News about emergency situations

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.
31 August 2012 16:05
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.
31 August 2012 11:34
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 stations Thirteen 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.
24 August 2012 10:30
VIDEO&PHOTO: Four major fires registered in Almaty today Besides Mokhnatka Mount in Medeu Gorge and the Botanic Garden, the smoke is also seen above the Almaty Airport and in Ainabulak region.
23 August 2012 19:36
PHOTO: Dry wood on fire in Almaty's Botanic Garden The fire currently covers the area of 2 hectares.
23 August 2012 19:30
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 Karaganda An 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.
04 July 2012 13:43
Fire swept through 750 hectares of grassland in Western Kazakhstan The fire left 750 hectares of Kazakhstan grasslands bare and took almost 24 hours to extinguish.
15 June 2012 14:16
Minister complained to MPs that Kazakhstan lacks enoungh firefighting depots Kazakhstan Minister of Emergency Situations complained to MPs that Kazakhstan lacks enoungh firefighting depots.
12 June 2012 10:35
Karaganda apartment building collapsed because of uneven settlement of foundation Results of investigation of reasons that caused the 5-storey building to collapse in Bessoba residential complex of Karaganda were unveiled.
15 May 2012 22:06
PHOTO: 41 apartments damaged in fire at Bereke residential complex in Astana The fire has been fully contained, the investigators are identifying the cause of the fire and estimate the cost of damage.
02 May 2012 10:48
PHOTO: Kazakhstan gets its first ambulance bus The first ambulance bus was presented in the National Center of Medical Aviation and Emergency Ambulance.
01 May 2012 13:49
Emergency slope of Koktobe mount will be reinforced by May The landlide-prone slope of Koktobe mount in Almaty will be reinforced in May.
26 April 2012 11:46
PHOTO & VIDEO 5-story residential building collapsed in Karaganda A 5-story building in Bessoba region of Karaganda city collapsed at 10:55 a.m. on Friday, April 6.
06 April 2012 18:13
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