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A sign that reads "Prohibited area! No entry!" hangs on a barbed wire fence outside an area of Tuapse oil refinery in the Russian Black Sea coastal town of Tuapse. ©Reuters Russia battles to contain Black Sea oil spill A Russian Black Sea city declared a state of emergency after a burst pipeline spewed oil into the landlocked water body.
26 December 2014
Photo © Vladimir Prokopenko Pipeline accident causes flood and traffic jam on Al Farabi in Almaty Residents of Almaty have had an upleasant surprise this morning. A break in a water pipline caused flooding of Al Farabi avenue near Nurly Tau residential complex.
12 December 2014
Photo © lada.kz Apartment building on fire in Aktau The fire in an apartment building in Aktau in western Kazakhstan has destroyed the entire 6th floor.
09 December 2014
Photo courtesy of Almaty.kz One more earthquake felt in Almaty Kazakhstan's Almaty has felt yet another earthquake this morning.
04 December 2014
Evacuation operation after the exposure. Photo courtesy the Almaty Oblast Department of Emergency Situations. 7 people dead, 8 injured in gas explosion in Kazakhstan's Taldykorgan Seven people have died and another 8 were injured in a gas explosion accident near Taldykorgan in Kazakhstan's south.
01 December 2014
Destruction in Kyrgyzstan ©<a href="http://www.akipress.com/" target="_blank">AKIpress</a> Earthquake in Kyrgyzstan sends tremors to Almaty Almaty has experienced tremors of magnitude 3-4 from the moderate earthquake that happened in neighboring Kyrgyzstan this morning.
14 November 2014
Hawaii volcano lava wave nears homes Smoldering lava from a slow-erupting volcano has reached within yards (several meters) of homes on Hawaii's Big Island, emergency officials said.
28 October 2014
Photo courtesy of menno.ru Serbia receives humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan Serbia has received humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan.
08 October 2014
Photo © STV Young man survives on saxaul seeds in Kazakh steppes for 5 days A young man got lost in the Kyzylorgda Oblast steppes for five days until he was found by a rescue team.
28 September 2014
Panicked residents flee Italy refinery fire A huge fire broke out overnight in an oil refinery on the Italian island of Sicily, causing traffic jams as panicked residents fled the area.
27 September 2014
©Reuters Building collapse at Nigerian megachurch: emergency services At least three people were killed when a building linked to one of Nigeria's most famous preachers and televangelists collapsed in Lagos.
13 September 2014
Photo courtesy of rikatv.kz Young woman dies in car crash in Aktobe river A young woman died in the car that fell into the river in city center of Aktobe.
12 September 2014
Photo ©foto-planeta.com British national fails suicide in Western Kazakhstan A British national has attempted to commit suicide in Aksai, Western Kazakhstan Oblast.
10 September 2014
Bomb rocks Chile metro, seven injured A bomb rocked a Santiago metro station on Monday, injuring seven people in a blast Chile's government called a "terrorist act."
09 September 2014
©kndc.kz 5.2 earthquake in Almaty, Kazakhstan Almaty is located near relatively young mountains in a seismologically active zone, but earthquakes of such magnitude are extremally rare.
16 August 2014
©Tengrinews 20-meter fountain cracks its way out on Almaty street A 20-meter fountain is splashing in the middle of a roadway in Almaty.
14 August 2014
Photo courtesy of lada.kz Drunk water scooter driver drowns girl in Aktau A 19 y.o. girl died in a water scooter accident at the Nur Plaza beach in Aktau, westerner Kazakhstan on August 9.
12 August 2014
Floods hit blast-ravaged Taiwan city Torrential rain forced the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung to shut schools and offices as floods overwhelmed its sewage system.
11 August 2014
Fog or pollution? Photo ©yk-news.kz/Viktor Abakumov Air pollution at critical level in Ust-Kamenogorsk Kazakhstan’s National Hydrometeorological service reported a high level of hazardous air pollutants that appeared to look like a fog.
08 August 2014
Nearly 400 die in China quake A total of 381 people had been killed by the tremor, with 1,801 injured. More than 12,000 houses collapsed and 30,000 were damaged in the quake zone in the southwestern province of Yunnan, China.
04 August 2014

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