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Communications and electricity partially restored in Karatau
Сommunications have been partially restored in disaster-hit Karatau in south Kazakhstan.
14 January 2013
Damaged boiler house being cleared, power being resotred in Karatau
Utility services and the military troops are cleaning roads off fallen trees and debris.
14 January 2013
Heating and hot food hubs operating 24/7 in disaster-hit Zhanatas
The state authorities are doing everything possible to eliminate the consequences of the storm in south Kazakhstan.
14 January 2013
Kusherbayev arrived to emergency area of Zhambyl oblast
Kazakhstan Deputy Prime-Minister arrived in Zhambyl oblast to personally control the works on elimination of the consequences of the storm.
14 January 2013
Australian observatory survives wildfire
Telescopes at a global astronomy research hub appear to have survived a devastating Australian bushfire that destroyed nearby homes and damaged several buildings on the site.
14 January 2013
Situation in south Kazakhstan under control
Rescuers have taken the situation in south Kazakhstan under control. The region was badly damaged by bad weather.
14 January 2013
Weather caused an emergency in south Kazakhstan
Residents of several regions of South-Kazakhstan Oblast and Kyzylorda Oblast have lost power, heating and water.
14 January 2013
As Australia bushfires rage, warning of more heatwaves
Firefighters were battling scores of wildfires raging in Australia Saturday, as a government commission warned that climate change had raised the risk of scorching heatwaves becoming more frequent.
13 January 2013
Red-dust sunset as west Australia braces for cyclone
Western Australians were bracing Friday for a cyclone with residents warned to batten down for storms and destructive winds gusting up to 140 kilometres per hour (90 mph).
11 January 2013
2012 warmest on record for US, had historic extremes
2012 marked the warmest year on record for the United States and was also the second most extreme ever, the US government agency charged with monitoring weather events said.
09 January 2013
Australia bushfires rage in 'catastrophic' conditions
Bushfires raged across Australia's most populous state Tuesday, fanned by intense heat and high winds in "catastrophic" conditions which have forced hasty evacuations and are threatening homes.
08 January 2013
Thousands flee wildfires in southern Australia
Thousands fled wildfires raging on the Australian island of Tasmania, destroying at least 80 properties and leaving unconfirmed reports of one man dying in the blaze.
07 January 2013
US study says El Nino, climate change link fuzzy
The frequency and volatility of El Nino, a weather pattern that hammers the tropical Pacific Ocean every five years or so, does not seem linked to climate change.
05 January 2013
Travel chaos as deadly storm hits northeast US
The US northeast was battered by heavy snow and strong winds Thursday as a mighty storm carved a violent arc across several states, killing more than a dozen people and snarling holiday travel.
29 December 2012
Thousands flee Malaysia floods
Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres.
27 December 2012
Russia's brutal early winter claims 123 lives
A bitter cold snap in Russia has claimed 123 lives in the past 10 days, an official said Tuesday, with the early freeze testing authorities in a country used to notoriously tough winters.
26 December 2012
Fiji braces for destructive cyclone
Fijians living in low-lying areas were urged to flee to higher ground Saturday as a cyclone bore down on the Pacific nation after leaving a trail of destruction in Samoa with up to 10 feared dead.
16 December 2012
Many Americans see hint of Apocalypse in extreme weather
A third of Americans believe the intensity of recent natural disasters is linked to the Apocalypse described in the New Testament, according to a poll released Thursday.
15 December 2012
Samoa cyclone kills two, knocks out power
The Pacific nation of Samoa faces up to two weeks without electricity, officials said Friday, after a cyclone that killed two people and sent hundreds fleeing to safety destroyed its main power station.
14 December 2012
Plane deicing cost 30-folded in heavy snowfall in Almaty
Treatment of one Air Astana plane with deicing fluid cost $90 thousand during heavy snowfall on December 1.
13 December 2012