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Rising Droughts Threaten Agriculture, Energy, and Ecosystems Worldwide
Extreme droughts have become more frequent and severe in recent decades, severely impacting agriculture, energy production, and ecosystems worldwide. Prolonged dry spells have expanded by 50,000 square kilometres each year since 1979, as temperatures rise and precipitation patterns shift. This has led to significant economic losses, particularly in...
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India vs Australia 3rd Test, Day 5 Highlights: Big Blow To WTC Final Hopes As India vs Australia 3rd Test Ends In A Draw
India vs Australia Highlights: Incessant rainfall in Brisbane made the third Test between India and Australia end in a draw.
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Opinion | Dubai Flooding Is A Wake-Up Call Against Climate Change
Unprecedented rainfall in desert regions extends beyond Dubai and Oman, with similar events observed globally, from Australia and Greece to the United States.
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Australia's Sydney Residents Evacuate 2nd Time In A Month After Heavy Rains
Hundreds more Sydney residents were ordered to leave their homes on Friday, some for the second time in a month, as rivers burst their banks even as an intense weather
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"1 Month's Rain In A Night" Triggers Evacuations In Australia's Sydney
Torrential rain pummelled Australia's east coast on Thursday with Sydney receiving nearly a month's rain overnight, submerging the city's roads in flash floods and triggering evacuations as authorities warn of more rain through the day.
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"Rain Just Won't Stop": Half A Million Face Flood Evacuation In Australia
Emergency services ordered some Sydney residents to prepare to flee Wednesday as heavy rainfall barrelled down Australia's east coast, burying towns in floodwater, killing 13 and putting hundreds of thousands at risk.
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"Just Mayhem": Tens Of Thousands Evacuated In Australia After Heavy Rains
Tens of thousands of Australians fled their homes and authorities evacuated a hospital on Wednesday as torrential rains continued to batter the country's east coast.
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Fresh Deluge Worsens "One In 100 Year" Australia Floods
Australia's south east was lashed by another round of intense rainfall Monday, worsening "one in 100 year" flooding north of Sydney, as thousands of people were ordered to evacuate and more than 200 schools closed.
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"Life Threatening" Flash Floods: Thousands In Sydney Ordered To Evacuate
Thousands of people in Sydney's outer suburbs were ordered to evacuate Sunday, as Australia's east coast was hit by record rainfall and widespread flooding.
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Caught On Camera: The Strange And Spectacular Phenomenon Of Reverse Waterfalls
Torrential rainfall and wild weather in Australia have led to one of nature's stranger phenomenons being captured on camera. At the Royal National Park near Sydney, water flew backwards over a cliff instead of falling down.
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Rainfall Brings Respite To Australia Bushfires
Heavy rain fell across parts of fire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday and more wet weather was forecast, giving some relief following months of catastrophic blazes fuelled by climate change.
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"Worst Over": After Devastating Floods, Australia Braces For A Clean Up
Weary residents in Australia's flood-hit northeast returned home on Wednesday to begin a massive clean-up after almost two weeks of heavy rain, as the wild weather moved south to inundate more towns.
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India vs Australia: Hosts Call Off Practice Session Due To Rain
According to the local Meteorological Centre, a cyclonic circulation is persisting over the northwest Bay of Bengal, which is capable of causing heavy rainfall here for at least two days.
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Australian Lake Turns Pink. You Can Look, But Don't Touch
After pink water flowed from the taps of a Canadian town, an Australian lake has now turned pink. In Port Melbourne, Westgate Park's salt lake is now a fabulous shade of pink instead of the customary blue.
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Shifts in rainfall, not warming pause, slow sea level rise
Heavy rains from the Amazon to Australia have curbed sea level rise so far this century by shifting water from the oceans to land, according to a study that rejects theories that the slowdown is tied to a pause in global warming.
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Rising Droughts Threaten Agriculture, Energy, and Ecosystems Worldwide
Extreme droughts have become more frequent and severe in recent decades, severely impacting agriculture, energy production, and ecosystems worldwide. Prolonged dry spells have expanded by 50,000 square kilometres each year since 1979, as temperatures rise and precipitation patterns shift. This has led to significant economic losses, particularly in...
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India vs Australia 3rd Test, Day 5 Highlights: Big Blow To WTC Final Hopes As India vs Australia 3rd Test Ends In A Draw
India vs Australia Highlights: Incessant rainfall in Brisbane made the third Test between India and Australia end in a draw.
-
Opinion | Dubai Flooding Is A Wake-Up Call Against Climate Change
Unprecedented rainfall in desert regions extends beyond Dubai and Oman, with similar events observed globally, from Australia and Greece to the United States.
-
Australia's Sydney Residents Evacuate 2nd Time In A Month After Heavy Rains
Hundreds more Sydney residents were ordered to leave their homes on Friday, some for the second time in a month, as rivers burst their banks even as an intense weather
-
"1 Month's Rain In A Night" Triggers Evacuations In Australia's Sydney
Torrential rain pummelled Australia's east coast on Thursday with Sydney receiving nearly a month's rain overnight, submerging the city's roads in flash floods and triggering evacuations as authorities warn of more rain through the day.
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"Rain Just Won't Stop": Half A Million Face Flood Evacuation In Australia
Emergency services ordered some Sydney residents to prepare to flee Wednesday as heavy rainfall barrelled down Australia's east coast, burying towns in floodwater, killing 13 and putting hundreds of thousands at risk.
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"Just Mayhem": Tens Of Thousands Evacuated In Australia After Heavy Rains
Tens of thousands of Australians fled their homes and authorities evacuated a hospital on Wednesday as torrential rains continued to batter the country's east coast.
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Fresh Deluge Worsens "One In 100 Year" Australia Floods
Australia's south east was lashed by another round of intense rainfall Monday, worsening "one in 100 year" flooding north of Sydney, as thousands of people were ordered to evacuate and more than 200 schools closed.
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"Life Threatening" Flash Floods: Thousands In Sydney Ordered To Evacuate
Thousands of people in Sydney's outer suburbs were ordered to evacuate Sunday, as Australia's east coast was hit by record rainfall and widespread flooding.
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Caught On Camera: The Strange And Spectacular Phenomenon Of Reverse Waterfalls
Torrential rainfall and wild weather in Australia have led to one of nature's stranger phenomenons being captured on camera. At the Royal National Park near Sydney, water flew backwards over a cliff instead of falling down.
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Rainfall Brings Respite To Australia Bushfires
Heavy rain fell across parts of fire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday and more wet weather was forecast, giving some relief following months of catastrophic blazes fuelled by climate change.
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"Worst Over": After Devastating Floods, Australia Braces For A Clean Up
Weary residents in Australia's flood-hit northeast returned home on Wednesday to begin a massive clean-up after almost two weeks of heavy rain, as the wild weather moved south to inundate more towns.
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India vs Australia: Hosts Call Off Practice Session Due To Rain
According to the local Meteorological Centre, a cyclonic circulation is persisting over the northwest Bay of Bengal, which is capable of causing heavy rainfall here for at least two days.
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Australian Lake Turns Pink. You Can Look, But Don't Touch
After pink water flowed from the taps of a Canadian town, an Australian lake has now turned pink. In Port Melbourne, Westgate Park's salt lake is now a fabulous shade of pink instead of the customary blue.
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Shifts in rainfall, not warming pause, slow sea level rise
Heavy rains from the Amazon to Australia have curbed sea level rise so far this century by shifting water from the oceans to land, according to a study that rejects theories that the slowdown is tied to a pause in global warming.
