set up cozy canopies and fences, keeping guests dry. Rain can’t stop love and blessings—everyone shows up in the storm to celebrate the newlyweds.

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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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Arnold Schwarzenegger meets pope Francis at the end of the weekly general audience at the Vatican on January 25, 2016.The US actor and former governor of California offered to the pope the book ‘California this golden land of promise’. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/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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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

SAGAMIHARA, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Hiroto Habu, an assistant professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with the TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, at JAXA's facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017.

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State-of-the-art radar to be set up in Okinoerabu

OKINOERABU, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera encourages Air Self-Defense Force officers at its base in Okinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 8, 2014. Onodera said the government will set up state-of-the-art radar there by the end of March 2016 to improve surveillance and security capabilities.

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Greece's bad debt ratio drops 82.8 pct in 6 years

STORY: Greece's bad debt ratio drops 82.8 pct in 6 years DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Bank of Greece 2. various of the economic forum about Non-performing loans (NPLs) in Greece's banking system held in Athens on Tuesday 3. various of the National Bank of Greece 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): CHRISTINA PAPACONSTANTINOU, Bank of Greece (BoG) Deputy Governor 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): CHRISTOS STAIKOURAS, Greece Finance Minister STORYLINE: Non-performing loans (NPLs) in Greece's banking system had been reduced by 82.8 pct in the period 2016-2021, but the outlook for the future is cloudy due to the new challenges, local officials told an online economic forum in Athens on Tuesday. NPLs at the end of December 2021 amounted to 18.4 billion euros (19.4 billion U.S. dollars), down by 90.3 billion euros compared to March 2016, when they had peaked during the acute debt crisis Greece went through (2010-2018), said Christina Papaconstantinou, Bank o

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MH370 search will not be extended

(From L) The transport ministers of Australia, Malaysia and China -- Darren Chester, Liow Tiong Lai and Yang Chuantang -- announce at a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on July 22, 2016, that the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will not be extended beyond the current phase of the Australian-led search operation scheduled to end soon. The aircraft disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014, while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility at former site of popular Tokyo hotel

A banquet hall of the new facility Classic House at Akasaka Prince in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hall is part of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was built on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility at former site of popular Tokyo hotel

A restaurant of the new hall Classic House at Akasaka Prince in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hall is part of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was built on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility at former site of popular Tokyo hotel

A new hall Classic House at Akasaka Prince in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hall and the tower building seen in the background are parts of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was built on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility after Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel

A guest room of the new hotel Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hotel is part of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was built on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facility after Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel

A lounge of the new hotel Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is unveiled to the media on July 19, 2016. The hotel is part of the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex facility, which was build on the site previously occupied by the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a trendy spot during the 1980s but that was closed at the end of March 2011 and demolished after about 55 years of operations. The new facility will open on July 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Un appears at huge loyalty parade in Pyongyang

People march with models of missiles during a parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on May 10, 2016, to celebrate the end of the seventh Workers' Party of Korea congress. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un appeared at the parade, in which hundreds of thousands of people took part. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Un appears at huge loyalty parade in Pyongyang

People march with a model of a long-range ballistic missile during a parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on May 10, 2016, to celebrate the end of the seventh Workers' Party of Korea congress. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un appeared at the parade, in which hundreds of thousands of people took part. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China likely to ratify Paris climate deal this year: NCSC chief

Li Junfeng, head of China's National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 10, 2016. Li said the Chinese government is likely to ratify by the end of this year an international climate deal reached in Paris last December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka pitches 4 innings in rained-out game against Phillies

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts a spring training game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Florida, on March 29, 2016. Tanaka allowed one run and seven hits in four innings in the Yankees' 7-1 lead before the game was rained out at the end of the fourth inning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka pitches 4 innings in rained-out game against Phillies

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts a spring training game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Florida, on March 29, 2016. Tanaka allowed one run and seven hits in four innings in the Yankees' 7-1 lead before the game was rained out at the end of the fourth inning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka pitches 4 innings in rained-out game against Phillies

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts a spring training game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Florida, on March 29, 2016. Tanaka allowed one run and seven hits in four innings in the Yankees' 7-1 lead before the game was rained out at the end of the fourth inning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Attendance at USJ reaches record high in FY 2015

