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Thousands without electricity as winter storm hits France
More than 68,000 homes were without electricity in France and hundreds of people were trapped in their cars after a winter storm hit with heavy snow.
12 March 2013
Massive winter storm grounds 2,600 US flights
A massive winter storm pounding the northern United States Tuesday grounded 2,600 flights, closed hundreds of schools and made roadways and highways impassible.
07 March 2013
Bozhko taggs situation in eastern Kazakhstan jittery
The situation in Kazakhstan in general is a complicated one: Kazakhstan Emergencies Minister.
06 March 2013
Millions of Indians facing worst drought in decades
Millions of people in western India are suffering their worst drought in more than four decades, with critics blaming official ineptitude and corruption for exacerbating the natural water shortage.
06 March 2013
Father dies sheltering girl from Japan blizzard
A father froze to death while sheltering his nine-year-old daughter from severe weekend blizzards that swept northern Japan.
05 March 2013
Australian climate on 'steroids' after hottest summer
Australia's weather went "on steroids" over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.
04 March 2013
New study links extreme weather to climate change
Scientists said Monday they have identified a physical mechanism behind the extreme weather that has plagued many parts of the world in recent years -- and that it is tied to climate change.
27 February 2013
Powerful Cyclone Rusty nears Australia
Australian authorities urged the evacuation of parts of the resource-rich northwest Tuesday as a powerful cyclone whipped up huge seas, while a man died in heavy flooding in the northeast.
26 February 2013
Storm stops all flights in and out of New York
All air travel in or out of New York was halted Friday as airlines grounded their planes in response to an intensifying blizzard across New England.
10 February 2013
European Commission to help freezing Kazakhstan residents
European Commission has allocated 55,800 Euro to aide 2,000 victims of the severe cold that hit North Kazakhstan in December.
07 February 2013
January hottest month on record in Australia
Australia experienced its hottest month on record in January, despite floods and storms that devastated parts of the country's east.
02 February 2013
Over 80 thousand residents may be flooded in Pavlodar oblast
Kazakhstan's Pavlodar oblast has 75 villages in the lowlands that may be largely flooded after snow melting and heavy rains.
01 February 2013
Major floods hammer northern Australia
A man was missing in raging floodwaters and hundreds of homes were evacuated in northeastern Australia as storms pelted Queensland state Sunday, with the army put on standby as the weather worsened.
28 January 2013
Kazakhstan is updating its wind speed map
Kazakhstan has started updating its wind load map. The map will be fully renewed in 2-3 years.
22 January 2013
Transport disrupted as France blanketed in snow
Heavy snowfall hit large parts of France on Sunday, putting Paris under a picturesque blanket of white stuff but causing major disruptions to air, road and rail transport.
21 January 2013
Storm brings Frankfurt airport to standstill
Traffic at Germany's Frankfurt airport came to a complete standstill Sunday, with all flights cancelled for several hours, as freezing rain lashed the runways and created ice problems for the aircraft.
21 January 2013
Gas and heating restored in storm-hit regions of Zhambyl oblast
All residents of the disaster-hit Zhambyl oblast in south Kazakhstan have been reconnected to gas and heating supplies.
21 January 2013
Construction materials from Kazakhstan's reserve fund sent to Zhambyl oblast
Construction materials were dispatched from Kazakhstan state material reserve to the storm-hit Zhambyl oblast.
17 January 2013
Australia heatwave part of global trend: IPCC chief
Australia's extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend.
15 January 2013
New storm expected in Zhambyl oblast
Strong wind is forecasted in Zhambyl oblast of Kazakhstan again.
15 January 2013