Situation in south Kazakhstan under control
Rescuers have taken the situation in south Kazakhstan under control. The region was badly damaged by bad weather.
Weather caused an emergency in south Kazakhstan
Residents of several regions of South-Kazakhstan Oblast and Kyzylorda Oblast have lost power, heating and water.
Nursultan Nazarbayev suggested that CSTO jointly respond to emergency situations
Kazakhstan President took part in CSTO meeting in Moscow.
Tunisia extends state of emergency after attacks
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday extended the country's state of emergency through January, continuing special intervention powers for the police and army after a recent series of Islamist attacks.
Deadly storm floods and blacks out Manhattan
Hurricane Sandy sent crippling floods pouring onto New York streets Monday, provoking a power plant explosion, blacking out much of Manhattan and leaving widespread storm devastation.
Hurricane Sandy set to strengthen on path to Cuba
Hurricane Sandy was expected to strengthen as it careened towards Cuba early Thursday after battering Jamaica, where it downed power lines and forced more than a thousand people to seek emergency shelter.
Electricity restored in flooded region of Zhezkazgan
The water was pumped out of 74 houses.
Water pumped out from flooded houses in Zhezkazgan
32 houses in Kostangeldy microregion in Zhezkazgan were flooded on September 29.
Greek prisons groaning under austerity cuts
Austerity cuts imposed in Greece have created an explosive situation in the country's overcrowded prisons, where sanitation and food services are in disarray, insiders warn.
750 hectares of steppes burnt in Almaty oblast
Steppes caught fire in Sarkand region of Almaty oblast.
40 hectares on fire in Almaty oblast mountains
Fire-fighters are eliminating a dry grass fire in the mountains of Sarkand region of Almaty oblast.
Ten dead in plane crash in Russian Far East
Ten people died and four were injured Wednesday when a small plane crashed in Russia's Far East in the country's latest aviation disaster.
It took 4 days to quench forest-steppe fire in Pavlodar oblast
Fire-fighters spent 4 days quenching a forest-steppe fire in the beginning of September in Zhelezinskiy region of Pavlodar oblast.
Fire quenched in Almaty oblast mountains
The fire covering the area of 120 hectares was quenched at 06:00 p.m. on September 3. No casualties were reported.
Fire from Issyk-Kul oblast spread to Kazakhstan mountains
Forest and dry grass was on fire in Issyk-Kul oblast of Kyrgyzstan and the fire spread to the territory of Kazakhstan.
100 hectares of dry wood burnt in Almaty oblast mountains
The wood caught fire in the morning of September 1. The fire covered the area of 100 hectares.
After drenching New Orleans, Isaac threatens dam
Authorities in two states along the US Gulf Coast urged residents to seek shelter Thursday amid fears a dam could fail, as a weakening Isaac doused an already drenched region.
Hurricane Isaac makes landfall, New Orleans braces
Hurricane Isaac on Tuesday made landfall in Louisiana and barreled towards New Orleans, seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the "Big Easy" and killed 1,800 people on the US Gulf Coast.
Isaac near hurricane force, New Orleans prepares
The people of New Orleans on Monday prepared themselves for yet another hurricane -- seven years after the fabled city of jazz was swamped by Hurricane Katrina, which left 1,800 dead.
Storm lashes Florida, delaying Republican convention
Tropical Storm Isaac lashed southern Florida Sunday and was expected to become a hurricane, forcing a one-day delay of the US Republican convention, after killing seven people in Haiti.