Photo shows a ceremony held on March 7, 2016, after the operator of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka announced that attendance at the theme park in fiscal 2015 reached a record high, exceeding the previous record of 12.7 million marked in fiscal 2014. USJ Co. aims to attract more than 13 million visitors by the end of the current fiscal year through March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Attendance at USJ reaches record high in FY 2015

Photo shows a ceremony held on March 7, 2016, after the operator of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka announced that attendance at the theme park in fiscal 2015 reached a record high, exceeding the previous record of 12.7 million marked in fiscal 2014. USJ Co. aims to attract more than 13 million visitors by the end of the current fiscal year through March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets with Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga meets with reporters on March 4, 2016, in Tokyo after meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. Onaga asked Suga to end operations at U.S. Air Station Futenma in the southernmost island prefecture by February 2019. The state and local governments have been in dispute over the planned relocation of the base within Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets with Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (L) hands a request to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on March 4, 2016, in Tokyo, seeking an end to operations at U.S. Air Station Futenma in the southernmost island prefecture by February 2019. The state and local governments have been in dispute over the planned relocation of the base within Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets with Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (L) hands a request to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on March 4, 2016, in Tokyo, seeking an end to operations at U.S. Air Station Futenma in the southernmost island prefecture by February 2019. The state and local governments have been in dispute over the planned relocation of the base within Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Triple Crown winner Matsunaka retires

Triple Crown winner and two-time Pacific League MVP Nobuhiko Matsunaka wipes away tears during a press conference in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka on March 1, 2016, when announcing his retirement as a baseball player. The 42-year-old slugger had been negotiating a tryout arrangement with a few clubs since the end of January but decided to end his 19-year career when no teams showed interest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Triple Crown winner Matsunaka retires

Triple Crown winner and two-time Pacific League MVP Nobuhiko Matsunaka wipes away tears during a press conference in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka on March 1, 2016, when announcing his retirement as a baseball player. The 42-year-old slugger had been negotiating a tryout arrangement with a few clubs since the end of January but decided to end his 19-year career when no teams showed interest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kumamon Station" launched in southwest Japan

"Kumamon," the black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, poses with children inside JR Kumamoto Station's stationmaster room in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan on March 1, 2016. The station will be dubbed "Kumamon Station" until the end of September, as a promotional campaign was launched the same day to commemorate the fifth anniversary of full shinkansen bullet train operations in the Kyushu region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kumamon Station" launched in southwest Japan

A signboard reading "Kumamon Station" is unveiled at JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto on March 1, 2016. The station will be dubbed "Kumamon Station," after the popular black bear mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture, until the end of September, as a promotional campaign was launched the same day to commemorate the fifth anniversary of full shinkansen bullet train operations in the Kyushu region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera (center top) is seen inside a passenger car in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train, as the railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera is seen above a door in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train. The railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera is seen above a door in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train. The railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe attends upper house plenary session

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2016. Abe showed readiness to enact bills for taxation reform by the end of March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TV Asahi's main newscaster Furutachi to step down next spring

Photo taken in May 2004 shows Ichiro Furutachi, the anchor of TV Asahi's news show "Hodo Station." The major network said Dec. 24, 2015, that Furutachi, 61, will step down from the post at the end of March 2016 based on his request. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan unveils X-ray astronomy satellite Astro-H

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Astro-H X-ray astronomy satellite is shown to the press at JAXA's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Nov. 27, 2015. The satellite will be transported to JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to be launched by the end of March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda's FCV unveiled in Los Angeles

Photo taken Nov. 17, 2015, in Los Angeles shows Honda Motor Co.'s "Clarity Fuel Cell," unveiled for the first time, and Kiyoshi Shimizu, chief engineer at Honda R&D Co., who led the vehicle's development project. The car to be launched in Japan in March 2016 and in the United States by the end of that year will be displayed at the Los Angeles Auto Show from Nov. 18 through Nov. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo postpones smartphone game service until March

Nintendo Co. President Tatsumi Kimishima discusses the company's business plans in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2015. Nintendo decided to postpone the start of offering games for smartphone platforms until March 2016 from the end of 2015 under the initial plan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight train to retire in March

East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train, with a blue locomotive pulling the silver passenger cars, runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight Tokyo-Sapporo train to retire in March

The rear end of East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train is seen as it runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight train to retire in March

East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train, with a blue locomotive pulling the silver passenger cars, runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo