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US: Massive Warehouse Fire Destroys Medline Distribution Center in Northern California

A massive fire broke out at a Medline distribution warehouse in Tracy, Northern California, on Thursday, June 11, destroying the one-million-square-foot facility and sending a large column of black smoke into the sky. The blaze started around 1 p.m. and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

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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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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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H.K. protesters march ahead of vote on electoral package

HONG KONG, June 14 Kyodo - Pro-democracy protesters carry yellow umbrellas as they march through the streets of central Hong Kong on June 14, 2015, to support a veto of the government's electoral reform package. The controversial package, laying out how Hong Kong's next leader should be chosen, goes for debate at the legislature on June 17 and will be voted on by the end of the week.

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Uruguay's Forlan announces international retirement

TOKYO, March 12 Kyodo - File photo shows Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan scoring a goal in a semifinal match against the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. He announced the end of his international career at a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on March 12, 2015.

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Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

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Last remaining ANA jumbo jets

TOKYO, Japan - A Boeing 747 of All Nippon Airways Co. featuring Pokemon character Pikachu takes off from Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 24, 2013. Sources familiar with the matter said on May 24 that ANA will move up the planned retirement of its five remaining jumbo jets to the end of March 2014 from 2015.

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Last remaining ANA jumbo jets

TOKYO, Japan - A Boeing 747 of All Nippon Airways Co. takes off from Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 23, 2013. Sources familiar with the matter said on May 24, 2013, that ANA will move up the planned retirement of its five remaining jumbo jets to the end of March 2014 from 2015.

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Last remaining ANA jumbo jets

TOKYO, Japan - A Boeing 747 of All Nippon Airways Co. takes off from Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 23, 2013. Sources familiar with the matter said on May 24, 2013, that ANA will move up the planned retirement of its five remaining jumbo jets to the end of March 2014 from 2015.

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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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Iran says awaiting U.S. response before returning to Vienna for good nuke deal

STORY: Iran says awaiting U.S. response before returning to Vienna for good nuke deal DATELINE: March 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference of Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Persian): SAEED KHATIBZADEH, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Persian): SAEED KHATIBZADEH, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman 4. various of Iran's nuclear facilities STORYLINE: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday that Iran is waiting for a U.S. response before returning to Vienna and reaching a good and lasting agreement, official news agency IRNA reported. The pause in the Vienna talks on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal does not mean a dead end in the diplomatic process, Saeed Khatibzadeh told a weekly press conference, noting the concerned foreign ministers and top negotiators are in constant contact with each other. SOUNDBITE 1 (Persian): SAEED KHATIBZADEH, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman

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Postwar rekindling of Philippine-Japan ties credited to Quirino

Cory Quirino (L) and Ruby Gonzalez-Meyer, the grandchildren of former Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, talk about their late grandfather in Manila on March 10, 2015, remembering how their country and Japan became friends again after World War II, as the 70th anniversary of the end of the war nears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Film critic Edoki talks about Vietnam War movie "Hearts and Minds"

Movie critic Jun Edoki talks about "Hearts and Minds," a 1974 documentary film about the Vietnam War, in Tokyo on March 16, 2015. The Academy Award winning film (documentary, feature) will be screened at various theaters in Japan on April 30, the 40th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3-meter-high "Kasafuku" ornament on display in Yamagata Pref.

A 3-meter-high "Kasafuku" ornament is exhibited at the Sanno Club, a facility renovated from Sakata City's prestigious "ryotei" high-end restaurant, in Yamagata Prefecture on March 28, 2015. "Kasafuku," meaning a fortune umbrella, one of Japan's three major hanging ornaments, is hung to wish for prosperity and success in business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Historic inn along Tokaido road shut after 366 years in business

Kazuhiro Aoki, the 19th-generation owner of the historic Japanese inn Ohashiya in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, stands at the entrance to the time-honored inn on March 15, 2015, the day its 366-year business came to an end. Ohashiya is best known for being featured in the famous "ukiyoe" woodprint work of "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido" by Utagawa Hiroshige in the early 19th century. The inn will be donated to the city government for preservation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Murayama talks about upcoming Abe statement on postwar Japan

Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama talks on March 11, 2015, at the inaugural session of a study group about the upcoming statement by incumbent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Murayama stressed the need for the statement to contain a reference to soul searching as regards Japan's colonial rule and aggression, a line featured in his own statement 20 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Forlan announces end of international career

Uruguay striker Diego Forlan receives flowers, alongside his wife Paz Cardoso, at a press conference in Osaka on March 12, 2015. The 2010 World Cup MVP and top scorer, now with J-League second-division Cerezo Osaka, announced the end of his international career. (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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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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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

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WWII anniversary ceremony in Russian Far East

Russian troops march in a parade in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Aug. 29, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Celebrations are scheduled to take place in various places in the Russian Far East until Russian Victory Day on Sept. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North Koreans march on highest peak to mark end of Japanese rule

North Koreans march on Mt. Paektu, the country's highest peak, on Aug. 13, 2015, two days before the 70th anniversary of the end of Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, as part of a three-day commemorative event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Koreans join anniversary march marking end of Japanese rule

North Korean citizens take part in a march in Pyongyang as part of a three-day commemorative event on Aug. 14, 2015, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the end of Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man recalls training as WWII suicide glider pilot at age 13

Takayuki Yamanoi recounts his experience of receiving training as a suicide glider pilot at age 13 in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, toward the end of World War II, as pictured on March 20, 2015. ==Kyodo

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Work begins to dismantle cover at Fukushima plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a panel of the cover shrouding the No. 1 reactor building of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant lifted by a crane on July 28, 2015. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, aims to complete by the end of March 2017 the removal of the whole cover, which was installed in the wake of the 2011 disaster to keep radioactive materials from dispersing. The removal is a step toward decommissioning the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work begins to dismantle cover at Fukushima plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a panel of the cover shrouding the No. 1 reactor building of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant lifted by a crane on July 28, 2015. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, aims to complete by the end of March 2017 the removal of the whole cover, which was installed in the wake of the 2011 disaster to keep radioactive materials from dispersing. The removal is a step toward decommissioning the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO to remove reactor building cover

File photo taken in February 2015 shows the No. 1 nuclear reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi complex in northeastern Japan. Its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. will start to remove the panels of the cover shrouding the building from July 28, 2015. TEPCO plans to complete the work by the end of March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seven-Eleven to fully adopt quick duty-free checkout system

Ryuichi Isaka (R), president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co., announces in Tokyo on July 9, 2015, that the convenience store chain operator will introduce a new checkout system for quick duty-free procedures at 1,000 stores by the end of July and at 2,000 more by the end of the current business year through next March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe-style "wagyu" beef cows raised in Vietnam

Photo shows Kobe-style "wagyu" beef cows in a cowshed in the Tan Lac commune in Vietnam's Lam Dong Province on March 30, 2015, as Nguyen Tri Duc Vu in charge of the cattle-raising project looks on. The shipping of wagyu beef produced in Vietnam and targeted at affluent classes in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City is likely to start by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo