News about emergency situations

Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades Southern Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash 10 kilometers (six miles) into the sky.

23 April 2015

16 dead in road collision in Kazakhstan A terrible road accident in the south of Kazakhstan has left 16 people dead, three children among them.

22 April 2015

Flooding in Kazakhstan abates, consequences remain to be dealth with As meltwater in Kazakhstan subsides, there are still measure to be taken to deal with the consequences and secure people's livelihoods.

22 April 2015

35 villages in Akmola Oblast face danger of flooding 35 villages in Akmola Oblast are under tread of flooding.

20 April 2015

Nazarbayev: flood emergency under control President Nursultan Nazarbayev has reassured Kazakhstanis that the flood emergency has been taken under control.

17 April 2015

Children faint again in village near major Kazakh oil and gas field Three children have faited during classes in Berezovka village just several months after a series of mass incidents of the same nature.

16 April 2015

Astana is safe from floods: Kazakh Deputy Minister As floods continue to spread throughout Central and Eastern Kazakhstan, Deputy Minister of Kazakhstan assures that the capital of the country - Astana - is out of harm's way.

16 April 2015

Thousands evacuated from flood areas in Kazakhstan Thousands of people have been evacuated from flood areas in Kazakhstan's Karaganda and Pavlodar Oblasts. Melt water continues to rise.

15 April 2015

Firefighters douse fire on Russian nuclear sub Russian emergency crews late Tuesday doused the fire on a nuclear submarine which had been undergoing repairs in dry dock.

08 April 2015

Nazarbayev expresses condolence over Russian trawler President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has expressed condolence to the Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Dalniy Vostok trawler that sunk in the Western Pacific Ocean.

03 April 2015

Fire underground causes chaos in London An underground blaze in central London caused mass evacuations and forced several West End shows to cancel performances.

02 April 2015

Nineteen hurt as blast, then fire bring down New York buildings Nineteen people were hurt when three New York buildings collapsed and a blaze tore through another in what preliminary indications suggested was a gas-related explosion.

27 March 2015

Meltwater floods towns in Karaganda Oblast Meltwater has caused havoc in Karaganda Oblast in central Kazakhstan, flooding houses and killing cattle.

26 March 2015

Almaty shocked with 5 magnitude earthquake A strong earthquake happened very close to Almaty on March 15. It was very clearly felt in the city.

16 March 2015

Thousands told to evacuate as deadly blaze threatens Chile city Chile declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led to at least one death and threatened the historic port city of Valparaiso.

14 March 2015

Fire in Almaty engulfs church roof A fire has engulfed the roof of a church under reconstruction in Almaty.

20 February 2015

Passengers injured in Swiss train crash Two trains slammed into each other near the Swiss city of Zurich on Friday, tipping over carriages and injuring at least five people, one seriously.

20 February 2015

Car explodes in front of Kazakh Defense Ministry A car has exploded in front of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan.

10 February 2015

Hollande says Thursday to be day of mourning in France French President announced would be a day of mourning in the wake of the attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left at least 12 dead.

08 January 2015

Brazil train collision leaves 158 injured Two trains serving Brazil's much-criticized commuter rail service collided outside Rio de Janeiro, injuring 158 people.

07 January 2015

News