China: Typhoon Bavi Rips Metal Roof Off Residential Building in Shanghai

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2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members on Feb. 14 search a bamboo grove in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, where an OH-6 observation helicopter from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu crashed after it hit an AH-1 antitank chopper from the same camp. Two crewmen on board the OH-6 were killed. A window on the AH-1 broke and one crewman suffered slight injuries, but the chopper returned to camp.

2 crewmen rescued after freighter warns of capsizing in inland s

2 crewmen rescued after freighter warns of capsizing in inland s

OITA, Japan - One of the four crewmen on a gravel freighter is rescued by Japan Coast Guard crewmen off Oita Prefecture on Dec. 5. Later another crewman of the freighter was rescued. The photo was provided by the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members on Feb. 14 search a bamboo grove in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, where an OH-6 observation helicopter from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu crashed after it hit an AH-1 antitank chopper from the same camp. Two crewmen on board the OH-6 were killed. A window on the AH-1 broke and one crewman suffered slight injuries, but the chopper returned to camp.