More than 600 houses were damaged or destroyed in Kyrgyzstan by a powerful 8-magnitude earthquake that struck near the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border on Wednesday, emergencies services said on Thursday.
// Jul. 21, 2011 - 15:56 GMT
The Japanese government announced on Friday that a double natural disaster that hit Japan in March could cost the country up to 16.9 trillion yen (about $210 bln).
// Jun. 24, 2011 - 13:56 GMT
A dormant volcano has erupted in southern Chile, forcing authorities to order evacuation of thousands of local residents, the BBC reported on Sunday.
// Jun. 05, 2011 - 13:59 GMT
Rescuers have extinguished 20 wildfires on an area of 800 hectares in the Russian Far East, a local Emergencies Ministry spokesman has said.
// Apr. 30, 2011 - 13:45 GMT
Japan may review its greenhouse gas emission reduction target in the wake of a nuclear crisis set off by last month's massive earthquake and tsunami, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano was quoted by Japanese media as saying.
// Apr. 04, 2011 - 18:08 GMT
The death toll from the recent 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami in has surpassed 12,000, while nearly 15,500 remain unaccounted for, the Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.
// Apr. 03, 2011 - 13:44 GMT
Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant were evacuated on Monday after reactor No. 3 emitted a cloud of gray smoke, Kyodo reported, citing plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co.
// Mar. 21, 2011 - 17:59 GMT
It was 11 am in Tokyo when Prime Minister Naoto Kan finally admitted that damage to a nuclear reactor in Fukushima may represent a serious threat to human life. Nationwide panic spread.
// Mar. 16, 2011 - 15:31 GMT
More earthquakes measuring over 7.0 on the Richter scale could occur in and around Japan within a month, the country's National Meteorological Administration was quoted by Kyodo news as saying on Friday.
// Mar. 11, 2011 - 19:44 GMT
The death toll from the severe storms and mudslides in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has reached 767, local authorities said.
// Jan. 22, 2011 - 16:10 GMT