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Five dead after magnitude 6.4 earthquake shocks Taiwan
Updated 7:27pm — At least five people were killed Saturday when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Taiwan, the Taiwanese Disaster…
Week in Weather: What’s been making headlines this week
Another week of summer gone, and another set of crazy weather news items from home and around the world to…
Australia: Perth set for ‘severe heatwave’ this weekend
A deepening trough along the WA coast is dragging hot air south, causing a heatwave to develop from Geraldton to…
USA: It’s Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil – Friend or foe?
For more than a century, groundhogs have been midwinter luminaries, scampering into the spotlight on February 2 to divine whether…
Australia: Queensland swelters in oppressive humidity; dangerous heat
Queenslanders are doing their best to beat the heat, as high temperatures and staggering humidity affect parts of the state’s…
Canada: Deadly landslide hits British Columbia
An avalanche near McBride, British Columbia, has killed five people, according to Donita Cuzma of the British Columbia Coroners Service….
POLL RESULTS: Overseas weather captures our interest
When we decided on a poll topic for the week, we had just seen a crazy start to 2016’s global…
Week in Weather: What’s been making headlines this week
It’s been a crazy start to 2016, with deadly storms, tropical cyclones, heavy rains, snow and unseasonal heat dominating headlines…
Australia: Tropical low set to strengthen into another cyclone
A tropical low that has developed off Western Australia’s north west coast is expected to strengthen into a category two…
Astronomy: Our galaxy’s largest solar system discovered
A planet thought to have been free floating in space is actually in a colossal orbit around a star 1…
