NTA Video Stories

Tokyo, Japan – The first fireworks of the Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival lit up a misty sky on Saturday evening, October 24, as spectators in rain ponchos watched from Hinode Pier. X user bustopher.j filmed the opening of the show from the pier, as red, green and purple bursts rose over the dark water, their colours reflecting on the bay while small boats sat below and rows of hooded viewers h...

Tokyo, Japan – Bursts of gold and red fireworks lit up the sky over Tokyo Bay on Saturday, October 24, glowing through thick smoke above the city’s waterfront towers as the Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival made its comeback. X user onotch filmed the show from high above the bay, with lit apartment blocks in the foreground as bursts of gold and red light flickered through a thick grey blank...

Tokyo, Japan – Crowds in raincoats packed a waterfront viewing area on Saturday, October 24, as the Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival lit up the sky for the first time in 11 years. X user Kayo Osumi filmed gold, red and green shells bursting around a tall lattice tower as spectators lined the wet promenade, with the lights of Rainbow Bridge glowing across the bay. “The Tokyo Bay Grand Firew...

Tokyo, Japan – Fireworks exploded over Tokyo Bay on Saturday, October 24, as the Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival returned for the first time in 11 years despite steady light rain. X user Toraimu filmed the opening minutes of the show, as red, green and gold shells burst in a hazy, wet sky behind the illuminated Rainbow Bridge and thick smoke drifted over the water between volleys. About 12,000...

Osaka, Japan – Cheering Apple staff counted down and high-fived customers as the doors opened at the Apple Umeda store in Osaka on Friday, October 23, for the launch of the iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable phone. X user tsuyopon filmed the opening, as a staff member at the glass entrance leads the countdown before rows of employees in blue shirts wave, clap and slap hands with shoppers wal...

Palangka Raya, Indonesia – Thick orange smoke from forest and land fires smothered the city of Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan on Saturday, October 24, turning the sky a deep amber and cutting visibility on its streets. X user Tutu Tata filmed the haze outside a shop at 1:34 p.m., where motorbikes emerge from the smoke on a road lined with traditional-roofed buildings and power lines fade into...

Nairobi, Kenya – Hundreds of people packed the streets around a pile of flattened concrete floors in Nairobi’s Eastleigh district after a high-rise under construction collapsed on 9th Street on Friday afternoon, October 23. X user Benard Ngeno filmed the crowd gathered below the wreckage, writing, “Building which was under construction fell down in eastleigh section 9.” The video...

Buford, United States – Shoppers lined the upper walkway of the Mall of Georgia before dawn on Friday, October 23, as Apple’s first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, went on sale. X user Kyle filmed the queue snaking along the railing, with some people sitting on the floor and in folding chairs looking at their phones while others stood waiting. “Got here at 5:45 AM and there was already...

Norman, Oklahoma – Sheriff’s deputies waded into a dark creek and grabbed an escaped caiman by hand, ending a search for the reptile that had been on the loose in central Oklahoma since August. Body camera footage released by the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office shows deputies shining flashlights into muddy water before lunging at the caiman and pulling it out as they shout, “He...

Middle East – U.S. Marine Corps F-35C stealth fighter jets thundered off a runway at an undisclosed base in the Middle East during routine flight operations, according to U.S. Central Command. CENTCOM released the footage on October 23. It shows a pilot strapped into the cockpit and a crew member in a flight suit working beneath the jet’s landing gear before the fighters take off one after a...

Oljato, Utah – Raging runoff carved deep gullies into the red earth along a paved road near Monument Valley, eating away at the asphalt’s edge as heavy rain battered the Navajo Nation on Thursday, October 22. The Navajo Police Department released two videos showing the damage on Oljato’s main road at about 2:40 p.m. The footage shows trenches several feet deep gouged out right beside t...

Karasu, Turkey – Muddy brown floodwater swallowed the streets of a village in northwestern Turkey’s Sakarya province, surrounding homes and the local mosque after torrential rain. X user Halil İbrahim Şengün filmed the flooding in the Darıçayırı neighborhood of Karasu on October 15, writing, “The situation is very bad.” The footage shows people in yellow raincoats standing at the...

Kingston, Canada – A towering column of black and gray smoke rose over Kingston, Ontario, as a fire tore through a pile of materials at a steel and scrap metal yard on Thursday morning, October 22. X user Devin Stewart filmed the plume from the Utilities Kingston parking lot at 9:34 a.m., sharing a “view of the fire at Kimco” and saying they hoped everyone was okay. The video shows the...

Bagheria, Italy – Students and teachers poured out of school buildings and gathered behind the gates in Bagheria, near Palermo, after a strong earthquake struck off Sicily’s northern coast on Friday, October 23. X user Joseph Frascati filmed the scene from a car, writing “#Bagheria… schools evacuated.” The short clip shows groups of young children, some in white school smocks, st...

Okinawa, Japan – Howling winds bent palm trees sideways and rain hammered against apartment windows as Typhoon Champi battered Japan’s southern Okinawa islands on Friday, October 23, knocking out power to thousands of homes. X user hello filmed the storm from a high-rise during a power cut, calling it “the biggest storm of my life.” “The power is out, even a new building is...

Dennehotso, Arizona – Emergency crews drove a giant all-terrain rescue vehicle through muddy floodwater to reach families trapped in their homes after a creek burst its banks on the Navajo Nation on Thursday afternoon, October 22. The Navajo Police Department released videos of the rescue, saying 30 people from seven families were rescued from their flooded homes. One clip shows a family being hel...

Ishigaki, Japan – Toppled plant pots, torn palm fronds and broken branches littered the streets of Ishigaki as Typhoon Champi lashed the island in Japan’s far south on Friday, October 23, knocking out power to thousands of homes. X user Yaima Murikabushi B’z filmed the scenes while driving through the city, writing, “All kinds of things are flying out onto the roads!” The f...

San Juan County, New Mexico – The swollen San Juan River spilled over its banks and turned fields into a vast brown lake in northwestern New Mexico as days of heavy rain sent rivers across the Four Corners region surging. X user Victor Lopez filmed the flooding, captioning it “San Juan River flooding.” The video shows muddy water stretching across farmland up to a line of yellowing cot...

Nairobi, Kenya – Crowds gathered around a mountain of flattened concrete floors in Nairobi’s Eastleigh district after a building under construction collapsed on 9th Street on Friday afternoon, October 23, trapping workers in its basement. X user Ole filmed the scene from the crowd just minutes after the collapse, writing, “Your Prayers Needed 9th street Eastleigh two of my Tailors trap...

Miyakojima, Japan – Blinding rain swept across parking lots and streets in Miyakojima as Typhoon Champi battered Japan’s southern Okinawa islands on Friday morning, October 23. X user Harnon filmed the storm from a high vantage point, captioning the clip “Miyakojima this morning.” Trees bend violently in the wind as gusts of rain sweep across an almost empty shopping center parki...

Taketomi, Japan – Howling winds whipped a line of trees into a frenzy and mist swallowed the horizon as Typhoon Champi bore down on the Yaeyama Islands in Japan’s far south on Friday, October 23. X user AYA filmed the storm from an emergency exit, writing, “It’s getting stronger!” and describing themself as “someone checking the situation from the emergency exit every...

Phoenix, Arizona – Sheets of rain whipped sideways across a backyard in north Phoenix as a violent thunderstorm hammered the city on Wednesday afternoon, October 21. X user Bob McClay filmed the storm from a patio door at home near 32nd Street and Union Hills Drive, writing, “The thunderstorm just slammed our house.” “This is right after I hung up the phone with you Renee. Crazy,...

Nairobi, Kenya – A haze of dust hung over a street packed with hundreds of people in Nairobi’s Eastleigh district minutes after a multi-story building under construction collapsed on Friday afternoon, October 23, leaving people feared trapped beneath the rubble. The video was filmed by Sheila Mugo’s assistant from a nearby office and shared by Sheila Mugo on X about eight minutes after...

Busan, South Korea – A shark that has captivated South Korea for more than a month swam right back into a narrow canal in Busan overnight, slipping through a barrier net just hours after rescuers finally coaxed it out to sea. X user METALice32109 filmed the scene at North Port Waterfront Park on the morning of October 22, writing that there weren’t many people around before work and wonderin...

New York, New York – Long lines of visitors waited for their turn to pose beneath a giant arch of pumpkins and autumn leaves on the Manhattan waterfront, framed by the Brooklyn Bridge, as Halloween season hit New York City. X user NYC Photographer filmed the scene at Pier 17 in the Seaport on October 22, writing, “Pumpkin Arch mania is BACK.” The video moves from sunset to nightfall, s...