News about weather
Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on US East Coast
Hurricane Arthur made landfall on the North Carolina shore late Thursday, as millions of Americans braced for its impact along the East Coast on the eve of the Independence Day holiday.
04 July 2014 10:47
Over 40C heat in Kazakhstan during weekend
A number of Kazakhstani regions will suffer from abnormal heat of up to 40 degrees Centigrade.
27 June 2014 18:27
At least ten dead in Bulgaria flooding
At least ten people, including a child, died in heavy floods as torrential rain lashed Bulgaria, police said.
20 June 2014 14:52
Flooding in Paraguay sends thousands fleeing to shelters
Flooding has forced the evacuation of about 150,000 people in Paraguay's capital city Asuncion, authorities said.
11 June 2014 13:42
$210 million needed now for Bosnia floods: UN
The United Nations estimates it will cost $210 million to cover immediate priority needs for the next six months in Bosnia, alone, after devastating floods hit the region, an official said.
10 June 2014 14:11
Flash floods kill over 50 in in north Afghanistan: officials
Flash floods have killed more than 50 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of houses and forcing thousands to flee, provincial authorities said.
08 June 2014 11:11
Summer frosts in some parts of Kazakhstan
A drop to the freezing point in temperature is expected in some areas of Kazakhstan this June.
06 June 2014 01:04
Tropical storm Boris to slam Mexico, Guatemala
Tropical storm Boris bore down on Mexico's Pacific coast Tuesday, bringing drenching rains all the way to the Guatemala border, days after deadly flooding and mudslides in the region.
04 June 2014 12:44
Maksut Zhumayev starts Mount McKinley conquest
Kazakhstani mountain climber Maksut Zhumayev has successfully started his solo climb of the North America’s highest mountain peak Mount McKinley.
04 June 2014 10:23
Shymkent flooded by rain
Heavy rains have flooded dozens of houses in Shymkent, in southern Kazakhstan on May 30, 2014.
02 June 2014 03:01
Shallow 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits SW China: USGS
A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 hit southwest China on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with Chinese reports saying 29 people had been injured, five of them seriously.
30 May 2014 13:35
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 13:22
Snow falls in Semey in late May
Snow has covered blossoming flowers in Semey on May 20, 2014.
24 May 2014 01:17
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 12:32
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 22:41
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 12:52
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 10:50
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 11:18
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 12:13
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 14:06