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Findings reveal level of disruption over three days in July when temperatures reached as high as 40CAlmost a fifth of hospitals in the UK were forced to cancel operations during the three days in July last year when temperatures soared highest, researc…
Pacific storm brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated state, as heavy rain and snowmelt could cause floodingThe start of spring offered little reprieve for California as another atmospheric river doused the saturated state with more …
Positive framing of otherwise grim report a counterblast to those who dismiss hopes of limiting global heating to 1.5C Avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown is still possible, and there are “multiple, feasible and effective options” for doing…
Alerts with siren-like beeps can be sent during events such as severe flooding, fires or extreme weatherA new government public warning system, in which alerts are sent to mobile phone users about events that may put their life in danger, has been laun…
Wagga Wagga experiences its hottest March weather yet, breaking a previous high set in 1983Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInland New South Wales sweltered through record-breaking March temperatures on Sunday as…
Cate Faehrmann of NSW Greens says ‘harmful tragedy’ will further degrade water qualityGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPoliticians are calling for the urgent removal of millions of dead fish that are clogging the…
Intense storms highlight fragility of the state’s infrastructure, with 35 of 58 counties now under an emergency declarationAbout two dozen people in southern California were forced to flee from their oceanside apartment buildings, as the hill beneath t…
Hundreds killed in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi in what may be longest-lasting tropical cyclone on recordCyclone Freddy, which developed over the Indian Ocean more than a month ago, has dissipated this week, after making landfall a second time in …
Nearly back-to-back storms have refilled reservoirs and built up snowpack, easing drought as residents reckon with destructionDrought-busting rainfall from California’s 11th atmospheric river has brought the end of water restrictions for nearly 7 milli…
The intensity released by Cyclone Freddy’s accumulated energy is the equivalent of an average full North Atlantic hurricane season.