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Chile: Kast Declares Catastrophe in Coquimbo and Huasco Amid Storm

A frontal storm system dropped a month's worth of rainfall on northern Chile, prompting President José Antonio Kast to declare a State of Emergency and Catastrophe for the Coquimbo region and Huasco province on Monday. The storm has left at least five dead, and more than 99,000 people isolated nationwide, Senapred reported Monday, July 20.

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Chile: Kast Declares Catastrophe in Coquimbo and Huasco Amid Storm 2

A frontal storm system dropped a month's worth of rainfall on northern Chile, prompting President José Antonio Kast to declare a State of Emergency and Catastrophe for the Coquimbo region and Huasco province on Monday. The storm has left at least five dead, and more than 99,000 people isolated nationwide, Senapred reported Monday, July 20.

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UAE: Dubai Battered by Heavy Rain and Flooding as Severe Storm System Moves In

Heavy rain, thunder, and flooding struck Dubai and across the UAE beginning March 23, causing widespread disruption to roads and travel. Parts of Abu Dhabi and Ajman recorded rainfall totals that almost reached annual levels, with gauges recording up to 93.3mm. Authorities warned that worse conditions were expected to peak Thursday night into Friday morning, with the possibility of hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes. Residents were advised to avoid flood-prone areas and unnecessary travel as the storm system was forecast to continue through Friday, March 27.

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Flash Flood Aftermath In Aceh Tamiang - Indonesia

On December 16, 2025, in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh, Indonesia. Residents navigate a landscape transformed by debris following the catastrophic flash floods triggered by Tropical Cyclone Senyar. Amidst the ruins, survivors collect timber transported from the highlands—a grim harvest from the upstream Leuser Ecosystem. Rudi Putra, environmentalist and founder of the Leuser Conservation Forum (FKL), warns that this disaster is not an isolated event but a symptom of the "6th Extinction" phase. Analysing the decadal climate cycle, Putra highlights a terrifying escalation: the scale of flood destruction is now a direct reflection of the vanishing "Heart of the World." Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Flash Flood Aftermath In Aceh Tamiang - Indonesia

On December 16, 2025, in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh, Indonesia. Residents navigate a landscape transformed by debris following the catastrophic flash floods triggered by Tropical Cyclone Senyar. Amidst the ruins, survivors collect timber transported from the highlands—a grim harvest from the upstream Leuser Ecosystem. Rudi Putra, environmentalist and founder of the Leuser Conservation Forum (FKL), warns that this disaster is not an isolated event but a symptom of the "6th Extinction" phase. Analysing the decadal climate cycle, Putra highlights a terrifying escalation: the scale of flood destruction is now a direct reflection of the vanishing "Heart of the World." Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Flash Flood Aftermath In Aceh Tamiang - Indonesia

On December 16, 2025, in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh, Indonesia. Residents navigate a landscape transformed by debris following the catastrophic flash floods triggered by Tropical Cyclone Senyar. Amidst the ruins, survivors collect timber transported from the highlands—a grim harvest from the upstream Leuser Ecosystem. Rudi Putra, environmentalist and founder of the Leuser Conservation Forum (FKL), warns that this disaster is not an isolated event but a symptom of the "6th Extinction" phase. Analysing the decadal climate cycle, Putra highlights a terrifying escalation: the scale of flood destruction is now a direct reflection of the vanishing "Heart of the World." Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Flooding in Spain

Residents of the Campanillas district remove water and mud with brushes. On March 18, 2025, in Malaga (Andalusia, Spain). Firefighters, Local Police and Civil Protection are proceeding to the evacuation of several people in the neighborhoods of Santa Agueda and Santa Amalia, in the district of Campanillas, in Malaga city, which have been isolated by the flooding of the Guadalhorce river. . Photo by Álex Zea / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Flooding in Spain

Residents of the Campanillas district remove water and mud with brushes. On March 18, 2025, in Malaga (Andalusia, Spain). Firefighters, Local Police and Civil Protection are proceeding to the evacuation of several people in the neighborhoods of Santa Agueda and Santa Amalia, in the district of Campanillas, in Malaga city, which have been isolated by the flooding of the Guadalhorce river. . Photo by Álex Zea / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Flooding in Spain

Residents of the Campanillas district remove water and mud with brushes. On March 18, 2025, in Malaga (Andalusia, Spain). Firefighters, Local Police and Civil Protection are proceeding to the evacuation of several people in the neighborhoods of Santa Agueda and Santa Amalia, in the district of Campanillas, in Malaga city, which have been isolated by the flooding of the Guadalhorce river. . Photo by Álex Zea / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zhentang Township In Tibet

