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Hurricane Kirk strengthened rapidly over the open Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, though it posed no hazard to land, US forecasters said.
Hurricane Isaac on Tuesday made landfall in Louisiana and barreled towards New Orleans, seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the "Big Easy" and killed 1,800 people on the US Gulf Coast.
Clouds of dust were brought up in the air of Almaty city with strong gusts of wing amid dry weather. Visibility has gone down drastically.
Tropical Storm Isaac lashed southern Florida Sunday and was expected to become a hurricane, forcing a one-day delay of the US Republican convention, after killing seven people in Haiti.
Haiti braced for a cruel new battering Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac swept across the Caribbean toward the shattered island, gathering strength and threatening to reach hurricane force.
Asian countries dominate a league table of economies most at risk from earthquakes, floods, storms and other natural hazards, according to research published on Wednesday.
A tropical storm slammed into the Philippines Wednesday, dumping heavy rains and causing renewed flooding and landslides in a nation hit by weeks of destructive monsoon weather.
The London Olympics pop up on teapots, bunting and a one-eyed mascot -- but strict branding laws are in place to ensure that official products are the only ones in the race.
A crippling heat wave that has held large swathes of the United States hostage gave way slightly on Sunday -- but not before leaving dozens dead in several states, officials and local media said.
Utility crews made slow progress Sunday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon.
Extremely high air temperature has been recorded in Shymken city, the administrative center of South Kazakhstan oblast.
Snow avalanches are highly probable in the mountainous areas around Almaty on February 24-26.
Frosts of minus 33 degree centigrade are expected in north and central Kazakhsta.
Frosts with freezing temperatures of minus 43 degrees centigrade are expected in Kazakhstan during these three days.
Parts of national highways in South Kazakhstan were closed because of bad weather conditions.
23rd session of the CIS Intergovernment Hydrometeorology Council started in Astana on September 28.
It took several hours for the 1.5-2cm hail to melt away in spite of the warm summer weather in Almaty.
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