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Australia: WA bushfires rage on; bodies found in burnt out houses
Human remains have been found in two burned out houses in the town of Yarloop, south of Perth. It’s believed…
Australia: WA blaze creates its own weather system (+VIDEO)
The fire that continues to burn in Yarloop, in Western Australia, is now so large it has formed its own…
Australia: NSW flooding continues as aid workers rush to help (+VIDEO)
A group of campers trapped by floodwaters on NSW south coast has been reached by the State Emergency Service, who…
A ‘once in a lifetime’ storm – earliest Central Pacific storm ever recorded
January is not typically a month in which tropical systems develop in the central Pacific, but Tropical Depression One-C formed…
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….
