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Anger over climate assessment delays after US exit

Anger over climate assessment delays after US exit

Donald Trump's decision to halt US scientists' participation in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may have implications for key reports.

Twin cyclone threat looms off flood-hit regions

Twin cyclone threat looms off flood-hit regions

Twin cyclone threat looms off flood-hit regions

Twin cyclone threat looms off flood-hit regions

More rain may be dumped on a flood-hit region with two cyclones a chance of forming off northern Australia in coming days just as many had begun their clean-up.

Death toll rises from disease linked with heavy rain

Death toll rises from disease linked with heavy rain

Death toll rises from disease linked with heavy rain

Death toll rises from disease linked with heavy rain

More people have died and others are suffering from a disease associated with heavy rain in a region lashed by floods and tipped to cop even more downpours.

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Better water systems needed to survive firestorms

Better water systems needed to survive firestorms

Recent fires that consumed entire Los Angeles neighbourhoods showed water utilities generally are not designed to respond to large urban fires.

At least nine dead in US amid wild winter weather

At least nine dead in US amid wild winter weather

At least nine people have died in the most recent round of wild weather to pummel the US, including eight people in the state of Kentucky.

Flooding, road closures persist after powerful cyclone

Flooding, road closures persist after powerful cyclone

Floodwaters are not expected to subside any time soon and roads remain closed as an ex-cyclone continues dumping heavy rain and teams visit damaged stations.

Towns face flood threat after escaping worst of cyclone

Towns face flood threat after escaping worst of cyclone

Residents in northwest Australia who escaped the worst of a tropical cyclone now face the possibility of being isolated by rising floodwaters.

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Regional hub spared as Cyclone Zelia brings rapid gusts

Regional hub spared as Cyclone Zelia brings rapid gusts

Regional hub spared as Cyclone Zelia brings rapid gusts

Regional hub spared as Cyclone Zelia brings rapid gusts

Tropical Cyclone Zelia has crossed the Australian coast, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain but a key mining hub has been spared the worst of the impact.

"Doesn't get any worse': towns brace for cyclone Zelia

"Doesn't get any worse': towns brace for cyclone Zelia

"Doesn't get any worse': towns brace for cyclone Zelia

"Doesn't get any worse': towns brace for cyclone Zelia

Locals are preparing for Tropical Cyclone Zelia, which is being described as big, strong and unpredictable as it heads for coastal towns.

Man who drove into flood cleared of mates' manslaughter

Man who drove into flood cleared of mates' manslaughter

Man who drove into flood cleared of mates' manslaughter

Man who drove into flood cleared of mates' manslaughter

More than two years after driving into floodwaters with two friends on his ute, a man has been found not guilty of manslaughter over their drownings.

Insurance claims flood in after torrential rains

Insurance claims flood in after torrential rains

Insurance claims flood in after torrential rains

Insurance claims flood in after torrential rains

Claims have begun rolling in from a region that pays the highest insurance premiums in the country after communities were ravaged by heavy rain and flooding.

Weather on firefighters' side in race to control blazes

Weather on firefighters' side in race to control blazes

Weather on firefighters' side in race to control blazes

Weather on firefighters' side in race to control blazes

Concerns have been raised about how health services deal with fire threats, as a cool change offered fire crews a chance to contain raging blazes.

Second death rocks region as falling floods reveal body

Second death rocks region as falling floods reveal body

Second death rocks region as falling floods reveal body

Second death rocks region as falling floods reveal body

The body of an 82-year-old woman has been found in receding floodwaters, doubling a rain-ravaged region's death toll after days of record rain.

Fears lightning to strike twice as fire threat lingers

Fears lightning to strike twice as fire threat lingers

Fears lightning to strike twice as fire threat lingers

Fears lightning to strike twice as fire threat lingers

The danger isn't over in fire-hit areas now threatened by new lightning strikes, with emergency crews backburning as a cool change sweeps in.

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Tragic disaster memories flood back for sodden city

Floodwaters that have cut power, closed major roads and destroyed a major bridge are triggering bad memories for a rain-ravaged city.

Fire-ravaged state on high alert for 'killer' heatwave

There will be no reprieve from a summer heatwave for several days for residents of a bushfire-ravaged state as conditions fuel blazes.

Firefighters rush to contain blazes ahead of heatwave

A few days of hot weather poses fresh risks for firefighters battling blazes and nearby communities.

Inside the fight to save towns in path of fire disaster

As they continue to battle bushfires which have ripped through a major national park, firefighters are worried about what the future holds for small towns.

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Reinforcements sent after more rain, flash flooding

Heavy rain has again lashed a region on cyclone watch, prompting authorities to send reinforcements amid fears of "life-threatening" flash flooding.

Crews guard richest collection of rock art from blazes

Emergency crews are fighting to contain out-of-control bushfires from scorching a rich concentration of Indigenous rock art as hotter weather looms.

Crews race to prepare as blazes rage ahead of hot spell

Fires continue to burn out of control on the western flank of a national park, with people urged to leave or monitor conditions while crews work on containment.

LA evacuees told: stay away from home for another week

With wildfires burning for a 10th day in LA, firefighters have expressed relief over withstanding high winds without either of the two monster fires growing.

Vanuatu in Australian aid request in earthquake rebuild

Port Vila's CBD and city waterfront remains off-limits a month after a deadly earthquake, prompting frustration and anger from business owners.

Relief no one died in landslip, alert over storm risk

Crews at the site of a landslide at a popular holiday spot remain onwith storms forecast, as the owners of a collapsed house expressed relief no one was killed.

Winds pick up, threatening to stoke new fires in LA

After the most destructive fires in US history, Los Angeles authorities are dreading the arrival of renewed powerful winds.

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