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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 March 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 February 2013

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 February 2013

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 February 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 January 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 January 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 January 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 January 2013

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 January 2013

Major floods hammer northern Australia A man was missing in raging floodwaters and hundreds of homes were evacuated in northeastern Australia as storms pelted Queensland state Sunday, with the army put on standby as the weather worsened.

28 January 2013

President Nazarbayev tasks his Government to develop natural disaster insurance schemes According to him, developed countries face lots of disasters; however, the tragedies do not call for such sizeable amounts of public money as in our country.

24 January 2013

Kazakhstan is updating its wind speed map Kazakhstan has started updating its wind load map. The map will be fully renewed in 2-3 years.

22 January 2013

Gas and heating restored in storm-hit regions of Zhambyl oblast All residents of the disaster-hit Zhambyl oblast in south Kazakhstan have been reconnected to gas and heating supplies.

21 January 2013

Administration of Zhambyl oblast allocated over $1.1 million for restoration of disaster-hit regions The money allocated from the oblast budget will be spend of restoration works in Talas and Saryssu regions.

18 January 2013

Eleven dead in Jakarta floods: disaster agency Eleven people have died in flood-related incidents in Jakarta, and more than 18,000 people were forced to leave their homes.

18 January 2013

Sanitary-epidemiological situation stable in Karatau and Zhanatas Zhambyl oblast in south Kazakhstan is recovering from the natural disaster.

17 January 2013

Construction materials from Kazakhstan's reserve fund sent to Zhambyl oblast Construction materials were dispatched from Kazakhstan state material reserve to the storm-hit Zhambyl oblast.

17 January 2013

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