16 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’
Katsushika Hokusai's ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ gracefully distills the power of the ocean into a two-dimensional image that's as deceptively simple as it is mesmerizing.
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Typhoon Khanun kills one man, knocks out power to one-third of Japan's Okinawa homes
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -High winds hit power lines in Japan's popular tourist destination Okinawa, knocking out electricity to
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China intensifies flood rescue efforts south of Beijing after historic rains
By Liz Lee and Ella Cao BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Wednesday dispatched thousands of rescue workers to Zhuozhou, a flooded
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Rain pelts Beijing, northern China for fourth day, killing at least 11
BEIJING Relentless rain stretched into a fourth day in Beijing and nearby cities on Tuesday as a weakening
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Typhoon Doksuri: Thousands flee their homes as heavy rain lashes Beijing
BEIJING Beijing recorded its heaviest rainfall this year as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri passed through China's capital
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Russia storm: High winds kill 10 in central Volga region
Eight of the victims died when trees fell on their campsite near a lake in Mari El region.
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Northern China prepares for Doksuri floods, Beijing residents told to stay indoors
BEIJING (Reuters) -Northern China on Sunday braced for potential floods from the Doksuri storm that caused havoc in southern areas,
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Weaker Doksuri drenches north China, Beijing evacuates thousands
By Liz Lee, Jenny Wang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -Rain soaked northern China on Saturday as Doksuri, one of
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Scorching heat wave bakes US as heat index soars past 100 F
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) -Tens of millions of Americans were confronted with a one-two punch of brutally hot temperatures
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Typhoon Doksuri destroys power lines, closes factories as it rips into China
By Bernard Orr and Yimou Lee BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Typhoon Doksuri swept into China's southeastern Fujian province on Friday unleashing heavy
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Temperatures soar in eastern US, capping globe's record July
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) -An intensifying heat wave descended on the eastern United States on Thursday, prompting warnings about
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Biden seeks heat hazard alert, provides $1 billion to plant trees
WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he had asked Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to issue
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