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18 dead in Japan landslides as over 200mm falls in 3 hours
Rescue efforts sprang into high gear in Hiroshima, Japan, today after a series of landslides buried people in their homes…
Australia: Drought impedes QLD flood recovery
Ongoing dry conditions are impeding the rehabilitation of farming land badly damaged by widespread flooding last year. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald…
IRAN: Earthquake injures 250 in 8 villages
A powerful earthquake struck early Monday in western Iran, injuring at least 250 people in a region near the border…
NEPAL: Search continues for missing landslide victims (VIDEO)
As we published earlier in the day, the death toll from landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains in…
NASA gets rare view of black hole (+VIDEO)
NASA’s black-hole hunting telescope has captured a cosmic battle between dark and light. NuSTAR, formally known as the Nuclear Spectroscopic…
Nepal: 109 confirmed dead after flooding; thousands more homeless
The death toll from landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Nepal and northern India has climbed to…
Australia: SA rains break 40 year records
Parts of South Australia’s North East Pastoral have received the most significant August falls since the early 70’s. A low…
Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week
There hasn’t been much in the way of good news this week – most of the major events in weather…
Australia: Much needed rain soaks the outback
Rainfall has only just begun over central Australia, yet a series of towns and properties have picked up their best…
OPINION: Why the earth’s problem with ‘passing gas’ is getting worse
Note: Alan Weisman is the author of “Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?” (Little, Brown and Co)….
