Incidents

The Russian tanker ran aground in the Kazakhstan part of the Caspian Sea, the agency reports citing the message extended by the press service of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan.

China has been hit by two earthquakes, the agency reports citing the news agency Xinhua.

The new earthquake has struck the Haitian coast, the agency reports citing the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC.

The number of the earthquake victims in Haiti can reach 300 thousand people. The President of the country, Rene Preval, informed at the regional summit in Mexico, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).

The strongest drought in the southwest of China has left without water 6 million people and about 4 million heads of horned cattle. The Provinces Yunnan and Guizhou have been severely impacted. Absence of precipitation has caused a serious damage to agriculture and animal industries. In total, the drought has destroyed 3.5 million hectares of farmland, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).

Powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurred on Thursday in 98 kilometers to the southwest from Vladivostok at the Russian coast of the Sea of Japan at the border of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The tremor was registered by the Japanese Meteorological Agency at 04.15 Moscow time, the agency reports citing Vesti.Ru.

The coast of Indonesia has been struck by a strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake under the Richter scale, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).

Kyrgyzstan was hit by three earthquakes for the last three days, the agency reports citing the Ministry of Emergency of Kyrgyzstan.

28 whales died after a mass stranding on a remote New Zealand island Stewart, the agency reports citing Vesti.Ru.

The New Zealand coast has been hit by 2.5-magnitude earthquake under the Richter scale, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).