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Dike scoured near Karaganda: 4 killed
Four people have been killed in a dam scour near Kokpekty village in Karaganda Oblast.
31 March 2014
Climate change boosts conflict risk, floods, hunger: UN
Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and migration this century, the UN's expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change.
31 March 2014
Melt waters besiege villages in eastern Kazakhstan
Several villages have been flooded with melt waters in eastern Kazakhstan.
28 March 2014
Brazil says floods driving thousands from homes
More than a month of flooding in northern Brazil has swollen rivers and driven thousands of people from their homes.
20 March 2014
Central market flooded in Semey
The central market and the surrounding streets have been flooded in Semey city in eastern Kazakhstan.
20 March 2014
Anti-flood missions keep 24/7 monitoring of water basins in Zhambyl Oblast
The authorities of Zhambyl Oblast are taking precocious against floods.
19 March 2014
Western Europe - Western China highway blamed for floods in Kyzylorda Oblast
Design shortcomings of the international highway cause the flooding in Zhanakorgan region: Kazakhstan Emergency Minister.
11 March 2014
More flood in Kyzylorda Oblast
Birlik village in Kyzylorda Oblast (Zhanakorgan region) suffers from streams of muddy water once again.
07 March 2014
South Kazakhstan fighting back floodwater
Several villages in Kyzylorda Oblast in southern Kazakhstan have been repeatedly experiencing destructive floods for over a fortnight.
06 March 2014
Kyzylorda Oblast suffering from floods, officials unhelpful and even rude
The official has been rude to the flood victims of Kyzylorda Oblast.
06 March 2014
Britain flooded: 1500 Kazakhstan nationals in UK
1500 Kazakhstan nationals are now in the United Kingdom that experiencing the strongest flood of the past two centuries.
21 February 2014
Southern Kazakhstan flooded, 3 herds of horses dead
The Syrdarya River has flooded farmlands and cause loss of dozens of cattle to farmers in South Kazakhstan Oblast.
18 February 2014
British princes help flood victims as new storm hits
Britain's Princes William and Harry pitched in to help flood victims Friday as a new winter storm barrelled into the country, causing fresh misery after the wettest start to the year for 250 years.
15 February 2014
Syrdarya River floods farms in southern Kazakhstan
The Syrdarya River has flooded farmlands and pastures in South Kazakhstan Oblast.
14 February 2014
Mass power cuts, man dead in storm-battered Britain
Hurricane-force winds from an Atlantic storm left tens of thousands of Britons without power Thursday and one man dead, adding to widespread misery after devastating floods caused by the wettest winter in 250 years.
14 February 2014
Prince Charles visits British flood victims as storm sweeps in
More bad weather left thousands of British homes without power on Tuesday, hours after Prince Charles visited flood-hit villages marooned by the wettest January for more than a century.
05 February 2014
Two dead, hundreds evacuated in flood-hit French Riviera
River levels were receding early on Monday in southeastern France after "historic" floods left two people dead and more than 150 were airlifted to safety.
20 January 2014
Thousands flee more floods in southern Philippines
Thousands of people are fleeing rising floodwaters in a fresh round of evacuations in the southern Philippines, officials said Friday as the death toll from a week of bad weather rose to 34.
17 January 2014
Southern Kazakhstan fears cholera outbreak
A biological catastrophe may unfold in southern Kazakhstan.
13 November 2013
Flooded Acapulco hit by looting as tourists airlifted
Mexican military and commercial flights airlifted hundreds of tourists stranded in the flooded resort of Acapulco Tuesday, where thousands of looters ransacked stores after two deadly storms struck the country.
18 September 2013