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.
28 August 2012 15:41
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.
27 August 2012 16:43
Almaty needs 13 more fire stationsThirteen more fire stations should be built in Almaty: Deputy Head of Almaty Emergency Situations Department Nurlan Madyarov.
24 August 2012 16:02
California declares state of emergency amid fires Authorities declared a state of emergency in northern California, ravaged by fires at a time when several other western US states are also fighting flames.
Home wifi could be used for emergency responders Wireless routers for homes and offices could be knitted together to provide a communications system for emergency responders if the mobile phone network fails.
21 August 2012 14:10
Another 5-storey Bessoba building collapsing in KaragandaAn unfinished multi-storey building in Bessoba residential complex in Karaganda has lurched to one side. It is likely to follow the 5-storey building that collapsed on April 6.
24 July 2012 14:03
Obama, Romney halt campaigns after cinema shooting US President Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Romney suspended campaigning Friday out of respect for the victims of a shocking shooting at a Colorado movie theater that left 12 people dead.
21 July 2012 14:20
10 dead in Egypt building collapse: health ministry Egypt's health ministry said Sunday that rescue services had retrieved 10 bodies from under the rubble of an 11-storey building that collapsed a day earlier in the coastal city of Alexandria.
16 July 2012 15:14
Mexico declares bird flu 'emergency' The Mexican government declared a national animal health emergency on Monday in the face of an aggressive bird flu epidemic that has infected nearly 1.7 million poultry.
