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Photo courtesy of giornalettismo.com Anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo ahead of tsunami anniversary Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in Tokyo Saturday ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, urging Japan's new government to abandon nuclear power.
09 марта 2013
Hope and despair as Japan marks tsunami anniversary In the dark months after a catastrophic tsunami smashed into Japan, killing almost 19,000 people and sparking a nuclear disaster, hopes for a rapid recovery and a national rebirth were frustrated by political paralysis.
08 марта 2013
Massive winter storm grounds 2,600 US flights A massive winter storm pounding the northern United States Tuesday grounded 2,600 flights, closed hundreds of schools and made roadways and highways impassible.
07 марта 2013
Kazakhstan Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Bozhko. Photo courtesy of press-service of East-Kazakhstan oblast Emergency Situations Department© Bozhko taggs situation in eastern Kazakhstan jittery The situation in Kazakhstan in general is a complicated one: Kazakhstan Emergencies Minister.
06 марта 2013
Toll in DR Congo plane crash much lower than feared: police Fears of a major disaster were allayed late Monday when police said they found just five bodies near the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a residential area of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
05 марта 2013
Floods monitoring. Photo courtesy of press-service of East-Kazakhstan oblast Emergency Situations Department© Snow melting in East-Kazakhstan oblast to be monitored from space Eastern Kazakhstan is bracing for the flood period to unfold in the third decade of March.
05 марта 2013
©RIA Novosti Warming causes first floods in eastern Kazakhstan First floods have been registered in East-Kazakhstan oblast this year.
05 марта 2013
Akim of Zhambyl oblast Kanat Bozumbayev. Photo courtesy of zhambyl.kz Zhambyl oblast Akim reports to Kazakhstan President on post-storm restoration Almost all еру storm-hit facilities in the southern region of Kazakhstan have been restored: Akim (Governor) of Zhambyl oblast.
05 марта 2013
©REUTERS Japan riled by WHO's Fukushima cancer warning Japan on Friday insisted warnings by the WHO of a rise in the risk of cancer for people in Fukushima were overblown, saying the agency was unnecessarily stoking fears.
01 марта 2013
Scientists discover Russian meteor fragments: report Scientists have discovered fragments of the meteor that spectacularly plunged over Russia's Ural Mountains creating a shockwave that injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes.
18 февраля 2013
Photo from social network vk.com Meteor shower causes damage, injuries in Russian Urals A meteor shower caused explosions in the lower atmosphere above Russia's Urals region on Friday, blowing out windows in some areas and leaving several people injured.
15 февраля 2013
Aid trickles into tsunami-hit Solomons despite aftershocks Relief supplies began trickling into tsunami-hit communities in the Solomons Islands Monday, as another powerful aftershock rattled the Pacific nation in the wake of last week's 8.0-magnitude earthquake.
11 февраля 2013
Rescuers struggle to aid Solomons quake victims Relief workers scrambled to reach quake-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands Saturday, with "unusual seismic activity" sighted as strong aftershocks continued to jolt the remote Pacific region.
09 февраля 2013
Scramble to reach tsunami-hit villages in Solomons Disaster relief agencies were scrambling Thursday to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands, warning the death toll following a powerful 8.0-magnitude quake is likely to rise.
07 февраля 2013
Photo courtesy of topnews.in 8.0 quake strikes Solomons, sparks Pacific tsunami A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake was feared to have flattened villages in the Solomon Islands Wednesday, and triggered a tsunami with destructive potential for Pacific nations' coasts.
06 февраля 2013
6.7 magnitude quake hits northern Chile: USGS A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted northern Chile on Wednesday, killing a woman, knocking out electricity and phone services, and sending panicked residents running into the streets.
31 января 2013
Clean-up launched after deadly Australia floods A mammoth clean-up operation began in Australia's flood-hit northeast Wednesday after waters began to recede, as the death toll from storms reached five and thousands of homes were left swamped.
30 января 2013
Military called in as deadly floods batter Australia Australia ramped up its military response to deadly floodwaters rising in the country's sodden northeast Tuesday which have killed four people and displaced or isolated tens of thousands.
30 января 2013
Australian summer lurches from fire to floods From bushfires raging in searing tinder-dry conditions to surging floodwaters and destructive tornadoes, Australia has witnessed staggering climate extremes during its summer of 2013.
30 января 2013
Photo courtesy of Kazakhstan Emergency Situations Ministry© Over $2 million allocated for floods protection in Almaty oblast Over 300 million tenge ($2 million) have been set aside for prevention of emergency situations in Almaty oblast.
29 января 2013

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