News about emergency situations
90-people residence house near collapse in Uralsk
Residents of one of the houses in Uralsk have been urgently evacuated due to the danger of collapse, which came from the construction work on its ground floor.
27 May 2014 00:12
Kazakhstan to provide humanitarian aid to Serbia
Kazakhstan will render humanitarian aid to Serbia.
26 May 2014 20:26
Kazakhstan to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Kazakhstan will render $2 million worth of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan this year.
20 May 2014 13:29
Hurricane in Southern Kazakhstan: one dead, several injured
A state of emergency was declared in the city of Shymkent on the eve of May 12. The hurricane damaged roofs, power lines, street lights, traffic lights all across the city.
14 May 2014 01:59
Recovery of bodies from Korean ferry suspended
The operation to recover bodies from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month has been suspended due to heavy seas, a spokesman said Saturday, amid concern that many of the missing may never be found.
03 May 2014 13:09
Race to recover bodies from Korea ferry as storms loom
Dive teams raced Friday to pull more than 100 bodies from a sunken South Korean ferry as storm clouds loomed and the victims' families angrily pressed officials to wrap up the recovery effort.
25 April 2014 14:06
Village turns into island in Kazakh steppe
Talapker village near Astana has turned into an island in the middle of the steppes as a result of flooding in Kazakhstan.
23 April 2014 19:09
Passenger train derailed in Kazakhstan's west, 44 injured
An Almaty-Atyrau passenger train has run off track in Aytrau Oblast in western Kazakhstan on Saturday, April 19.
22 April 2014 15:10
DNA test harsh step for families of missing ferry victims
Providing a DNA sample marked an emotional watershed for Han Mi-Ok -- a heart-wrenching acceptance that she was unlikely to ever see her child alive again.
19 April 2014 14:11
'Shouldn't we move?' Ferry evacuation under scrutiny
National shock at a ferry disaster that may have claimed the lives of hundreds of South Korean schoolchildren was mixed with fury Thursday at growing evidence that many passengers were denied a proper chance to escape the sinking vessel.
17 April 2014 14:08
Thousands evacuated, 12 dead in Chile blaze
More than 8,000 people were evacuated Sunday as an army of firefighters battled a killer blaze that tore through parts of Chile's historic port of Valparaiso and left at least 12 people dead.
14 April 2014 10:19
Akmola Oblast flooded by melt waters in Kazakhstan
Meltwater has flooded 330 houses in Atbasar town in Akmola Oblast in central Kazakhstan.
12 April 2014 13:42
One child dead, dozen hurt in US daycare center crash
A dozen children were injured and a girl killed when a car slammed into a daycare center Wednesday in Florida after being struck by a hit-and-run driver, police said.
10 April 2014 10:50
Five dead as landslide derails Indonesian train
A landslide triggered by heavy rain derailed a train as it travelled through Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, leaving five people dead, an official said.
05 April 2014 14:18
5.4-magnitude earthquake jolts southwest China
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, with authorities checking for damage.
05 April 2014 11:29
Three dead, 10,000 homeless as floods devastate Solomons
Flash flooding killed at least three people and left 10,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara on Friday, with another 30 missing and the death toll expected to rise, aid workers said.
04 April 2014 12:53
Kazakhstan to control mass media during emergencies
The new rules allow the command center in charge of the emergency site to "exert control over media outlets."
04 April 2014 01:27
More volunteers arrive to Kokpekti
Minister of Emergency Situations denied rumors about villagers missing after the flood in Kokpekti village.
03 April 2014 13:23
Update on flooding in Karaganda Oblast
The risk of flooding in Akmola and Karaganda Oblasts, central Kazakhstan, is high because the warming was very sharp this spring.
02 April 2014 15:58
Kazakhstan Minister of Emergencies on Kokpekty flood
Sharp warming is to blame for the dam burst and flood in Kokpekty village of Karaganda Oblast.
01 April 2014 18:55