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Almost 7,000 Queenslanders have won a class action over the state’s devastating 2011 floods, with a judge finding they were victims of negligence.
Low-frequency rumbles that herald tornadoes could be used to predict when and where they will strike, with the potential to detect a tornado from over 100 miles.
Scientists argue bushfires in Australia 2019 are without parallel, seen in their intensity and geographical spread, and the extent of the resulting poor air quality.
Rainforest authorities say the damage, across an environment supposed to naturally suppress fires, is among the clearest evidence that climate change has shifted.
For millennia, native people have used flames to protect the land. The US government outlawed the process for a century before recognizing its value.
Bushfire smoke covering Queensland and New South Wales sees spike in respiratory problems; those with chronic health conditions are most vulnerable.
Amid catastrophic fire danger and 40C heat, high winds have swept up dry topsoil into the air and across the Victoria state, making the town of Mildura ‘unlivable’.
Somalia, already hit by war and drought, faces fresh disaster after floods force 370,000 from homes. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed calls for help from aid groups.
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