Heavy rains in Kokshetau
Heavy rains flooded 145 private houses and cellars of public institutions in Kokshetau on Monday.
Malaysia Airlines plane brought down by mistake: US intelligence officials
Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane may have been shot down by mistake by pro-Russian militants, said a U.S Intelligence official.
Mudflow aftermath remedied near Almaty
The temporary check dam at the Talgar river meant to regulate water flow into irrigation channels destroyed by July 17 mudflood is being reconstructed.
Damaging mudflow in Almaty Oblast, photos and videos leaked online
Photos and video clips of the mudflow in Talgar District of Almaty Oblast have appeared YouTube and Instagram
Typhoon power woes in Philippines as death toll hits 38
Millions of people in the Philippines endured a second sweltering day without power on Thursday after a ferocious typhoon paralysed the capital and wrecked flimsy rural homes, claiming at least 38 lives.
Lightning, floods leave 20 dead in rain-hit China
At least 20 people have died in the past week as torrential rain batters swathes of China, with at least six killed by lightning, thousands of homes destroyed and more than 300,000 evacuated, state media said.
Deadly typhoon shuts down Philippine capital
Typhoon Rammasun shut down the Philippine capital on Wednesday as authorities said the first major storm of the country's brutal rainy season claimed at least four lives and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate.
Italian cruise ship hulk to rise from the waves
An unprecedented operation to refloat the shipwrecked Costa Concordia was set to begin Monday in Italy, with salvage workers attempting to raise the rusty liner from its watery grave on the shores of a rugged Tuscan island.
Ivory Coast rainy season death toll reaches 39
Flooding and landslides during the Ivory Coast's rainy season have killed 39 people over the last month, officials said.