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Idol Immersion in India

Idol Immersion in India

An idol of Hindu Goddess Durga floats in a pond after immersion in Andawa village, near Prayagraj, India on October 2, 2025. The ritual marked the conclusion of the Durga Puja festival, when devotees submerge idols in water bodies as part of the farewell to the goddess. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Idol Immersion in India

An idol of Hindu Goddess Durga floats in a pond after immersion in Andawa village, near Prayagraj, India on October 2, 2025. The ritual marked the conclusion of the Durga Puja festival, when devotees submerge idols in water bodies as part of the farewell to the goddess. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Matmo Killed 8 People and Injured 5 Others - Vietnam

Typhoon Matmo Killed 8 People and Injured 5 Others - Vietnam

Floodwaters submerge low-lying areas in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam, October 7, 2025. Heavy rains and floods triggered by Typhoon Matmo have left eight people dead and five others injured in Vietnam, the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority announced Wednesday. Photo by VNA/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italy: Flooding Hits Milan as Seveso River Overflows Its Banks 2

Heavy storms swept across northern Italy on Monday, September 22, with several regions placed under high weather alerts. The storm brought heavy rain, causing major flooding in Milan as the Seveso River overflowed its banks and forcing residents to evacuate.

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Italy: Flooding Hits Milan as Seveso River Overflows Its Banks

Heavy storms swept across northern Italy on Monday, September 22, with several regions placed under high weather alerts. The storm brought heavy rain, causing major flooding in Milan as the Seveso River overflowed its banks and forcing residents to evacuate.

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Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Kamchatka, tsunami waves submerge coastal town after earthquake, homes damaged. This is a private photo posted on social media or broadcast media provided by this Agency. The Agency does not claim any ownership, including but not limited to copyright or license, of the attached material. The fees charged by this Agency are for the Agency's services only and do not convey, nor are they intended to convey to you, any copyright or license ownership in the material. By posting this material, you expressly agree to indemnify and hold the Agency and its directors, shareholders, and employees harmless from any loss, claim, damage, demand, expense (including legal fees), or any cause of action or allegation against the Agency arising from or in any way connected with the posting of the material. Kamchatka, Russia on July 30, 2025. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Kamchatka, tsunami waves submerge coastal town after earthquake, homes damaged. This is a private photo posted on social media or broadcast media provided by this Agency. The Agency does not claim any ownership, including but not limited to copyright or license, of the attached material. The fees charged by this Agency are for the Agency's services only and do not convey, nor are they intended to convey to you, any copyright or license ownership in the material. By posting this material, you expressly agree to indemnify and hold the Agency and its directors, shareholders, and employees harmless from any loss, claim, damage, demand, expense (including legal fees), or any cause of action or allegation against the Agency arising from or in any way connected with the posting of the material. Kamchatka, Russia on July 30, 2025. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Kamchatka, tsunami waves submerge coastal town after earthquake, homes damaged. This is a private photo posted on social media or broadcast media provided by this Agency. The Agency does not claim any ownership, including but not limited to copyright or license, of the attached material. The fees charged by this Agency are for the Agency's services only and do not convey, nor are they intended to convey to you, any copyright or license ownership in the material. By posting this material, you expressly agree to indemnify and hold the Agency and its directors, shareholders, and employees harmless from any loss, claim, damage, demand, expense (including legal fees), or any cause of action or allegation against the Agency arising from or in any way connected with the posting of the material. Kamchatka, Russia on July 30, 2025. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Kamchatka, tsunami waves submerge coastal town after earthquake, homes damaged. This is a private photo posted on social media or broadcast media provided by this Agency. The Agency does not claim any ownership, including but not limited to copyright or license, of the attached material. The fees charged by this Agency are for the Agency's services only and do not convey, nor are they intended to convey to you, any copyright or license ownership in the material. By posting this material, you expressly agree to indemnify and hold the Agency and its directors, shareholders, and employees harmless from any loss, claim, damage, demand, expense (including legal fees), or any cause of action or allegation against the Agency arising from or in any way connected with the posting of the material. Kamchatka, Russia on July 30, 2025. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Kamchatka, tsunami waves submerge coastal town after earthquake, homes damaged. This is a private photo posted on social media or broadcast media provided by this Agency. The Agency does not claim any ownership, including but not limited to copyright or license, of the attached material. The fees charged by this Agency are for the Agency's services only and do not convey, nor are they intended to convey to you, any copyright or license ownership in the material. By posting this material, you expressly agree to indemnify and hold the Agency and its directors, shareholders, and employees harmless from any loss, claim, damage, demand, expense (including legal fees), or any cause of action or allegation against the Agency arising from or in any way connected with the posting of the material. Kamchatka, Russia on July 30, 2025. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Kamchatka, tsunami waves submerge coastal town after earthquake, homes damaged. This is a private photo posted on social media or broadcast media provided by this Agency. The Agency does not claim any ownership, including but not limited to copyright or license, of the attached material. The fees charged by this Agency are for the Agency's services only and do not convey, nor are they intended to convey to you, any copyright or license ownership in the material. By posting this material, you expressly agree to indemnify and hold the Agency and its directors, shareholders, and employees harmless from any loss, claim, damage, demand, expense (including legal fees), or any cause of action or allegation against the Agency arising from or in any way connected with the posting of the material. Kamchatka, Russia on July 30, 2025. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Tsunami Waves Submerge Kamchatka Coastal City - Russia

Kamchatka, tsunami waves submerge coastal town after earthquake, homes damaged. This is a private photo posted on social media or broadcast media provided by this Agency. The Agency does not claim any ownership, including but not limited to copyright or license, of the attached material. The fees charged by this Agency are for the Agency's services only and do not convey, nor are they intended to convey to you, any copyright or license ownership in the material. By posting this material, you expressly agree to indemnify and hold the Agency and its directors, shareholders, and employees harmless from any loss, claim, damage, demand, expense (including legal fees), or any cause of action or allegation against the Agency arising from or in any way connected with the posting of the material. Kamchatka, Russia on July 30, 2025. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Rainfall Floods - India

