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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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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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China: Playful Tiger Cub Sneaks Up on Caretaker in Harbin Zoo

This video was filmed at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on August 26, 2025. It captured the cute moment when a tiger cub tried to catch his caretaker off guard, but was quickly noticed, scooped into his arms, and turned into a cuddly kitten.

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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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(2)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko during an annual spring garden party they hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the left are Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko.

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(1)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko (R) during an annual spring garden party he hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the right are Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko.

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Most cow-cloning sites positive on shipping beef to market

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2002 shows cloned cows at a farm in the town of Oshimizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. A new survey by Kyodo News revealed that 33 of the 40 facilities producing or raising cloned cows in Japan are positive about sending such cows to the market for human consumption. The government is expected to lift a ban on the distribution of beef from cloned cows after the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry compiles a report on the safety of such beef, probably in the spring. If the ban is lifted, it will be the first such case in the world.

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Komiyama joins New York Mets spring training

PORT ST. LUCIE, United States - Japanese right-hander Satoru Komiyama practices pitching at the New York Mets' spring training in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Feb. 16. Komiyama signed with the Mets for the minimum major-league salary of $200,000 for the 2002 season in addition to a $300,000 signing bonus and performance incentives of up to $500,000. (MLB)

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Amateur sumo champion Miyoshi joins Takasago stable

OSAKA, Japan - National amateur sumo champion Masato Miyoshi (R) shake hands with Takasago on Feb. 15 after deciding to turn professional and join the Takasago stable. By virtue of his national title in December, the 22-year-old Osaka native will make his debut as a 15th-ranked wrestler in the makushita division, the highest of four junior divisions, at the spring tourney in Osaka in March 2002.

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(3)Japan to issue World Cup commemorative coins next spring

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows three types of 500-yen nickel brass coins to be issued by the Finance Ministry next spring to mark the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The 500-yen coins are the same size as those currently in circulation and will have a world map and players on the head and a soccer ball, the emblem and a symbol indicating the length of a game on the back.

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(1)Japan to issue World Cup commemorative coins next spring

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows 10,000-yen gold coin to be issued by the Finance Ministry next spring for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The 10,000-yen gold coin, weighing 15.6 grams and 26 millimeters in diameter, will feature two soccer players on the head of the coin and the emblem for the event along with a cherry blossom, soccer ball and a rainbow on the back.

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(2)Japan to issue World Cup commemorative coins next spring+

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a 1,000-yen silver coin to be issued by the Finance Ministry next spring to commemorate the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The coin, weighing 31.1 grams and 40 mm in diameter, will have a trophy, cherry blossom and rose of Sharon, meant to symbolize each country, on the head with players and the emblem on the back.

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Kim Dae Jung abduction to be made into movie in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Movie director Junji Sakamoto (C) and his casts and staff pose at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 8. They will make the 1973 abduction of Kim Dae Jung, now South Korean president, from a Tokyo hotel to Seoul into a movie in Japan for release in both countries in the spring of 2002.

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Most cow-cloning sites positive on shipping beef to market

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2002 shows cloned cows at a farm in the town of Oshimizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. A new survey by Kyodo News revealed that 33 of the 40 facilities producing or raising cloned cows in Japan are positive about sending such cows to the market for human consumption. The government is expected to lift a ban on the distribution of beef from cloned cows after the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry compiles a report on the safety of such beef, probably in the spring. If the ban is lifted, it will be the first such case in the world. (Kyodo)

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Komiyama joins New York Mets spring training

PORT ST. LUCIE, United States - Japanese right-hander Satoru Komiyama practices pitching at the New York Mets' spring training in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Feb. 16. Komiyama signed with the Mets for the minimum major-league salary of $200,000 for the 2002 season in addition to a $300,000 signing bonus and performance incentives of up to $500,000. (MLB)

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Amateur sumo champion Miyoshi joins Takasago stable

OSAKA, Japan - National amateur sumo champion Masato Miyoshi (R) shake hands with Takasago on Feb. 15 after deciding to turn professional and join the Takasago stable. By virtue of his national title in December, the 22-year-old Osaka native will make his debut as a 15th-ranked wrestler in the makushita division, the highest of four junior divisions, at the spring tourney in Osaka in March 2002.

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(2)Japan to issue World Cup commemorative coins next spring+

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a 1,000-yen silver coin to be issued by the Finance Ministry next spring to commemorate the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The coin, weighing 31.1 grams and 40 mm in diameter, will have a trophy, cherry blossom and rose of Sharon, meant to symbolize each country, on the head with players and the emblem on the back.

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(1)Japan to issue World Cup commemorative coins next spring

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows 10,000-yen gold coin to be issued by the Finance Ministry next spring for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The 10,000-yen gold coin, weighing 15.6 grams and 26 millimeters in diameter, will feature two soccer players on the head of the coin and the emblem for the event along with a cherry blossom, soccer ball and a rainbow on the back.

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(2)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko during an annual spring garden party they hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the left are Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko. (Kyodo)

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(1)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko (R) during an annual spring garden party he hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the right are Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean anti-computer virus maker Ahnlab enters Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the ''V3 Virus Block'' software which South Korea's biggest anti-computer virus software maker Ahnlab Inc. began marketing in Japan on Sept. 3. Ahnlab, which accounts for 70% of the Korean market, set up a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo in the spring of 2002 to prepare for its full-fledged debut in Japan, where Symantec Corp. of the United States has a high share. (Kyodo)

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(3)Japan to issue World Cup commemorative coins next spring

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows three types of 500-yen nickel brass coins to be issued by the Finance Ministry next spring to mark the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The 500-yen coins are the same size as those currently in circulation and will have a world map and players on the head and a soccer ball, the emblem and a symbol indicating the length of a game on the back.

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Kim Dae Jung abduction to be made into movie in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Movie director Junji Sakamoto (C) and his casts and staff pose at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 8. They will make the 1973 abduction of Kim Dae Jung, now South Korean president, from a Tokyo hotel to Seoul into a movie in Japan for release in both countries in the spring of 2002.