US: Flash Flood Hits Durham, NC Days After Tropical Depression Chantal

Several parts of North Carolina experienced severe flash flooding on Wednesday, July 9, as a strong line of thunderstorms moved into the region, just days after Tropical Depression Chantal brought intense flooding to Chapel Hill. The Durham Fire Department responded to multiple calls as a result of flooding across the city and surrounding areas, including rescue operation.

Dutch Keukenhof park celebrates 75th anniversary

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong (L) trims rose sprays at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions includ

Rose plantation promises rosy future for farmers in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Rose plantation promises rosy future for farmers in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: YUTIAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of villagers picking roses in the rose farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uygur): ZORHEGULI YAKUF, Villager 3. various of rose-related products 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YAN YONGJUN, Chairman of Xinjiang Yutian Guimi Biological Technology Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: Diverse varieties of roses have become a source of vitality for the local economy in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located on the southern edge of China's largest desert, the Taklamakan, Yutian County in Hotan Prefecture has a long rose planting history. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uygur): ZORHEGULI YAKUF, Villager "Every May, when the roses bloom, I come here to pick them. Picking one kilogram of roses can earn me 3 yuan (about 0.42 U.S. dollars). I pick over 40 kilograms a day, and that'll make me nearly 150 yuan (about 21.23 U.S. dollars). My folks, friends, and f

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Roses of 800 different varieties are in full bloom at Yatsu Rose Garden in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on May 22, 2020, temporarily closed due to the new coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Roses of 800 different varieties are in full bloom at Yatsu Rose Garden in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on May 22, 2020, temporarily closed due to the new coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Roses of 800 different varieties are in full bloom at Yatsu Rose Garden in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on May 22, 2020, temporarily closed due to the new coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo