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Weather tracker: Flood fallout claims at least 20 lives in Brazil
Heavy rainfall brings landslides to country’s south-east. Elsewhere, a wild temperature fluctuation in IberiaBrazil was hit...
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan: evacuations in NT ahead of ‘one-in-a-hundred-year flood’
McArthur River at community of Borroloola predicted to peak at 18 metres, three metres higher than...
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DRC’s worst floods in decades leave tens of thousands in temporary shelter
People in affected areas say they are still waiting for government help after more than 300...
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California drenched as atmospheric river tears across the state
Roads were flooded and trees toppled amid calls for people to get ready for powerful downpours,...
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Storms leave some Queensland residents ‘traumatised’ amid warnings of more heavy rain
Roads are cut off, more than 20 schools closed and a town flooded after heavy rainfall...
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‘We can’t engineer our way out of this’: how to protect flood-hit Severn Valley
Tens of millions have been spent on human-made defences over the years, but the impact of...
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California woman airlifted from truck after being stuck in swollen creek for 15 hours
Woman trying to cross rushing waters had climbed on top of overturned vehicle before she was...
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UK weather: Storm Jocelyn brings fresh travel disruption
Rail services to and from Scotland suspended until at least noon on WednesdayStorm Jocelyn has brought...
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Conservative ‘failures’ have led to more sewage pollution, say water experts
Increased flooding blamed on years of government delays over ‘sponge cities’ rulesIncreased sewage pollution, urban flooding...
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NSW police say man they shot dead outside medical clinic was armed – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Hotel in affluent Brisbane suburb ceases offering emergency accommodation after resident’s letter...
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Woman rescued after car swept into swollen Bendigo Creek as floods peak in Victoria
Man jumped into rushing flood waters and tied 74-year-old woman to a tree after she was...
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UK weather: England remains on flood alert as temperatures dip
Majority of flood warnings in south of England and Midlands, with some snow flurries overnightMore than...
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Cold weather alert issued amid 246 flood warnings in England and Wales
Health Security Agency issues week-long alert for vulnerable and elderly people across EnglandA cold weather alert...
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Warnings over further flooding after Storm Henk batters England – live
Environment agency says ‘significant surface water and river flooding impacts are possible’ on FridayIn Gloucestershire, police...
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UK weather: hundreds of flood warnings in place after heavy rain
Warning of ‘significant’ impact of surface water and river flooding across England, as showers forecast for...
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East coast weather: Victoria and NSW brace for heavy rain as more storms forecast for Queensland
Dozens rescued from flood waters and thousands remain without power as BoM warns of wild weather...
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‘Very daunting’: small NSW-Queensland border town pulls together after being cut off by flood waters
Tyalgum residents hit by devastating flooding in 2022 have stepped up to support each other again...
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Disaster relief nonprofit chosen for Queensland flood cleanup before Australian defence force
State government says group has specialist skills and appropriate agency is chosen at federal levelThe Australian...
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Growing proportion of England’s flood defences in disrepair, analysis finds
Poor state of critical assets in many parts of country leaves thousands of homes and businesses...
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Weather tracker: South Africa flash floods kill six with people still missing
Catastrophic rains on Christmas Eve led to key infrastructure damage in western parts of countryCatastrophic rains...
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Wild weather continues after stormy night – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Severe weather warnings for parts of NSW, Victoria and Queensland as thunderstorms...
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Wild east coast weather: two people killed by falling trees, more than 100,000 Queensland homes without power
Boxing Day weather warnings, with volatile conditions across NSW, Victoria and Queensland, as more thunderstorms and...
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Weather tracker: Nor’easter drenches US south-east coast
Up to 127mm of rain falls on Florida and gusty winds and flash flooding hit parts...
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Residents of flooded north Queensland town Wujal Wujal arrive in Cooktown as evacuation efforts continue
Military evacuates 20 people to Cooktown as some residents of flooded Indigenous community choose to remainFollow...