Новости по теме weather

Storm Amanda blamed for three deaths in Mexico Torrential rains from tropical storm Amanda claimed the lives of three people in Mexico, authorities said.

29 May 2014

Snow falls in Semey in late May Snow has covered blossoming flowers in Semey on May 20, 2014.

24 May 2014

Singapore Airlines plane veers off Yangon runway, no injuries A Singapore Airlines plane skidded off the runway on touching down during heavy rain at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, but no injuries were reported, the carrier said.

22 May 2014

New Japan satellite to survey disasters, rain forests Japan is scheduled to launch a new mapping satellite on Saturday that will be used to survey damage from natural disasters and changes affecting rain forests.

21 May 2014

Four dead as 'catastrophic' floods hit Bosnia and Serbia Four people in Bosnia have died in flooding from the heaviest rainfall to hit the Balkans in over a century, officials said Friday, in what Serbia's premier has called a "horrible natural catastrophe".

17 May 2014

Torrential rains kill four in Sierra Leone Three men and a young girl died in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, after torrential rains on Sunday dislodged a huge boulder which then crashed into a house, doctors said.

06 May 2014

Big quake rattles Tokyo, 17 injured A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook buildings in Tokyo early Monday, lightly injuring 17 people, but officials stressed there was no risk of a tsunami.

05 May 2014

At least 10 killed in powerful US tornadoes Powerful tornadoes tearing across southern United States have killed at least 10 people, emergency officials in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma reported late Sunday.

28 April 2014

Race to recover bodies from Korea ferry as storms loom Dive teams raced Friday to pull more than 100 bodies from a sunken South Korean ferry as storm clouds loomed and the victims' families angrily pressed officials to wrap up the recovery effort.

25 April 2014

Australia's far north battens down for major cyclone Australia's sparsely populated northern tip was Thursday preparing for the largest cyclone to hit the area since Cyclone Yasi smashed into Queensland in 2011, ripping homes from their foundations and devastating crops.

11 April 2014

Surprise snowstorm traps thousands of Iranians Thousands of travellers, many of them visiting family during the Iranian new year holidays, have been rescued after being trapped by unexpected snowstorms in north Iran.

31 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

Paris makes public transport free to tackle severe pollution Paris authorities said Thursday they would make public transport free for three days to encourage drivers to leave their vehicles behind due to severe pollution caused by unusually warm weather.

14 March 2014

Time running out for Great Barrier Reef: scientists Time is running out for Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, with climate change set to wreck irreversible damage by 2030 unless immediate action is taken.

06 March 2014

100,000 households without power in France storm Nearly 100,000 households were without power in western France on Friday as a storm slammed into Brittany packing winds of up to 140 kilometres (90 miles) per hour.

15 February 2014

Snow storm hits Japan again, grounds over 100 flights Two people were killed Friday when a fresh snow storm hit Japan, disrupting rail and road travel, grounding more than 100 flights and adding to the piles left behind by an earlier blanketing.

15 February 2014

Olympics: Temperatures rise, but Sochi organisers keep cool The organisers of the Sochi Winter Olympics played down concerns that spring-like temperatures could harm the Games, saying every event was on schedule and a strong contingency plan was in place.

13 February 2014

Trade winds spur hiatus in global warming: study An unprecedented spike in Pacific trade winds has seen global warming slow significantly in the past 12 years but the effect is only temporary and temperatures will surge.

11 February 2014

Atmospheric magic: three suns in Atyrau Residents of Atyrau observed an extraordinary natural phenomenon this week – three suns in the sky.

02 February 2014

Freak snowstorm, cold snap paralyzes US South The usually balmy US South was paralyzed Wednesday by a freak snowstorm that forced thousands of children to shelter in schools overnight and left thousands of motorists stranded on icy roads.

30 January 2014

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