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  • Icon_camera South-east states brace for soaring temperatures

    Created Wed, 28th of Jan 2009

    Emergency crews are preparing for extremely hot weather conditions today across Victoria, South Australia and parts of south-west New South Wales. Ambulance and fire crews are on high alert as ... more

  • Melbourne braces for heatwave

    Created Tue, 27th of Jan 2009

    The forecast of four consecutive days of 40 degrees Celsius or more from tomorrow has Melbourne poised to break some hot weather records. Melbourne has not had three days in a row above 40 since ... more

  • La Nina signs fade away

    Created Thu, 15th of Jan 2009

    Hopes for a La Nina may be fading, after data from the National Climate Centre shows Pacific Ocean cooling may have peaked. Pacific waters got colder during December, one of th eindications of a ... more

  • Future king tides 'could pose threat'

    Created Mon, 12th of Jan 2009

    The Nature Conservation Council says the New South Wales Government does not have planning policies in place to deal with the consequences of king tides. The east coast today experienced its ... more

  • King tides to hit east coast

    Created Mon, 12th of Jan 2009

    The east coast of Australia will be facing the summer king tide this morning. King tides happen twice a year and in New South Wales the state Department of Environment and Climate change will use ... more

  • Madrid airport returns to normal after snow

    Created Sun, 11th of Jan 2009

    Madrid's Barajas airport has opened all four runways and resumed normal operations after heavy snow grounded weekend flights, airports operator AENA said on its website. Spanish media reported ... more

  • La Nina in Australia say US weather forecasts

    Created Tue, 6th of Jan 2009

    United States weather forecasters say a La Nina climate event is here, and will bring more rain to northern Australia. La Nina is the cooling of waters in the tropical pacific, and tends to bring ... more

  • All of Canada set for white Christmas

    Created Tue, 23rd of Dec 2008

    While most Australians can only dream of a white Christmas this week, Canadians are set to experience their whitest in almost 40 years. The entire country is covered in snow for the first time ... more

  • Rare snowfall blankets Las Vegas

    Created Fri, 19th of Dec 2008

    Las Vegas is grappling with the aftermath of a once-in-a-generation snowstorm, which coated the city's landmarks and forced the closure of the city's airport. The city's public school system was ... more

  • Dust storm, flash floods hit SA

    Created Thu, 11th of Dec 2008

    West coast communities in South Australia have reported flash flooding and damaging winds. There is a severe thunderstorm warning for the West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula and Northwest Pastoral ... more

  • More severe SE Qld weather likely this summer: expert

    Created Thu, 20th of Nov 2008

    A climatologist says the severe storms that hit Queensland's south-east this week could be a sign of things to come. Professor Roger Stone from the University of Southern Queensland says the ... more

  • Droughts to become more frequent, severe: researchers

    Created Mon, 17th of Nov 2008

    Canberra scientists say they have proven that the world's climate is changing faster than ever before. The international research team drilled core samples from living corals off the Indonesian ... more

  • Disaster loans offered to NSW mid-north coast growers

    Created Wed, 29th of Oct 2008

    Primary producers on the New South Wales mid-north coast, affected by last week's hail storms, are now eligible for Natural Disaster Relief Assistance. The NSW Minister for Primary Industries, ... more

  • Tasmanian frost victims seek cheap loans

    Created Wed, 29th of Oct 2008

    Tasmanian farmers hit by severe frost that destroyed thousands of hectares of canola and cereal crops last week are calling on the State Government to provide long-term low interest loans. Most ... more

  • Cold snap hits growers

    Created Thu, 23rd of Oct 2008

    An overnight cold snap has affected many crops in southern Tasmania. Lucy Greg from Fruit Growers Tasmania says apple and cherry crops in the Derwent and Huon Valleys appear hardest hit. The ... more


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