3rd September 2010

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  • NASA drone used in hurricane flyover

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    In a scientific first, a pilotless NASA aircraft is set to overfly Hurricane Earl in a bid to gather data about the potentially deadly storm bearing down on the US east coast. After taking off ... more

  • Oil spill ships evacuated amid storm threat

    Created Fri, 23rd of Jul 2010

    The US government and BP started Thursday evacuating "specialised vessels" working on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill due to a looming storm, the Coast Guard said. "The protection of the equipment ... more

  • Icon_camera Hurricane threatens Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up

    Created Wed, 30th of Jun 2010

    The approach of the first Atlantic hurricane of 2010 has halted some of the clean-up efforts from the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill and threatened to delay plans to capture more of the crude gushing ... more

  • Deadly cyclone heads for Pakistan

    Created Sat, 5th of Jun 2010

    Cyclone Phet has killed 12 people and left one missing in Oman before barrelling towards Pakistan, the head of Oman's civil defence force said on Saturday. Nine Omanis and three expatriates were ... more

  • Icon_camera Goldfields town may house asylum seekers

    Created Tue, 25th of May 2010

    The West Australian Goldfields Shire of Leonora says it has been approached to house asylum seekers at an unused mining camp. Shire President Jeff Carter says the Immigration Department has ... more

  • Icon_camera Goldfields town may house asylum seekers

    Created Tue, 25th of May 2010

    The West Australian Goldfields Shire of Leonora says it has been approached to house asylum seekers at an unused mining camp. Shire President Jeff Carter says the Immigration Department has ... more

  • Icon_camera Goldfields town may house asylum seekers

    Created Tue, 25th of May 2010

    The West Australian Goldfields Shire of Leonora says it has been approached to house asylum seekers at an unused mining camp. Shire President Jeff Carter says the Immigration Department has ... more

  • Cyclone hits Indian coast

    Created Fri, 21st of May 2010

    Tropical cyclone Laila hammered India's southern coast on Thursday, affecting port operations, but it was less intense than initially feared and was far from oil and gas facilities, officials ... more

  • 'Inexcusable' leaving them on their own: Refugee coalition

    Created Mon, 10th of May 2010

    Five Sri Lankan asylum seekers are missing and presumed drowned after attempting to swim for help when their vessel ran out of fuel, food and water off the West Australian coast. Customs officials ... more

  • Floodwaters recede in Gulf

    Created Sat, 3rd of Apr 2010

    Authorities say floodwaters in Queensland's Gulf region are receding. Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) says there is still major flooding around Burketown and the Aboriginal community of ... more

  • Icon_camera Weather eases as storm heads into gulf

    Created Thu, 1st of Apr 2010

    The weather bureau says heavy rain and wind over the east of Arnhem Land will ease over the next 24 hours as ex-tropical cyclone Paul moves further into the Gulf of Carpentaria. The low crossed ... more

  • Cyclone survivor finally leaves his property

    Created Wed, 31st of Mar 2010

    A 72-year-old man who spent a week trapped on his remote property in northern Queensland, after tropical cyclone Ului oo-LOO-ee, has finally managed to get out. Guy Fletchere-Davies was left ... more

  • Cyclone Paul not spent despite crossing coast

    Created Tue, 30th of Mar 2010

    The Bureau of Meteorology says Tropical Cyclone Paul crossed the Northern Territory coast near Blue Mud Bay overnight and is causing wild weather around Borroloola and the Gulf country. The bureau ... more

  • Fishers brace for Cyclone Paul

    Created Mon, 29th of Mar 2010

    Commercial fishermen in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria are preparing for another cyclone. Category two Cyclone Paul is currently located near Cape Shield in the Northern Territory and is ... more

  • Cyclone Paul intensifies off NT coast

    Created Mon, 29th of Mar 2010

    Cyclone Paul has intensified off the Northern Territory's east coast overnight and is now a slow-moving Category 2 system. The weather bureau says the cyclone, near Cape Shield, is producing wind ... more

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