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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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on June 30, 2015 to greet him and wish him a pleasant stay in Castel Gandolfo in the Roman hills. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI is leaving the Vatican for his first sojourn since retiring. He's escaping an impending heat wave by heading to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. The meeting lasted about half and hour. Pope Emeritus Benedict will remain in Castel Gandolfo for the next two weeks. He is scheduled to return on July 14. - Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Paris Fashion Week - Elie Saab Front Row

Alain Delon and former wife Rosalie van Breemen front row for the Elie Saab Spring-Summer 2013 Ready-to-Wear collection show held at Espace Ephemere Tuileries as part of the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 3, 2012. Photo by Frederic Nebinger/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Fashion Week - Elie Saab Front Row

Alain Delon and former wife Rosalie van Breemen front row for the Elie Saab Spring-Summer 2013 Ready-to-Wear collection show held at Espace Ephemere Tuileries as part of the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 3, 2012. Photo by Frederic Nebinger/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Fashion Week - Elie Saab Front Row

Alain Delon and former wife Rosalie van Breemen front row for the Elie Saab Spring-Summer 2013 Ready-to-Wear collection show held at Espace Ephemere Tuileries as part of the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 3, 2012. Photo by Frederic Nebinger/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Tokyo Tower illuminated in Olympic colors

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2013, shows Tokyo Tower illuminated in the Olympic colors in celebration of the city being chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Tokyo Tower illuminated in Olympic colors

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2013, shows Tokyo Tower illuminated in the Olympic colors in celebration of the city being chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Tokyo Tower illuminated in Olympic colors

TOKYO, Japan - Women to participate in the Miss International contest pose in front of Tokyo Tower on Dec. 15, 2013, which is illuminated in the Olympic colors in celebration of Tokyo being chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Wrestling world body president ousted

PHUKET, Thailand - Raphael Martinetti, president of FILA, attends a bureau meeting of the world wrestling governing body in Phuket, Thailand, on Feb. 16, 2013. The organization ousted the Swiss from his post later in the day following the International Olympic Committee's axing of wrestling as a core sport for the 2020 Summer Games.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - An Okinawa Rail, a critically endangered, flightless bird found only in northern Okinawa, is suspended inside its cage to maintain upright posture, a measure to help in its rehabilitation after its spinal cord was damaged, at a facility run by a nonprofit group protecting wild animals in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2013. The bird, believed to have been hit by a car and found immobile on a road in the summer of 2011, has since been recovering and now undergoes walking training at the facility.

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'Manga' to teach danger of asbestos in quakes

KOBE, Japan - A young man and woman hold copies of a "manga" explanatory book created by Kobe University and Kyoto Seika University to teach the risks of being exposed to asbestos in the event of an earthquake at Kobe University in Kobe, western Japan, on March 26, 2014. Students from the universities have contributed to producing the book by interviewing people affected by the March 2011 earthquake in Ishinomaki and the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture in the summer of 2013.

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Plans formalized for Mt. Fuji admission fee

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2013 shows Mt. Fuji, seen from Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. Local prefectures officially adopted on Jan. 22, 2014, plans to set a voluntary 1,000 yen admission fee for climbers of the 3,776-meter volcanic mountain, starting in the summer of 2014.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Mami Sato (L), a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, rings the closing bell by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pictured after ringing the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year. Mami Sato, a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, is to the right.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) claps with others during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, marking the last trading day of the year. To the right is Mami Sato, a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Mt. Fuji admission fee set at 1,000 yen

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mt. Fuji, seen from near the border between the cities of Fuji and Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture. Local prefectures agreed Dec. 25, 2013, to collect a 1,000 yen admission fee from climbers on Mt. Fuji from the summer of 2014 on a voluntary basis.

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Mt. Fuji admission fee set at 1,000 yen

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Dec. 12, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji, seen from Miho no Matsubara in Shizuoka Prefecture. Local prefectures agreed Dec. 25, 2013, to collect a 1,000 yen admission fee from climbers on Mt. Fuji from the summer of 2014 on a voluntary basis.

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Japan's slalom pioneer

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Kaiwa (R), the first Japanese alpine skier to compete in World Cup races as a member of the first-seed group in the late 1970s, provides guidance about summer training to a skier at a ski slope in Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2013.

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Resort in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in September 2013 shows a guest room of a luxurious hotel that opened in the summer of the same year near a beach resort in Wonsan, North Korea.

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Resort in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in September 2013 shows a luxurious hotel that opened in the summer of the same year near a beach resort in Wonsan, North Korea.

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Takanashi wins 2nd straight overall Grand Prix title

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Sara Takanashi of Japan smiles on the winner's podium in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sept. 21, 2013. The 16-year-old reigning individual winter World Cup champion scored 244.5 points to clinch the overall women's summer Grand Prix title for the second year in a row.

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Takanashi wins 2nd straight overall Grand Prix title

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Sara Takanashi of Japan jumps in a Grand Prix series meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sept. 21, 2013. The 16-year-old reigning individual winter World Cup champion scored 244.5 points to clinch the overall women's summer Grand Prix title for the second year in a row.

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Consultant on Tokyo Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - British consultant Nick Varley is pictured in Buenos Aires on Sept. 9, 2013. Varley was chief coordinator of Tokyo's bid presentation for the 2020 Summer Olympics during a general meeting of the International Olympic Committee in the Argentine capital on Sept. 7, 2013. Tokyo was selected to host the Games ahead of Istanbul and Madrid.

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Samaranch Jr.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., a Spanish member of the International Olympic Committee, speaks in an interview in Buenos Aires on Sept. 9, 2013, two days after Tokyo was chosen as the city to host the 2020 Summer Olympics at the IOC's general session, beating Istanbul and Madrid.

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2020 Olympic host city Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a night view of Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2013. At front is the National Olympic Stadium, which will be demolished and replaced by a new space-age stadium that will be the centerpiece of the 2020 Summer Olympics to be hosted by the Japanese capital.

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2020 Olympic host city Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a night view of Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2013. At center Tokyo Tower (C) is illuminated in Olympic colors after the Japanese capital was selected as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Seen in left back is the Tokyo Skytree tower.

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China on Tokyo's Olympic hosting

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Sept. 9, 2013. The spokesman stopped short of congratulating Tokyo for winning the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, and instead urged Japan to make more efforts to mend bilateral ties frayed over an island dispute.

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Influential IOC member

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Photo shows Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah (C in front row), an influential member of the International Olympic Committee from Kuwait, attending the ceremony to announce the 2020 Summer Olympics host city in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 7, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L), Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee (5th from L), Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose and other people pose for photos with International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (4th from L) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 7, 2013, after the Japanese capital was selected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics beating other candidate cities Istanbul and Madrid.

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Finance minister on 2020 Tokyo Olympics

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters on economic effects of Tokyo's hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2013.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

OSAKA, Japan - Extra edition copies of a newspaper are given to passers-by outside JR Osaka Station in Osaka,w western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - Extra edition copies of a newspaper are given to passers-by outside JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - Extra edition copies of a newspaper are given to passers-by in Tokyo's Ginza area on Sept. 8, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Sergei Bubka, member of the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board, in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the IOC's general session. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose are seen at a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose attend a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the IOC's general session.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose attend a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the IOC's general session.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends an official press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session. To the left is IOC President Jacques Rogge.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) chat as Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda (R) signs the host city contract at a signing ceremony in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics at the IOC's general session.