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Farmers Protest And Block On Highway A64 - France

Louis, who came to support farmers and the animal cause, wearing his T-shirt with the slogan, If we don t do anything, no one else will do it for us. On the farmers blockade of the A64 highway with Les Ultras de l A64. Farmers have set up roadblocks on the A64 motorway near Carbonne. In recent days, roadblocks have been springing up across France to protest against the government s health policy on the contagious nodular dermatosis (DNC) epidemic. The slaughter of 200 cows in Ariege, a decision that pitted protesters against law enforcement for two days, has reignited the controversy. France, Carbonne, 13 December 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmers Protest And Block On Highway A64 - France

Louis, who came to support farmers and the animal cause, wearing his T-shirt with the slogan, If we don t do anything, no one else will do it for us. On the farmers blockade of the A64 highway with Les Ultras de l A64. Farmers have set up roadblocks on the A64 motorway near Carbonne. In recent days, roadblocks have been springing up across France to protest against the government s health policy on the contagious nodular dermatosis (DNC) epidemic. The slaughter of 200 cows in Ariege, a decision that pitted protesters against law enforcement for two days, has reignited the controversy. France, Carbonne, 13 December 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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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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Fukushima cattle farmer brings cow for protest at farm ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Masami Yoshizawa (2nd from R), 60, a cattle farmer from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is stopped by a police officer as he attempts to get a cow off a truck in front of the farm ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2014. Yoshizawa brought one of his cows to the ministry to protest against the government's policy of culling cattle exposed to radiation in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the power plant.

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Fukushima cattle farmer brings cow for protest at farm ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Masami Yoshizawa (R), 60, a cattle farmer from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, protests against the government's policy of culling cattle exposed to radiation in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the plant, in front of the farm ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2014. Defying a government ban on taking livestock outside a 20-kilometer radius of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant, Yoshizawa, whose farm is located within the radius, transported one of his cows by truck to the farm ministry for the protest. The cow can be seen on the truck in the background.

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Fukushima cattle farmer brings cow for protest at farm ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Masami Yoshizawa (R), 60, a cattle farmer from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, protests against the government's policy of culling cattle exposed to radiation in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the plant, in front of the farm ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2014. Defying a government ban on taking livestock outside a 20-kilometer radius of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant, Yoshizawa, whose farm is located within the radius, transported one of his cows by truck to the farm ministry for the protest.

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Fukushima cattle farmer brings cow for protest at farm ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Masami Yoshizawa (2nd from R), 60, a cattle farmer from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is stopped by a police officer as he attempts to get a cow off a truck in front of the farm ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2014. Yoshizawa brought one of his cows to the ministry to protest against the government's policy of culling cattle exposed to radiation in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the power plant.

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Panel to agree in March to exclude young cows from mad cow tests

TOKYO, Japan - The Prion Research Committee of the Food Safety Commission, a government panel in charge of mad cow disease, is in session in Tokyo on March 11. Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, chairman of the committee, indicated after the session that his panel may reach a conclusion later in the mmonth that young cows aged up to 20 months can be excluded from tests for mad cow disease, clearing one of hurdles to lift a 15-month-old ban on U.S. beef imports to Japan.

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KENYA-KILIFI-DROUGHT

(220330) -- KILIFI, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villager Eliud Karisa shows the remains of his dead cows in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, March 23, 2022. Scattered on the five-acre farm in Bandari village, Kidemu sub-location in Kenya's coastal Kilifi County, were withered maize crops. Adam Ndamunga, an officer with Kenya National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in Kilifi, said the drought situation in the region started in August 2021 and has been progressing due to inadequate rains. The United Nations relief agency said the Horn of Africa is experiencing one of its worst droughts in recent history, with more than 13 million people severely food insecure in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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Panel to agree in March to exclude young cows from mad cow tests

TOKYO, Japan - The Prion Research Committee of the Food Safety Commission, a government panel in charge of mad cow disease, is in session in Tokyo on March 11. Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, chairman of the committee, indicated after the session that his panel may reach a conclusion later in the mmonth that young cows aged up to 20 months can be excluded from tests for mad cow disease, clearing one of hurdles to lift a 15-month-old ban on U.S. beef imports to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima cattle farmer brings cow for protest at farm ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Masami Yoshizawa (R), 60, a cattle farmer from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, protests against the government's policy of culling cattle exposed to radiation in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the plant, in front of the farm ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2014. Defying a government ban on taking livestock outside a 20-kilometer radius of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant, Yoshizawa, whose farm is located within the radius, transported one of his cows by truck to the farm ministry for the protest. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima cattle farmer brings cow for protest at farm ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Masami Yoshizawa (2nd from R), 60, a cattle farmer from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is stopped by a police officer as he attempts to get a cow off a truck in front of the farm ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2014. Yoshizawa brought one of his cows to the ministry to protest against the government's policy of culling cattle exposed to radiation in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the power plant. (Kyodo)