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Authorities in Beijing said they would begin to "strike" out at online critics of the government response to recent record flooding, while declining again Thursday to release updated casualty tolls.

• 27 июля 2012, 13:14

Weekend floods in Beijing caused "significant losses" and casualty numbers are still being tallied, the head of the worst-hit district has said, as residents of China's capital question the official toll.

• 25 июля 2012, 13:32

More than 100 people were injured and trees were ripped from the ground as a typhoon lashed Hong Kong packing winds in excess of 140 kilometres (87 miles) an hour.

• 25 июля 2012, 10:01

Chugging along on tractors, brigades of volunteers rode to the aid of regular firefighters battling a deadly blaze in northeastern Spain on Monday.

• 24 июля 2012, 15:48

Beijing residents reacted angrily on Monday after the worst rains to hit the Chinese capital in more than 60 years left at least 37 people dead, with another seven still missing.

• 23 июля 2012, 10:32

There was no end in sight Tuesday to the blistering heatwave baking much of the United States that has farmers mulling cutting down crucial crops and sent grain prices skyrocketing.

• 18 июля 2012, 13:25

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the scene of a recent flood that killed 172 people, berating officials for possibly deceiving him about the timeliness of their response.

• 17 июля 2012, 12:58

Heavy rain and a hurricane have slashed Zhanaozen town in Mangistau oblast of western Kazakhstan in the evening of July 15.

• 16 июля 2012, 15:56

Southwestern Japan was bracing for the effects of more torrential rain Friday, on top of "unprecedented" downpours that swamped whole neighbourhoods, leaving at least 19 dead and eight missing.

• 13 июля 2012, 16:43

At least three people have died and 50,000 have been ordered to evacuate their homes as unprecedented rains pound the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu.

• 12 июля 2012, 18:35

Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram with condolences to Vladimir Putin in relation to the disaster in South Russia that claimed over 150 lives.

• 09 июля 2012, 14:41

Investigators Sunday launched a probe into possible negligence after devastating flash floods in southern Russia killed at least 171 people and President Vladimir Putin demanded officials explain the disaster.

• 09 июля 2012, 14:16

US President Barack Obama declared rampaging wildfires in Colorado a "major disaster" before flying out to the Rocky Mountains state on Friday to tour damage and meet firefighters.

• 01 июля 2012, 18:01

Moroccan locust is attacking four villages in Saryagash region of South Kazakhstan oblast.

• 24 апреля 2012, 15:30

Kazakhstan Emergency Situations Minister said that the neighboring countries are partially guilty in the floods in the south of Kazakhstan.

• 12 апреля 2012, 15:19

A special commission presented preliminary estimates of the damage caused by the floods in several regions of South-Kazakhstan oblast.

• 28 марта 2012, 12:27

Five avalanches came down close to Almatau resort in Almaty oblast.

• 19 марта 2012, 17:48

The rescuers have found the body of the ski instructor Roman Larikov who was one of the 6 people hit by the avalanche at Shymbulak.

• 19 марта 2012, 13:56

Semei rescue groups helped a group of Chinese scientists out of snowy steppes.

• 16 марта 2012, 16:53

February 25 First Vice Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov gave several instructions on floods.

• 27 февраля 2012, 17:25