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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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Memorial event in Potsdam on 80th A-bomb anniv.

Lanterns float on a lake in Potsdam on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan's Nagasaki in World War II. U.S. President Harry Truman's order for the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was issued during his stay in the eastern German city in the closing days of the war in the summer of 1945.

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Memorial event in Potsdam on 80th A-bomb anniv.

Lanterns float on a lake in Potsdam on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan's Nagasaki in World War II. U.S. President Harry Truman's order for the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was issued during his stay in the eastern German city in the closing days of the war in the summer of 1945.

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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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'Picture Letters of 1945' to be revived

TOKYO, Japan - Cartoonist Eiko Hanamura narrates her memories of the end of World War II in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2014, for inclusion in a revived version of "My Aug. 15, Picture Letters of 1945" with voice recordings attached, set for publication next summer.

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Colonial-era Japanese department store revived in Tainan

TAINAN, Taiwan - Locals in Japanese yukata (summer-time kimono) parade in front of Lin Department Store, reopened in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on June 14, 2014. The store first opened in 1932 and was operated by a Japanese entrepreneur during Taiwan's 1895-1945 colonization by Japan.

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U.S. Zen priest calls to prepare 300,000 Jizos for A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Jan Chozen Bays (R) an American Zen priest, speaks at a news conference in Nagasaki on May 13. Bays is seeking to gather about 300,000 handmade images and statues of Jizo, one of the most beloved divinities in Japan, by summer 2005 in memory of every victim of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Guitar that survived Hiroshima bombing

Guitarist Keiichiro Ishihara plays a guitar that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima on July 15, 2022, in the western Japan city. Ishihara will play concerts with the guitar in Tokyo, Osaka, Sendai and elsewhere in the summer of 2022.

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Japan's wartime, postwar English texts reflect changing ideas

Shigeru Takabayashi, who was a student at a branch of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from spring to summer of 1945, stands in front of the Hikawa Maru cruise liner in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo with the only remaining copy of the academy's English textbook and his diary at that time. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Spirit boat" procession held in Nagasaki to mourn deceased

People carry a decorated boat during the traditional "Shoro Nagashi" (Spirit Boat Procession) summer festival in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015, to commemorate victims of World War II and the 1945 atomic bombings. The day marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Spirit boat" procession held in Nagasaki to mourn deceased

People carrying decorated boats are poised to depart from near Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015, during the traditional "Shoro Nagashi" (Spirit Boat Procession) summer festival designed to commemorate victims of World War II and the 1945 atomic bombings. The day marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki high schoolers named "peace envoys" for overseas mission

Rina Uchino (L) and Hinako Ogawa pose at the city office of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 4, 2015, after their nomination as "peace ambassadors" commissioned to call for the total elimination of nuclear weapons at the United Nations' European headquarters in Geneva this summer. The grandparents of both girls were victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"A-bomb writer" Tamiki Hara

Writer Tamiki Hara, best known for his work "Summer Flowers" about his experience of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan, is shown in this file photo taken in December 1948, three years before his death at age 45. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Picture Letters of 1945' to be revived

TOKYO, Japan - Cartoonist Eiko Hanamura narrates her memories of the end of World War II in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2014, for inclusion in a revived version of "My Aug. 15, Picture Letters of 1945" with voice recordings attached, set for publication next summer. (Kyodo)

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75th A-bomb anniversary in Hiroshima

Emiko Okada, an 83-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is pictured against the background of the Atomic Bomb Dome in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the U.S. attack of her hometown. She started traveling around the world, including the United States, at around 50, to tell her story of the summer of 1945.

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U.S. Zen priest calls to prepare 300,000 Jizos for A-bomb victim

NAGASAKI, Japan - Jan Chozen Bays (R) an American Zen priest, speaks at a news conference in Nagasaki on May 13. Bays is seeking to gather about 300,000 handmade images and statues of Jizo, one of the most beloved divinities in Japan, by summer 2005 in memory of every victim of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Kyodo)