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Earth’s 29 ‘billion dollar disasters’ of 2015 (+GRAPHICS)
Earth had a tough year for billion-dollar weather-related natural disasters in 2015, with 29–the fourth most since accurate accounting began…
VIDEO: 2015 officially the ‘hottest year on record’
Last year’s global average temperature was the hottest ever by the widest margin on record, two US government agencies say,…
Cyclone Victor? I don’t believe it! (+6 Maps)
Tropical Cyclone Victor has weakened further overnight as it continues its steady path towards New Zealand – but latest modelling…
Australia: Fires and flash flooding in WA – a wild start to 2016
Wild weather has continued to wreak havoc in the south-west of Western Australia as flash floods follow bushfires. Many residents…
UK: -10C in snow ‘corridor’ headed for England and Scotland
A 160km corridor of snow is set to hit the UK with temperatures expected to plummet to -10C in some…
Australia: Floods send snakes into towns
The recent Hunter floods and storms have sent deadly snakes slithering, seeking refuge in places they are not wanted. Last…
USA – A hurricane in January? Winter storm in the Atlantic
(CNN)It has been nearly four decades since a winter storm in the Atlantic earned a name, and the National Hurricane…
Australia: Another severe storm cuts power to thousands; one dead
One man has been killed, thousands of homes are without power and emergency services are calling in extra strike teams…
Ula set to be downgraded as it moves onto NZ
Cyclone Ula will likely be downgraded to a tropical storm by this afternoon as its first effects start to hit…
Cyclone Ula – a serious storm, but no serious threat to NZ
Updated Tues AM — Tropical Cyclone Ula is now tracking towards northern New Zealand, but growing high pressure over the…
