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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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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) during the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint-Paul, MN, USA on September 2nd, 2008. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) during the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint-Paul, MN, USA on September 2nd, 2008. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) during the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint-Paul, MN, USA on September 2nd, 2008. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Anthony Delon Accuses His Sister Anouchka

File photo dated February 28, 2008 - Alain Delon and his daughter Anouchka attend the Fabrizio Capriata Fall-Winter 2008-2009 Ready-to-Wear collection show held at the 'Hotel De Crillon' in Paris, France. - Alain Delon eldest son Anthony Delon announced in Paris Match on Wednesday that he had lodged a complaint against his sister, Anouchka, on 7 November. He accuses her of hiding their father's state of health from him and their brother Alain-Fabien. "She clearly put him in danger", he says, adding that his sister "gave him no choice" about filing a police report. "He added that his sister had never informed the siblings "that between 2019 and 2022, Alain Delon had undergone five cognitive tests during his visits to the clinic in Switzerland, none of which he passed". Photo by Giancarlo Gorassini/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bank of England raises rate to 4.25 pct

STORY: Bank of England raises rate to 4.25 pct DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:09 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bank of England and Royal Exchange in London STORYLINE: The Bank of England (BoE) has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.25 percent, the highest since autumn 2008, according to a BoE statement issued on Thursday. At its meeting ending on Wednesday, the central bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted in favor of the increase by a majority of 7-2, said the statement. This is the 11th consecutive rate hike since December 2021 as the BoE continues its fight against inflation, which unexpectedly jumped to 10.4 percent in February, far above the BoE's 2 percent target. But the higher-than-expected inflation data did not change the central bank's forecast of a fall in inflation for the second quarter of 2023. The bank said inflation will fall to a lower rate than anticipated in the MPC's February Report, due to government support

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Sanyo incurs 24.4% operating profit fall in 1st quarter

OSAKA, Japan - Koichi Maeda, executive vice president of Sanyo Electric Co., announces the company's group earnings report for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 7.

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Shinginko Tokyo's capital-asset ratio may fall below 4%

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara attends the Tokyo metropolitan assembly's budget committee session on troubled Shinginko Tokyo on March 11. The capital-to-asset ratio at the bank, which is backed by the Tokyo metropolitan government, could fall below 4 percent by the end of fiscal 2008 if no additional capital injection is made.

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Japan Fashion Week opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models show off the latest in fashion design on the opening day March 10 of Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, showcasing the 2008-2009 fall-winter Tokyo Collection of Japanese designers.

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Japan Fashion Week opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models show off the latest in fashion design on the opening day March 10 of Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, showcasing the 2008-2009 fall-winter Tokyo Collection of Japanese designers.

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Shinoda Plasma to build 2-meter-by-3-meter display panels

KOBE, Japan - An 86-inch plasma panel measuring 1 meter by 2 meters developed by Shinoda Plasma Co., Ltd. is on display in Kobe on Oct. 26. Shinoda Plasma, a Kobe-based venture spun from Fujitsu Ltd., says it is developing 150-inch panels measuring 2 meters by 3 meters by putting the basic 86-inch panels together. It plans to sell these giant panels by the fall of 2008. Built with plasma tubes 1 meter long and 1 mm in diameter, the panels can be bent into various shapes for use at public arenas such as railway stations and airports, the company says.

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Japanese astronaut Wakata to stay 3 months on Int'l Space Station

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (R), who will stay on the International Space Station for about three months beginning in the fall of 2008, smiles at a press conference in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 12, flanked by his colleague Soichi Noguchi,who has been chosen to be Wakata's replacement should he be unable to perform.

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Osaka engineers group completes small satellite

OSAKA, Japan - An engineers association in Osaka Prefecture has assembled a small satellite and showed it to the media on Nov. 16. The Astro Technology Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association was founded by small companies in the city of Higashiosaka in 2002, with a catch phrase ''Let's launch a satellite with small companies' technology.'' The SOHLA-1 satellite, designed to observe the formation of thunder clouds, is a prototype commercial satellite able to be mass-produced. The association will install systems necessary for operation around next fall, and aims to launch it with an H-2A rocket in fiscal 2008.

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Suzuki to build plant in Shizuoka Pref. for 60 billion yen

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki and President Hiroshi Tsuda tell a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that the comapny will begin building a new plant this fall at its existing manufacturing base in Shizuoka Prefecture with an investment of about 60 billion yen. The plant, capable of manufacturing 240,000 compact cars a year, will become operational in the fall of 2008, they said.