Monsoon Rainfall Floods - India

A cremator burns a pyre on the flooded banks of the Ganges River in Prayagraj,India at Daraganj ghat near Sangam, on July 13, 2025, as rising water levels submerge surrounding areas. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Rainfall Floods - India

Monsoon Rainfall Floods - India

A cremator burns a pyre on the flooded banks of the Ganges River in Prayagraj,India at Daraganj ghat near Sangam, on July 13, 2025, as rising water levels submerge surrounding areas. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Rainfall Floods - India

Monsoon Rainfall Floods - India

People carrying their belongings wade through flood water on the banks of the Ganges river in Prayagraj,India on July 13, 2025, as rising water levels submerge surrounding areas. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Monsoon Rainfall Floods - India

Monsoon Rainfall Floods - India

A cremator burns a pyre on the flooded banks of the Ganges River in Prayagraj,India at Daraganj ghat near Sangam, on July 13, 2025, as rising water levels submerge surrounding areas. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain: Flooding Hits Lanzarote Island After Heavy Rainfall 3

Heavy rainfall swept across the Canary Island on Saturday, April 12, flooding hundreds of homes and roads on the Lanzarote island. Lanzarote's government declared a state of emergency until Sunday morning.

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Spain: Flooding Hits Lanzarote Island After Heavy Rainfall 2

Heavy rainfall swept across the Canary Island on Saturday, April 12, flooding hundreds of homes and roads on the Lanzarote island. Lanzarote's government declared a state of emergency until Sunday morning.

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Spain: Flooding Hits Lanzarote Island After Heavy Rainfall

Heavy rainfall swept across the Canary Island on Saturday, April 12, flooding hundreds of homes and roads on the Lanzarote island. Lanzarote's government declared a state of emergency until Sunday morning.

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CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

(230531) -- HAIKOU, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The crewed submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior) is released from the scientific research ship Tansuo-1 and prepares to submerge into the sea for conducting underwater investigation in the South China Sea, May 24, 2023. An iron anchor and a box have been discovered near one of the two South China Sea ancient shipwrecks where a Chinese archaeological investigation is ongoing. Approved by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, a deep-sea archaeological team is conducting the first stage of investigations at the site of the No. 1 and No. 2 shipwrecks near the northwest continental slope of the South China Sea. The investigation will run from late May to early June this year. The iron anchor and the box were discovered in the southwestern direction of the No. 1 shipwreck site, with a distance of about 50 meters between them. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

(230531) -- HAIKOU, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The crewed submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior) is released from the scientific research ship Tansuo-1 and prepares to submerge into the sea for conducting underwater investigation in the South China Sea, May 24, 2023. An iron anchor and a box have been discovered near one of the two South China Sea ancient shipwrecks where a Chinese archaeological investigation is ongoing. Approved by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, a deep-sea archaeological team is conducting the first stage of investigations at the site of the No. 1 and No. 2 shipwrecks near the northwest continental slope of the South China Sea. The investigation will run from late May to early June this year. The iron anchor and the box were discovered in the southwestern direction of the No. 1 shipwreck site, with a distance of about 50 meters between them. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

(230531) -- HAIKOU, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The crewed submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior) prepares to submerge into the sea before conducting underwater investigation in the South China Sea, May 27, 2023. An iron anchor and a box have been discovered near one of the two South China Sea ancient shipwrecks where a Chinese archaeological investigation is ongoing. Approved by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, a deep-sea archaeological team is conducting the first stage of investigations at the site of the No. 1 and No. 2 shipwrecks near the northwest continental slope of the South China Sea. The investigation will run from late May to early June this year. The iron anchor and the box were discovered in the southwestern direction of the No. 1 shipwreck site, with a distance of about 50 meters between them. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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New islet far south of Tokyo

New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (L) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (front) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (back) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (front) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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Submerged drivers' school in Kochi

Submerged drivers' school in Kochi

Heavy rains submerge a drivers' school in the western Japan city of Kochi on Sept. 25. The Kochi prefectural capital recorded rainfall of 240 millimeters between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25, causing flooding throughout the prefecture.

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Floods submerge large areas in central Sudan

STORY: Floods submerge large areas in central Sudan DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:05 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of floods STORYLINE: Several villages of Al-Managil locality in central Sudan's Gezira State have been submerged in water due to heavy rains and floods, while the authorities described the situations there as "catastrophic." Some 2,000 families have been affected by the rains and floods in the villages, acting governor of Gezira State Ismail Al-Agib, who accompanied the delegation to the area, was quoted as saying in the statement. Al-Tahir Hajar, who led a delegation of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council to inspect the floods-hit Al-Managil locality, stressed the urgent need to provide housing, food and medical supplies for local residents as the situation in Gezira State was "catastrophic" and had exceeded the disaster relief capacity of the state, the council said in a statement. Sudan was hit by heavy rains and floods recently. On Tuesday, Sudan's N

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Flood waters submerge apple trees in Nagano, central Japan, on Oct. 13, 2019, after the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Flood waters submerge an apple tree in Nagano, central Japan, on Oct. 13, 2019, after the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Flood waters submerge an apple tree in Nagano, central Japan, on Oct. 13, 2019, after the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Submerged drivers' school in Koc

Submerged drivers' school in Koc

Heavy rains submerge a drivers' school in the western Japan city of Kochi on Sept. 25. The Kochi prefectural capital recorded rainfall of 240 millimeters between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25, causing flooding throughout the prefecture.

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