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 13, 2024 shows a view of Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Zhentang is a remote township bordering Nepal in Dinggye County in the city of Xigaze. Besieged by forests at the foot of Qomolangma deep in the Himalayas, the township has an average altitude of over 2,000 meters and is home to more than 2,600 Sherpa people. Zhentang, meaning "path for transportation," earned its name when Sherpa people would carry large amounts of daily necessities across the steep terrain long ago. Thanks to improved transportation and telecommunication facilities, the Sherpa people in the once-isolated township at the China-Nepal border are now connected with the outside world and embracing modern life. In recent years, Zhentang has focused on developing cross-border trade, aquaculture, tourism and other industries. The per capita disposable income of rural residents in the township is expected to reach 16,578.5 yuan (about 2,278.4 U.S. doll

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Zhentang Township In Tibet

A Sherpa man makes bamboo baskets on the roof in Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 13, 2024. Zhentang is a remote township bordering Nepal in Dinggye County in the city of Xigaze. Besieged by forests at the foot of Qomolangma deep in the Himalayas, the township has an average altitude of over 2,000 meters and is home to more than 2,600 Sherpa people. Zhentang, meaning "path for transportation," earned its name when Sherpa people would carry large amounts of daily necessities across the steep terrain long ago. Thanks to improved transportation and telecommunication facilities, the Sherpa people in the once-isolated township at the China-Nepal border are now connected with the outside world and embracing modern life. In recent years, Zhentang has focused on developing cross-border trade, aquaculture, tourism and other industries. The per capita disposable income of rural residents in the township is expected to reach 16,578.5 yuan (about 2,278.4 U.S

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Zhentang Township In Tibet

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 13, 2024 shows a view of Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Zhentang is a remote township bordering Nepal in Dinggye County in the city of Xigaze. Besieged by forests at the foot of Qomolangma deep in the Himalayas, the township has an average altitude of over 2,000 meters and is home to more than 2,600 Sherpa people. Zhentang, meaning "path for transportation," earned its name when Sherpa people would carry large amounts of daily necessities across the steep terrain long ago. Thanks to improved transportation and telecommunication facilities, the Sherpa people in the once-isolated township at the China-Nepal border are now connected with the outside world and embracing modern life. In recent years, Zhentang has focused on developing cross-border trade, aquaculture, tourism and other industries. The per capita disposable income of rural residents in the township is expected to reach 16,578.5 yuan (about 2,278.4 U.S. doll

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Zhentang Township In Tibet

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 13, 2024 shows a view of Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Zhentang is a remote township bordering Nepal in Dinggye County in the city of Xigaze. Besieged by forests at the foot of Qomolangma deep in the Himalayas, the township has an average altitude of over 2,000 meters and is home to more than 2,600 Sherpa people. Zhentang, meaning "path for transportation," earned its name when Sherpa people would carry large amounts of daily necessities across the steep terrain long ago. Thanks to improved transportation and telecommunication facilities, the Sherpa people in the once-isolated township at the China-Nepal border are now connected with the outside world and embracing modern life. In recent years, Zhentang has focused on developing cross-border trade, aquaculture, tourism and other industries. The per capita disposable income of rural residents in the township is expected to reach 16,578.5 yuan (about 2,278.4 U.S. doll

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Residents and volunteers clean up the devastation caused by the DANA on November 1, 2024, in Utiel, Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The sixth death toll from the passage of the DANA through the province of Valencia leaves 202 fatalities. Since late on Tuesday, the Multiple Victims Procedure has been activated, which is carrying out the balances provided through the information received from the different security and emergency bodies and forces. In addition, the material damage is uncountable, with roads cut off and areas isolated by water, mud and landslides. Approximately 23,000 people are still without electricity supply in the province of Valencia because of the storm of the DANA, after having recovered more than 132,000 affected since Wednesday, 85 percent of those initially damaged. This DANA is the most tragic atmospheric catastrophe that has been registered in Spain in more than half a century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visiting Rafah, the last hope for Gazans to escape war

