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US: Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in Southern Florida, Prompting Weather Alerts 2

Thunderstorms brought heavy rain and isolated flooding across southern Florida on Monday, September 21, prompting multiple weather alerts, and causing flight delays at Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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US: Strong Winds Blow Off Pool Deck Canopy in Southern Florida

A strong thunderstorm with wind gusts up to 50 mph swept through southern Florida on Friday, August 22, blowing. pool deck canopy off in Sunny Isles Beach, Miami-Dade County.

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US: Clouds Glow in Lightning Show Over Sunny Isles Beach, Florida

Lightning lit up the sky over Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, on the night of July 21, 2025, creating a dramatic display behind thick clouds. While no visible bolts were seen, the clouds flashed repeatedly as distant lightning illuminated the night sky.

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. NORMANDY, MANCHE (50) AERIAL VIEW OF BARNEVILLE-CARTERET, LOCATED ON THE COTE DES ISLES Photo by Jerome Houyvet/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. NORMANDY. MANCHE (50) COTE DES ISLES. AERIAL VIEW OF PORTBAIL Photo by Jerome Houyvet/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Miami Under Water as Heavy Rain Causes Flash Flooding 2

Heavy rainfall hit southern Florida on Sunday, March 30, causing flash flooding in Miami and the surrounding area, prompting authorities to issue weather warnings for the region.

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US: Stunning Lightning Show in Time-Lapse Across Florida Sky

Florida experienced strong to severe thunderstorms during the Sunday, March 30 afternoon and evening. A visually stunning lightning display illuminated the night sky over Sunny Isles Beach.

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Spring Worm Moon of 2025 Lights Up Night Sky

The first full moon of spring, known as the Worm Moon, lit up the night sky on Thursday, March 13. A lunar eclipse was also observed in some areas.

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US: Double Rainbow Spotted Over Skies In Southern Florida 5

A huge double rainbow was seen in the skies over southern Florida on Thursday, June 13, after thunderstorms caused major flooding in the area.

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Japan, Russia agree to resume talks to move forward isles' row

MOSCOW, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov shake hands in Moscow on Sept. 21, 2015, after a joint news conference following their talks.

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Chinese beer takes on name of disputed isles

SHANGHAI, China - Cans of Diaoyudao Beer sold in southern China by a brewery in Guangzhou since 2012 show the slogan "Diaoyudao, Territory of China," as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 9, 2014. Diaoyudao or Diaoyu Islands is the Chinese name for the Senkaku Islands, a set of uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea which China also claims.

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MSDF recovers remains of Japan war dead from Pacific isles

TOKYO, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel carry boxes wrapped in white cloth, containing the remains of 137 Japanese war dead retrieved on the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, upon arrival on an MSDF training vessel in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014. It was the first time ever an MSDF vessel has been involved in transporting the remains of Japanese war dead.

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PM Abe meets grandchildren of ex-residents in disputed isles

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets grandchildren and great-grandchildren of former residents in the four Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan, at his office in Tokyo on July 24, 2014.

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Annual visa-free visit to Russian-held northern isles

SAPPORO, Japan - A Japanese visitor makes a payment in Russian currency to buy souvenirs such as chocolates and liquors at a grocery store on Shikotan island, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on June 7, 2014, the 23rd year of visa-free exchanges between the two countries.

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Annual visa-free visit to Russian-held northern isles

SAPPORO, Japan - A Russian woman (front C) sings a Japanese song along with Japanese visitors at a gathering on Shikotan island, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on June 7, 2014, the 23rd year of visa-free exchanges between the two countries.

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Annual visa-free visit to Russian-held northern isles

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese visitors offer a silent prayer at a memorial marker in a graveyard for deceased compatriots on Shikotan island, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on June 7, 2014, the 23rd year of visa-free exchanges between the two countries.

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Annual visa-free visit to Russian-held northern isles

SAPPORO, Japan - Russian children in vivid-colored costumes welcome Japanese visitors at a kindergarten on Shikotan island, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on June 7, 2014, the 23rd year of visa-free exchanges between the two countries.

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Ex-residents in Russian-held isles leave for visa-free visit

KUSHIRO, Japan - The first group of former Japanese residents in four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido leaves Nemuro port for a visa-free visit to one of the isles on May 24, 2014.

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Ship leaves for visa-free visit to Russian-held islands

KUSHIRO, Japan - A ship carrying the first group of former Japanese residents in four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido leaves Nemuro port for a visa-free visit to one of the isles on May 24, 2014.

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Protest against Japan in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - People stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 29, 2014, against Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals.

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S. Korean man rushes Japan envoy's car

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean man (C) is seized by police after rushing at a car carrying Koro Bessho, the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2014. The man was protesting against Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals. The man was overpowered before he could reach the envoy's vehicle.

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Territorial disputes

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2014. Hua expressed "grave concern" over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Koro Bessho (L), the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul and receives a rebuke from South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Koro Bessho (facing), the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul and receives a rebuke from South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Tai Young, spokesman for the South Korean foreign ministry, holds a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2014, to protest over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals.

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Japan-S. Korea territorial row

SEOUL, South Korea - Visitors view exhibitions at a museum featuring a group of disputed isles in the Sea of Japan as the facility opened in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2012. The group of South Korean-controlled islets claimed by Japan is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan-S. Korea territorial row

SEOUL, South Korea - Visitors view exhibitions at a museum featuring a group of disputed isles in the Sea of Japan as the facility opened in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2012. The group of South Korean-controlled islets claimed by Japan is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News on Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. A Tokyo metropolitan government team conducted an offshore inspection of the islands the same day as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team shortly after conducting an offshore inspection of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, with Kitakojima (L) and Minamikojima (R), part of the island group, shown in the background. The inspection was part of the metropolitan government's plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News on Sept. 2, 2012, shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Kitakojima, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The inspection was part of the metropolitan government's plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Minamikojima Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Tokyo metropolitan government team conducts an offshore inspection near a cave on Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Kitakojima Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of the its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of the its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of the its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Live-fire drill for defending remote isles

GOTEMBA, Japan - Japan's Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces conduct Aug. 26, 2012, a major annual artillery live-fire drill in Shizuoka Prefecture. The GSDF's fire power exercise at the East Fuji training area, which was open to the public for viewing, mobilized troops from the MSDF and ASDF working together in an integrated operation that for the first time featured a scenario -- driving out enemy troops from a remote island that has come under attack.

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Live-fire drill for defending remote isles

GOTEMBA, Japan - Japan's Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces conduct Aug. 26, 2012, a major annual artillery live-fire drill in Shizuoka Prefecture. The GSDF's fire power exercise at the East Fuji training area, which was open to the public for viewing, mobilized troops from the MSDF and ASDF working together in an integrated operation that for the first time featured a scenario -- driving out enemy troops from a remote island that has come under attack.

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Live-fire drill for defending remote isles

GOTEMBA, Japan - Japan's Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces conduct Aug. 26, 2012, a major annual artillery live-fire drill in Shizuoka Prefecture. The GSDF's fire power exercise at the East Fuji training area, which was open to the public for viewing, mobilized troops from the MSDF and ASDF working together in an integrated operation that for the first time featured a scenario -- driving out enemy troops from a remote island that has come under attack.

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Live-fire drill for defending remote isles

GOTEMBA, Japan - Japan's Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces conduct Aug. 26, 2012, a major annual artillery live-fire drill in Shizuoka Prefecture. The GSDF's fire power exercise at the East Fuji training area, which was open to the public for viewing, mobilized troops from the MSDF and ASDF working together in an integrated operation that for the first time featured a scenario -- driving out enemy troops from a remote island that has come under attack.

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Japan proposes to S. Korea taking isles dispute to ICJ

SEOUL, South Korea - Kotaro Otsuki (C), an official at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, arrives at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2012, to deliver Japan's formal proposal for the two countries to jointly seek a resolution at the International Court of Justice for their dispute over a group of sparsely inhabited islands in the Sea of Japan. South Korea has already indicated it would reject the offer over the disputed isles, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, which are controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo.

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Japan proposes to S. Korea taking isles dispute to ICJ

SEOUL, South Korea - Kotaro Otsuki (C), an official at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, is surrounded by reporters at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2012, after delivering Japan's formal proposal to the ministry for the two countries to jointly seek a resolution at the International Court of Justice for their dispute over a group of sparsely inhabited islands in the Sea of Japan. South Korea has already indicated it would reject the offer over the disputed isles, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, which are controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo.

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Japan proposes to S. Korea taking isles dispute to ICJ

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Tai Young, a spokesman for South Korea's Foreign Ministry, speaks at the ministry in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2012, about Japan's proposal for the two countries to jointly take their dispute over a pair of sparsely inhabited islands in the Sea of Japan to the International Court of Justice. South Korea rejected the Japanese proposal.