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Divers go down to AirAsia wreckage as weather clears Indonesian search officials sent divers down to the bed of the Java Sea during a break in bad weather in hopes of recovering more bodies.

06 января 2015

Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits New Zealand's South Island New Zealand scientists warned South Island residents to expect a swarm of aftershocks following a strong early morning six-magnitude earthquake.

06 января 2015

Ice likely caused AirAsia crash, Indonesia agency says Weather was the "triggering factor" in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 with icing likely causing engine damage, Indonesian officials said.

05 января 2015

'Two big parts' of AirAsia plane found: search chief Recovery teams have found two big parts of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board.

03 января 2015

Doomed AirAsia flight schedule unauthorised: Indonesia The AirAsia plane that crashed last weekend was flying on an unauthorised schedule, Indonesia's transport ministry said Saturday.

03 января 2015

Bad weather halts recovery of bodies from AirAsia flight Stormy weather forced Indonesian rescuers to suspend their search for the bodies of those on AirAsia's Flight QZ8501.

31 декабря 2014

Philippine storm death toll rises to 11 Two days of heavy flooding and landslides killed 11 people as tropical storm Jangmi crossed the central Philippines on Tuesday, with water in some areas "neck deep".

30 декабря 2014

Prayers and tears as Asia mourns tsunami dead 10 years on Tearful memorials were being held across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000 people who perished when giant waves decimated coastal areas of the Indian Ocean a decade ago.

26 декабря 2014

Lives of danger, poverty on Philippines' typhoon coast Life is a constant throw of the dice for farmer Nilo Dilao and other residents of the Philippine island of Samar, the ground zero for many of East Asia's deadliest storms.

20 декабря 2014

Up to 11 dead in Japan snow storms: reports Up to 11 people are now reported to have died in a winter snow storm gripping much of Japan, as forecasters warned bad weather would continue.

19 декабря 2014

Indonesian landslide death toll rises to 51 Indonesian rescuers dug through mud with shovels and their bare hands for a third day in the hunt for dozens of people still missing after a landslide.

15 декабря 2014

12 dead, nearly 100 missing in Indonesian landslide: official A landslide triggered by torrential downpours has killed at least 12 people and left nearly 100 others missing on Indonesia's main island of Java.

13 декабря 2014

Rains lash disaster-weary Philippines as typhoon nears Heavy rain and strong winds began to hit the eastern Philippines ahead of a giant storm threatening more devastation to areas yet to recover from a super typhoon.

06 декабря 2014

Fear as typhoon bears down on Philippines Thousands of people in the Philippines sought shelter inmakeshift evacuation centresas monster Typhoon Hagupit bore down on the disaster-weary nation.

06 декабря 2014

One more earthquake felt in Almaty Kazakhstan's Almaty has felt yet another earthquake this morning.

04 декабря 2014

MH17 remains arrive in Netherlands from Ukraine Six more coffins carrying body parts of victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands from Ukraine.

29 ноября 2014

Thousands without power on Thanksgiving after US storm A winter storm that wreaked travel chaos across the US northeast wound down, but hundreds of thousands of people were left without power on the Thanksgiving holiday.

28 ноября 2014

Japan's Abe vows support for victims after quake injures 41 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised "firm" support after meeting victims of a weekend earthquake.

25 ноября 2014

'At least 8 dead, 24 missing' in Morocco storms At least eight people were killed and 24 were missing as heavy storms lashed southern Morocco, causing flash floods.

24 ноября 2014

Black weekend as storms lash Italy, Switzerland, France At least four people were killed as landslides triggered by torrential rain slammed into buildings on either side of the Swiss-Italian border.

17 ноября 2014

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