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Suzuki to build plant in Shizuoka Pref. for 60 billion yen

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki and President Hiroshi Tsuda tell a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that the comapny will begin building a new plant this fall at its existing manufacturing base in Shizuoka Prefecture with an investment of about 60 billion yen. The plant, capable of manufacturing 240,000 compact cars a year, will become operational in the fall of 2008, they said. (Kyodo)

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Osaka engineers group completes small satellite

OSAKA, Japan - An engineers association in Osaka Prefecture has assembled a small satellite and showed it to the media on Nov. 16. The Astro Technology Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association was founded by small companies in the city of Higashiosaka in 2002, with a catch phrase ''Let's launch a satellite with small companies' technology.'' The SOHLA-1 satellite, designed to observe the formation of thunder clouds, is a prototype commercial satellite able to be mass-produced. The association will install systems necessary for operation around next fall, and aims to launch it with an H-2A rocket in fiscal 2008. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Wakata to stay 3 months on Int'l Space Statio

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (R), who will stay on the International Space Station for about three months beginning in the fall of 2008, smiles at a press conference in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 12, flanked by his colleague Soichi Noguchi,who has been chosen to be Wakata's replacement should he be unable to perform. (Kyodo)

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Shinginko Tokyo's capital-asset ratio may fall below 4%

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara attends the Tokyo metropolitan assembly's budget committee session on troubled Shinginko Tokyo on March 11. The capital-to-asset ratio at the bank, which is backed by the Tokyo metropolitan government, could fall below 4 percent by the end of fiscal 2008 if no additional capital injection is made. (Kyodo)

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Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of (2010)

Silda Alice Wall & Eliot Spitzer Film: Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Director: Alex Gibney 05 November 2010 10 Mar 2008, New York City, New York, USA --- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer leaves with his wife Silda Wall after addressing the media at his office in New York. Governor Spitzer apologized to his family for a 'private matter' but made no reference to a New York Times report that he may have been linked to a prostitution ring. As well, Spitzer did not answer questions on possibly resigning. --- Image by ｩ Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/Corbis Date: 05 November 2010

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Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of (2010)

Eliot Spitzer Characters: Himself Film: Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Director: Alex Gibney 05 November 2010 FILE -- (NYT2) ALBANY, N.Y. -- March 10, 2008 -- NY-SPITZER-PROSTITITUION-2 -- Governor Eliot Spitzer before delivering remarks to the Medical Society of the State of New York's Annual Legislative Conference at the Hart Theatre in Albany. Albany, March 4, 2008. Spitzer informed his most senior administration officials on Monday, March 10, 2008 that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning. (Nathaniel Brooks/The New York Times/Redux) Date: 05 November 2010

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Journey To The Center Of The E (2008)

Brendan Fraser, Anita Briem & Josh Hutcherson Characters: Prof. Trevor Anderson,Hannah Asgeirsson & Sean Anderson Film: Journey To The Center Of The Earth (USA 2008) / Literaturverfilmung (Based On The Book By Jules Verne) Director: Eric Brevig 10 July 2008 Date: 10 July 2008

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Fringe (2008)

John Noble, Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Mark Valley, Jasika Nicole & Kirk Acevedo Characters: Dr. Walter Bishop, Peter Bishop, Agent Olivia Dunham, Agent Phillip Broyles, Nina Sharp, John Scott, Astrid Farnsworth, Agent Charlie Francis Television: Fringe (TV-Serie) Usa/Can 2008?2013, 09 September 2008 FRINGE: An unlikely trio uncovers a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realizes they may be part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between the possible and the impossible on FRINGE premiering Tuesday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) this fall on FOX. Pictured L-R: John Noble, Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Mark Valley, Jasika Nicole and Kirk Acevedo. ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: George Holz/FOX Date: 09 September 2008

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Japan Fashion Week opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models show off the latest in fashion design on the opening day March 10 of Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, showcasing the 2008-2009 fall-winter Tokyo Collection of Japanese designers. (Kyodo)

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Japan Fashion Week opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models show off the latest in fashion design on the opening day March 10 of Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, showcasing the 2008-2009 fall-winter Tokyo Collection of Japanese designers. (Kyodo)

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Shinoda Plasma to build 2-meter-by-3-meter display panels

KOBE, Japan - An 86-inch plasma panel measuring 1 meter by 2 meters developed by Shinoda Plasma Co., Ltd. is on display in Kobe on Oct. 26. Shinoda Plasma, a Kobe-based venture spun from Fujitsu Ltd., says it is developing 150-inch panels measuring 2 meters by 3 meters by putting the basic 86-inch panels together. It plans to sell these giant panels by the fall of 2008. Built with plasma tubes 1 meter long and 1 mm in diameter, the panels can be bent into various shapes for use at public arenas such as railway stations and airports, the company says. (Kyodo)

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Zdenek Jicinsky

***MARCH 13, 2008, FILE PHOTO*** Czech lawyer and a former MP, dissident and Charter 77 signatory Zdenek Jicinsky died last night aged 91, his son Stepan and Constitutional Court chairman Pavel Rychetsky have told CTK on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Jicinsky was the doyen of the Czech and Czechoslovak political scene. After the fall of the communist regime, he was co-opted as a member of the House of the Nations, one of the Czechoslovak Federal Assembly's two chambers, and became a member of the Federal Assembly leadership. He joined the re-established Social Democratic Party (CSSD) in 1992. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Kite-flying battle at Hamamatsu Festival in Japan

Photo taken on May 3, 2008, shows huge kites flying in the blue sky in a kite-flying "battle" during the Hamamatsu Festival in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. In the battle, each team tries to cut the string of the other teams' kites and make them fall from the sky. The festival is held on May 3 to 5 every year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo