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Despite disasters, Philippines expects a merry Christmas Despite several deadly disasters including a killer typhoon and a powerful earthquake, the Philippines still expects a merry Christmas this year, survey results released Tuesday said.

25 December 2013

High winds, rain lash Europe, leaving two dead, one missing at sea High winds and heavy rain battered parts of Europe on Monday, leaving at least two people dead and one man lost at sea off France, and disrupting travel two days from Christmas.

24 December 2013

Philippines launches $8.17 bn Haiyan rebuilding plan The Philippines launched an $8.17 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild the lives of millions made homeless by Super Typhoon Haiyan and strengthen the disaster-prone nation's defences against future tempests.

19 December 2013

High wind warning issued for 6 Oblasts in Kazakhstan KazHydroMet, Kazakhstan national weather service, has issued a high wind warning for six Kazakhstan Oblasts.

19 December 2013

Santa takes gourmet dinner to Japan nuclear evacuees When Santa arrived at a school hosting children who fled Japan's nuclear disaster, he brought the usual presents, but he also bore something a little less ordinary -- a gourmet Christmas dinner.

18 December 2013

Agonising wait for the missing in Philippine wastelands In the grieving, grey wastelands that were once bustling towns on tropical Philippine islands, thousands of typhoon survivors are enduring an agonising wait of hope and denial for news of loved ones.

10 December 2013

Four dead as NE China hit by massive snowstorm Northeastern China's biggest city of Harbin has been pummelled by its worst snowstorm for 50 years.

19 November 2013

90 km/h wind warning for 7 regions of Kazakhstan A high wind warning has been issues for 7 regions of Kazakhstan.

18 November 2013

Aid steams in to Philippines as Obama launches appeal The United States said relief channels were belatedly opening up to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines on Thursday as President Barack Obama urged Americans to dig deep and other countries upped their aid.

14 November 2013

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Disaster experts warn on avoiding 2004 mistakes in Philippines Disaster experts warned Monday that mistakes made in the relief effort after the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami must not be repeated with the super typhoon that has smashed the Philippines.

11 November 2013

One of most intense typhoons ever recorded hits Philippines One of the most intense typhoons ever recorded tore into the Philippines on Friday, triggering flash floods and ripping down buildings as millions of people huddled indoors.

08 November 2013

Fukushima plant readies for dangerous fuel rod removal Nuclear engineers in Japan are readying to move uranium and plutonium fuel rods at Fukushima in their most difficult and dangerous task since the plant's runaway reactors were brought under control two years ago.

07 November 2013

UN nuclear inspectors in Japan as China demands openness Inspectors from the UN's nuclear watchdog arrived in Tokyo Wednesday to monitor marine pollution near Fukushima as China demanded Japan provide "accurate" information on how it is handling the crisis.

06 November 2013

St Jude hurricane to reach Kazakhstan St Jude hurricane that fiercely stormed Europe is expected to reach the northern regions of Kazakhstan tomorrow.

31 October 2013

Britain braces for worst storm in a decade Britain faced travel chaos on Monday and more than 10,000 homes were without electricity in northwestern France as a massive storm swept in from the Atlantic Ocean.

28 October 2013

Fukushima workers evacuated as small tsunami hits Japan Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday.

27 October 2013

Australia firefighters brace for horror day Firefighters in Australia braced for hot, dry winds and soaring temperatures Wednesday with lightning also posing a problem as they battle to prevent a week-long bushfire disaster getting worse.

23 October 2013

Raymond a hurricane off Mexico in Pacific: official Tropical storm Raymond surged to hurricane force Sunday churning toward Mexico's Pacific coast, which is still recovering from a devastating tropical storm last month.

22 October 2013

Japan typhoon search resumes as another storm looms The search resumed Monday for 19 people still missing after last week's typhoon-sparked landslides on a Japanese island, as meteorologists warned of another "very strong" storm.

21 October 2013