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Thailand: Heavy Rain Brings Widespread Flooding Across Several Regions

Thailand’s weather agency warned of heavy to very heavy rain from Wednesday, September 23, through September 27 across the North, lower Northeast, Central region including Bangkok, East, and South. Flooding hit Pattaya and Chonburi, submerging Highway 331 in Si Racha. A foreign man went missing after being swept away in a Pattaya canal.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Royals

Baseball: White Sox vs. Royals

Chicago White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami is hit by a pitch in the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sept. 22, 2026.

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Baseball: Tigers vs. White Sox

Baseball: Tigers vs. White Sox

Chicago White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami is hit by a pitch in the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Rate Field in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2026.

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Turkey: Severe Thunderstorm Hits Trabzon, Causing Flooding

Severe thunderstorm hit Trabzon, Turkey, on Friday, September 18, bringing heavy rain and flooding major roads and the airport grounds. It stranded vehicles in the area and caused a retaining wall to collapse in the Yalıncak neighborhood. No casualties have been reported.

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Baseball: Tigers vs. White Sox

Baseball: Tigers vs. White Sox

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox gives an interview after his team defeated the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game at Rate Field in Chicago on Sept. 17, 2026. He hit a three-run home run and a triple.

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Baseball: Tigers vs. White Sox

Baseball: Tigers vs. White Sox

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox gives an interview after his team defeated the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game at Rate Field in Chicago on Sept. 17, 2026. He hit a three-run home run and a triple.

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China: Massive Boulder Crashes into Pavilion at Tangshan Scenic Spot

A massive boulder tumbled down a mountainside at a scenic area in Yutian County, Tangshan, Hebei, on May 27, 2026, smashing into a pavilion and destroying it in a cloud of dust. Nearby tourists quickly fled and narrowly avoided being hit. A witness estimated the boulder measured two to three meters in diameter. Authorities barred access to the affected area while handling the aftermath.

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Spain: Severe Storm Hits Catalonia With Hail and Strong Winds 2

Severe storms hit Catalonia on Wednesday night, September 16, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and large hail.

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Spain: Severe Storm Hits Valencia, Causing Flooding 3

A storm hit Valencia on Wednesday, September 16, bringing severe weather and causing flooding across the city while disrupting traffic.

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Spain: Severe Storm Hits Valencia, Causing Flooding 2

A storm hit Valencia on Wednesday, September 16, bringing severe weather and causing flooding across the city while disrupting traffic.

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Spain: Severe Storm Hits Catalonia With Hail and Strong Winds

Severe storms hit Catalonia on Wednesday night, September 16, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and large hail.

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Spain: Severe Storm Hits Valencia, Causing Flooding

A storm hit Valencia on Wednesday, September 16, bringing severe weather and causing flooding across the city while disrupting traffic.

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and his son Prince Hisahito (2nd from R) on Sept. 13, 2026, visit the tsunami memorial museum in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (back, R) and his son Prince Hisahito (back, L) arrive on Sept. 13, 2026, at the tsunami memorial museum in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and his son Prince Hisahito (4th from L) on Sept. 13, 2026, visit the tsunami memorial museum in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and his son Prince Hisahito (2nd from R) on Sept. 13, 2026, visit the tsunami memorial museum in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (R) and his son Prince Hisahito (C) arrive at a medical clinic in Rikuzentakata, an Iwate Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and his son Prince Hisahito (far L) look at bonitos being unloaded at a fish market in Kesennuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (back, L) and his son Prince Hisahito (back, R) look at bonitos being unloaded at a fish market in Kesennuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and his son Prince Hisahito (3rd from R) look at bonitos being unloaded at a fish market in Kesennuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and his son Prince Hisahito (L) look at bonitos being unloaded at a fish market in Kesennuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Rice-harvesting in Wajima

Rice-harvesting in Wajima

People harvest rice on Sept. 12, 2026, at the Shiroyone Senmaida terraced paddies in Wajima, in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, hit hard by a major earthquake and torrential rains in 2024.

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Rice-harvesting in Wajima

Rice-harvesting in Wajima

Rice is harvested on Sept. 12, 2026, at the Shiroyone Senmaida terraced paddies in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, hit hard by a major earthquake and torrential rain in 2024.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. White Sox

Baseball: Pirates vs. White Sox

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox is hit by a pitch in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Rate Field in Chicago on Sept. 9, 2026.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. White Sox

Baseball: Pirates vs. White Sox

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox is hit by a pitch in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Rate Field in Chicago on Sept. 9, 2026.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 9 Kyodo - Video shows a collapsed river embankment in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 9, 2026, following torrential rain that hit the region the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Japanese baseball great Harimoto dies

Japanese baseball great Harimoto dies

Isao Harimoto of the Lotte Orions hit his 3,000th career hit in a baseball game against the Hankyu Braves in Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on May 28, 1980. The Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer, who set the Nippon Professional Baseball career hits record with 3,085 hits in 2,752 games, died on Sept. 9, 2026, aged 86.

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China: Electric Scooter Rider Hit by Red Light Runner in Jinan, Shandong

Filmed on September 4, 2026, in Jinan, Shandong, an electric scooter rider is struck by a car that runs a red light at an intersection. The impact sends the rider and scooter tumbling to the ground, and their head strikes the pavement, but the helmet absorbs the blow. The rider slowly gets up, dazed but conscious, and checks their body.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows a collapsed river embankment in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 9, 2026, following torrential rain that hit the region the previous day.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows a collapsed river embankment in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 9, 2026, following torrential rain that hit the region the previous day.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows vehicles abandoned on a road in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 9, 2026, following torrential rain that hit the region the previous day.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows a car (R) abandoned on a road in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 9, 2026, following torrential rain that hit the region the previous day.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows a car abandoned on a road in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 9, 2026, following torrential rain that hit the region the previous day.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows a car abandoned on a road in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 9, 2026, following torrential rain that hit the region the previous day.

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Torrential rain hits central Japan

Torrential rain hits central Japan

People sit outside an entrance of a subway station in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2026, after subway services operated by the central Japan city were temporarily suspended due to heavy rain that hit the region.

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Torrential rain hits central Japan

Torrential rain hits central Japan

People sit outside an entrance of a subway station in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2026, after subway services operated by the central Japan city were temporarily suspended due to heavy rain that hit the region.

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Torrential rain hits central Japan

Torrential rain hits central Japan

Commuters walk along a road in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2026, as subway services operated by the central Japan city are temporarily suspended due to heavy rain that hit the region.

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Kumamon promotes recovery

OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Kumamon, the official mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, introduces local specialties and merchandise at a fair in Osaka's Umeda district on Sept. 4, 2026, to support recovery from a massive earthquake that hit the prefecture on July 28. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Blue Jays vs. Athletics

Baseball: Blue Jays vs. Athletics

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays prepares the team's home run jacket for Kazuma Okamoto who hit a solo home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, on Sept. 7, 2026.

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US: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Issued as Storms Hit Central Alabama

Severe storms brought torrential rain, damaging winds, and hail to central and east-central Alabama on Monday, September 7. The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings as the storms downed trees across the area.

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US: High Surf Pounds Long Beach as Tropical Storm Marie Sends Massive Swells Ashore

Tropical Storm Marie sent strong south swells and elevated tides crashing into Southern California's coastline on Sunday, September 6, over Labor Day weekend. Long Beach was among the hardest-hit areas as the destructive waves flooded streets and low-lying neighborhoods.

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Japan: Torrential Rain and Flooding Batter Eastern Pacific Coast

Torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Krovanh and a stalled rain front continued to hit Japan's eastern Pacific coast on Monday, September 7, causing flooding in the area.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026, shows an area hit by flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal, about a week after the disaster in the Nepal-China border region.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026, shows an area hit by flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal, about a week after the disaster in the Nepal-China border region.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026, shows an area hit by flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal, about a week after the disaster in the Nepal-China border region.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026, shows an area hit by flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal, about a week after the disaster in the Nepal-China border region.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026, shows an area hit by flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal, about a week after the disaster in the Nepal-China border region.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026, shows an area hit by flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal, about a week after the disaster in the Nepal-China border region.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026, shows an area hit by flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal, about a week after the disaster in the Nepal-China border region.

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Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026, shows an area hit by flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal, about a week after the disaster in the Nepal-China border region.

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