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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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CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230803) -- NAPO COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combination of two aerial photos shows houses built with bricks and mortar in Shuinongtun on March 18, 2018 (above) and new houses constructed with concrete and steel in Shuinongtun on Oct. 16, 2020, in Napo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi started at the end of 2008 an infrastructure project in its border area to improve the life of local people. During the five years between 2008 and 2012, Guangxi had conducted 8,801 projects in the Napo border area, covering various aspects of people's daily life including transportation, education, water supply, house renovation and so on, benefiting over 77,000 people from 59 villages in six townships. With continuous efforts of local government and people, living conditions in border area of Guangxi have been improved fundamentally. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230803) -- NAPO COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 15, 2018 shows a road leading to Shangbaotun of Napo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi started at the end of 2008 an infrastructure project in its border area to improve the life of local people. During the five years between 2008 and 2012, Guangxi had conducted 8,801 projects in the Napo border area, covering various aspects of people's daily life including transportation, education, water supply, house renovation and so on, benefiting over 77,000 people from 59 villages in six townships. With continuous efforts of local government and people, living conditions in border area of Guangxi have been improved fundamentally. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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Matsui featured on postage stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows stamps featuring pictures of Hideki Matsui, who announced an end to his stellar baseball career in late 2012. Japan Post Co. on March 27, 2013, began accepting orders for postage stamps and postcards featuring pictures of Matsui.

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Tokyo child facility to close

TOKYO, Japan - File photo in July 2000 shows the National Children's Castle, a large-scale children's facility in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The facility will close down at the end of March 2015 due partly to the aging of the building, where programs aimed at nurturing children have been offered for about 30 years, government officials said on Sept. 28, 2012.

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Trip to burial sites for Japanese in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki, the head of Seishinkai, a group of Japanese former residents of what is now North Korea, puts his hands together in prayer on Sept. 5, 2012, at a field believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II, in a suburb of Pyongyang. The group concluded the same day a trip to North Korea during which they studied such sites and offered prayers. In the front are the remains which were said to have been found there in March 2011.

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Japanese coin found at burial site in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows what appears to be a Japanese coin that North Korea said was discovered in a survey in March 2011 of a site in Bupyong, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died around the end of World War II, outside Hamhung in the south of Hamgyong Province in eastern North Korea. A bag containing the coin was excavated there on Sept. 2, 2012. Characters such as "Dai-Nippon," loosely translated as great Japan, "Showa 16 nen," referring to a Japanese era and year equivalent to the year 1941, and "Issen," a small currency unit, are inscribed on the coin.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs in Japan, overseas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 26, 2012, shows the headquarters of Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. The company will slash some 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its consolidated workforce, in and outside Japan by the end of March 2013 through early retirements and other means to turn its business around after being hit by a slump in its television business, sources close to the matter said Aug. 2, 2012.

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Ginza cinema to close

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the entrance of an underground mall housing Ginza Cine Pathos, the only movie theater that screens old classic films in Tokyo's Ginza area on July 19, 2012. The cinema is due to close at the end of March 2013, ending its 45-year history.

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Ginza cinema to close

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ginza Cine Pathos, the only movie theater that screens old classic films in Tokyo's Ginza area on July 19, 2012. The cinema is due to close at the end of March 2013, ending its 45-year history.

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Ginza cinema to close

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the entrance of an underground mall housing Ginza Cine Pathos, the only movie theater that screens old classic films in Tokyo's Ginza area on July 19, 2012. The cinema is due to close at the end of March 2013, ending its 45-year history.

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Net access in subway

TOKYO, Japan - A man uses a smartphone in a subway train of Tokyo Metro Co.'s Shinjuku Line in Tokyo on March 30, 2012. Two Tokyo subway operators began offering wireless communication service enabling passengers to check emails and access the Internet as they travel between stations on limited sections of two lines. The new service is likely to extend to cover all of the operators' 13 lines by the end of the year.

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Senior North Korean economist

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang, on March 26, 2012. Ri said North Korea plans to complete construction of a light-water nuclear reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon by the end of the year with immediate operation in sight.

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Senior North Korean economist

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang, on March 26, 2012. Ri said North Korea plans to complete construction of a light-water nuclear reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon by the end of the year with immediate operation in sight.

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100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean soldier is on guard on March 25, 2012, near Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square, where a memorial service was held the same day to mark the 100th day since the death of former leader Kim Jong Il -- and the end of the national period of mourning.

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100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An estimated 100,000 military officers and citizens observe a moment of silence during a memorial service held at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 25, 2012, the 100th day since the death of former leader Kim Jong Il, an event marking the end of the national period of mourning.

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100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An estimated 100,000 military officers and citizens attend a memorial service held at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 25, 2012, the 100th day since the death of former leader Kim Jong Il, an event marking the end of the national period of mourning.

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100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cries during a memorial service held at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 25, 2012, the 100th day since the death of former leader and Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, an event marking the end of the national period of mourning.

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100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An estimated 100,000 military officers and citizens attend a memorial service held at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 25, 2012, the 100th day since the death of former leader Kim Jong Il, marking the end of the national period of mourning.

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100th day since Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's parliament, observe a moment of silence at a memorial service held at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 25, 2012, to mark the 100th day since the death of former leader and Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il. The event marked the end of the national period of mourning.

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Chinese Premier Wen

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao holds a press conference at the Great Hall of the People after the end of the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, in Beijing on March 14, 2012.

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Chinese Premier Wen

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao holds a press conference at the Great Hall of the People after the end of the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, in Beijing on March 14, 2012.

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PM Noda in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in an interview with Kyodo News and domestic newspapers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 7, 2012. Noda indicated he is flexible about revising bills on a planned sales tax hike after they are submitted to parliament by the end of March.

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Conductor Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. His office said in March 7, 2012, that Ozawa will cancel all of his scheduled performances through the end of February 2013 so he can concentrate on regaining his health.

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Antinuclear rally

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Matashichi Oishi, a 78-year-old former crew member of the trawler Fukuryu Maru No. 5, speaks during a rally in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 1, 2012. Antinuclear activists called for an end to reliance on nuclear power at the rally on the 58th anniversary of the exposure of the tuna fishing boat to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific in 1954.

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GSDF members leave for S. Sudan

NARITA, Japan - A 34-member group of Ground Self-Defense Force personnel leaves Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012, for South Sudan to prepare for Japan's full-fledged participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations there. Japan plans to send around 210 members of the GSDF engineering unit to the country between mid-February and the end of March to build roads and bridges as part of the peacekeeping operations in the fledgling nation.

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Mitsubishi Motors' Mizushima Plant

OKAYAMA, Japan - Nov. 25, 2011 photo shows work on assembling the Minicab MiEV at the Mizushima Plant of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. The automaker aims to sell 4,000 units of the light commercial electric vehicle by the end of March 2012.

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Japan quake photo exhibit in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - People visit a photo exhibition documenting the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the subsequent efforts toward recovery at the Japan Information and Culture Center in Washington, D.C., United States, on Nov. 1, 2011. The event ''Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake'' began the same day to run through the end of the month in the U.S. capital, and is also planned to be held in Chicago and Los Angeles in 2012.

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Panasonic to scale down TV business

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s No. 3 plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The production of plasma television display panels at the factory will be ceased by the end of March 2012 as company sources said on Oct. 20, 2011, that the electronics appliance maker has decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs.

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Gov't, Okinawa to outline new development law

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010, after meeting with Cabinet members. The central government and the prefecture agreed to outline the framework of a new law by the summer of 2011 to replace the current law on support for Okinawa's development, which expires at the end of March 2012.

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Okinawa calls for new development law

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (C) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2010 after attending the first meeting of a panel on promotion and development of Okinawa. Nakaima said he requested new legislation on the prefecture's development since the current law is scheduled to expire at the end of fiscal 2011, or March 2012.

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Segway Japan seeking to expand sales of 2-wheeled EV

TOKYO, Japan - Segway Japan Ltd. President Hiroshi Otsuka takes a ride on a segway two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicle in Yokohama on May 14. Segway Japan said it plans to expand sales of its personal transporter electric vehicles to Japanese companies to more than 1,000 units by the end of March 2012 from about 300 units that it hopes to sell by next March.

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Algerian Army Chief Wants President Declared Unfit To Lead

FILES - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Deputy Minister for National Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (ANP), Ahmed Gaid Salah attend an event in Algiers, Algeria, 27 June 2012 (issued 26 March 2019). Official Algerian media reports state Salah on 26 March called for the implementation of Article 102 of the Constitution to end the current political crisis in the county, which allows the Constitutional Council to declare the position of president vacant if the leader is unfit to rule. Protests continue in Algeria despite Algeria's president announcement on 11 March that he will not run for a fifth Presidential term and postponement of presidential elections previously scheduled for 18 April 2019 until further notice. Photo by Kadri Mohamed/Imagespic/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Algerian Army Chief Wants President Declared Unfit To Lead

FILES - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Deputy Minister for National Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (ANP), Ahmed Gaid Salah attend an event in Algiers, Algeria, 27 June 2012 (issued 26 March 2019). Official Algerian media reports state Salah on 26 March called for the implementation of Article 102 of the Constitution to end the current political crisis in the county, which allows the Constitutional Council to declare the position of president vacant if the leader is unfit to rule. Protests continue in Algeria despite Algeria's president announcement on 11 March that he will not run for a fifth Presidential term and postponement of presidential elections previously scheduled for 18 April 2019 until further notice. Photo by Kadri Mohamed/Imagespic/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Segway Japan seeking to expand sales of 2-wheeled EV

TOKYO, Japan - Segway Japan Ltd. President Hiroshi Otsuka takes a ride on a segway two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicle in Yokohama on May 14. Segway Japan said it plans to expand sales of its personal transporter electric vehicles to Japanese companies to more than 1,000 units by the end of March 2012 from about 300 units that it hopes to sell by next March. (Kyodo)