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Strong wind is forecasted in Zhambyl oblast of Kazakhstan again.
Heavy snow that blanketed eastern Japan over the holiday weekend left one man dead and injured 900 others, as Tokyo commuters Tuesday took to the slippery streets.
Power supply was partly restored in Karatau and Zhanatas at around 4 a.m. on January 14.
A stock of food and water for thousands of people have been dispatched to the disaster-hit region in South-Kazakhstan Oblast.
Around 500 militarymen are taking part in elimination of consequences of the natural disaster in Zhambyl oblast.
Сommunications have been partially restored in disaster-hit Karatau in south Kazakhstan.
Utility services and the military troops are cleaning roads off fallen trees and debris.
The state authorities are doing everything possible to eliminate the consequences of the storm in south Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan Deputy Prime-Minister arrived in Zhambyl oblast to personally control the works on elimination of the consequences of the storm.
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.
Rescuers have taken the situation in south Kazakhstan under control. The region was badly damaged by bad weather.
Residents of several regions of South-Kazakhstan Oblast and Kyzylorda Oblast have lost power, heating and water.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres.
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