STORY: Visiting Rafah, the last hope for Gazans to escape war SHOOTING TIME: March 30, 2024 DATELINE: April 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: RAFAH, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets of Rafah in the Gaza Strip 2. STANDUP (English): SANAA KAMAL, Xinhua reporter 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAMIHA, Palestinian resident 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HANI AL-SHAER, Palestinian resident 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOHAMMED, Palestinian resident STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): SANAA KAMAL, Xinhua reporter "Between life and death, more than two million Palestinian people in the isolated enclave are reeling in the Gaza Strip amid the continuing war between the Hamas movement and the Israeli army for the sixth month in a row, amid the absence of any signs of reaching a humanitarian ceasefire between Hamas and Israel shortly. Now we are standing in front of a home, a residential house that was bombed by Israeli warplanes that attacked over the heads of its residents, killing a number of them and wound

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China's isolated county sees a decade of transformation

STORY: China's isolated county sees a decade of transformation SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 10-15, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the highway and Medog-related footage STORYLINE: This year marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the highway connecting Bome to Medog in China's Xizang Autonomous Region Before the opening of the highway, Medog residents had to rely on mountain trails, ziptreks, and wooden and rattan bridges Supplies, ranging from grain to medicine and textbooks, had to be transported to the county through human labor and by horseback The highway, which opened in 2013, brought many changes to the county Bananas, lemons, and other fruits produced in Medog could find markets far and wide The once-remote mountain county has also evolved into a thriving tourist destination, receiving about 348,000 tourists in first 9 months of this year According to official data, the local GDP increased from 260 million yuan (35.6 m

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Wide areas of Japan hit by heavy snow

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 8, 2014, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter hovering above a community in the western Japanese town of Tsurugi, which was isolated following heavy snow, so rescue workers could confirm the safety of residents. The heavy snow has left six people dead and hundreds affected by disruptions to transport.

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Wide areas of Japan hit by heavy snow

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 8, 2014, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter hovering above a community in the western Japanese town of Tsurugi, which was isolated following heavy snow, so rescue workers could confirm the safety of residents. The heavy snow has left six people dead and hundreds affected by disruptions to transport.

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Efforts to keep local people united in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - The Japan National Council of Social Welfare's branch in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, holds a teatime gathering in May 2014 for local residents who lost or were separated from neighbors in the 2011 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan, though their own houses escaped destruction. The regular teatime gatherings are part of the organization's efforts to prevent local residents from becoming isolated.

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After downpour on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - Children blow soap bubbles on Oct. 24, 2010, at a facility where they took refuge after a downpour on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The heavy rain triggered mudslides and flooding on the island, killing three women and leaving hundreds of residents isolated or in shelters.

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(6)Evacuees allowed to return to their isolated village

YAMAKOSHI VILLAGE, Japan - Houses and roads remain heavily damaged in the mountain village of Yamakoshi in central Niigata on Oct. 29. Evacuated residents were allowed to return to the isolated village to check their houses and personal belongings for the first time in a week.

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(1)Evacuees allowed to return to isolated village

YAMAKOSHI VILLAGE, Japan - Residents evacuated from Yamakoshi Village in Niigata Prefecture are flown back to the isolated village in a Self-Defense Forces helicopter on Oct. 29. They were allowed to return to the village temporarily for the first time in a week to check their damaged houses and personal belongings.

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(6)Evacuees allowed to return to their isolated village

YAMAKOSHI VILLAGE, Japan - Houses and roads remain heavily damaged in the mountain village of Yamakoshi in central Niigata on Oct. 29. Evacuated residents were allowed to return to the isolated village to check their houses and personal belongings for the first time in a week. (Kyodo)

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(1)Evacuees allowed to return to isolated village

YAMAKOSHI VILLAGE, Japan - Residents evacuated from Yamakoshi Village in Niigata Prefecture are flown back to the isolated village in a Self-Defense Forces helicopter on Oct. 29. They were allowed to return to the village temporarily for the first time in a week to check their damaged houses and personal belongings. (Kyodo)

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Wide areas of Japan hit by heavy snow

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 8, 2014, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter hovering above a community in the western Japanese town of Tsurugi, which was isolated following heavy snow, so rescue workers could confirm the safety of residents. The heavy snow has left six people dead and hundreds affected by disruptions to transport. (Kyodo)

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Wide areas of Japan hit by heavy snow

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 8, 2014, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter hovering above a community in the western Japanese town of Tsurugi, which was isolated following heavy snow, so rescue workers could confirm the safety of residents. The heavy snow has left six people dead and hundreds affected by disruptions to transport. (Kyodo)

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After downpour on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - Children blow soap bubbles on Oct. 24, 2010, at a facility where they took refuge after a downpour on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The heavy rain triggered mudslides and flooding on the island, killing three women and leaving hundreds of residents isolated or in shelters. (Kyodo)