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Astronomy: Black hole ‘burps’ gas near earth
Black holes have long been known for “destroying” matter, with scientists usually referring to them as “eating” gas and stars….
Aviation: And the world’s safest airline is…
It’s the annual announcement every nervous flier awaits with interest: AirlineRatings.com’s safest airline award. This year the aviation analysts have…
UK: Wind power grows in record numbers
Wind power provided enough electricity to meet the annual needs of more than 8.25 million UK homes last year, figures…
Australia: Flash flooding in NSW after ‘unseasonal deluge’
A deluge of heavy rain has caused flash flooding in some parts of the New South Wales Hunter region and…
UK: Royal family hit by flooding in Balmoral – more wet weather coming
The Queen’s neighbour at Balmoral has been forced to leave his 450-year-old castle after flood waters demolished the riverbank that…
Australia: Severe weather prompts more VIC fire warnings
Landslides and bushfires could hit Victorian coastal towns that have already lost more than 100 homes in Christmas Day fires….
UPDATE: Tropical Cyclone Ula maintains strength as it hits Fiji
The first tropical cyclone for 2016 is lashing Fiji’s outlying islands, after causing destruction in parts of Tonga. Category three…
Hundreds evacuated after Cyclone Ula hit Tonga
Hundreds of people have evacuated from their homes in Tonga as severe tropical cyclone Ula slammed into the tiny Pacific…
UPDATE: State of Emergency declared in Tonga as Cyclone Ula intensifies (+VIDEO)
UPDATE: A state of emergency has been declared in Tonga as Tropical Cyclone Ula nears land, bringing with it gusts…
USA – Unhappy New Years after 24 flooding deaths – arctic winds on the way (+VIDEO)
Intense flooding has killed at least 20 people and forced hundreds of roads to close across Missouri and Illinois. Rain-swollen…
