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M7.3 quake hits east of Japan, small tsunami generated (+map)
Updated 7:32am — A tsunami warning has been issued in Japan following a 7.3 quake which struck a short time…
Australia: Bushfires blaze in Blue Mountains
Firefighters are working to strengthen containment lines around three blazes burning uncontained in the Blue Mountains as the bushfire emergency…
Australia: Firefighters make progress in NSW
Thousands of firefighters will today continue to hold the line against the fires rampaging to the west and north of…
Australia – ‘Megafire’ threatens NSW communities
Rural fire chief says some communities to Sydney’s west might be ‘simply unsaveable’. The unique landscape that made disaster inevitable…
UN Climate Chief claims link ‘between climate change and wildfires’
There is “absolutely” a link between climate change and wildfires, U.N. Climate Chief Christiana Figueres told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on…
NSW braced for more fires
An enormous and “very volatile” fire in the NSW Blue Mountains continues to worry firefighters, with one township evacuated ahead…
India: Flooding widespread in the wake of Phailin
Cyclone Phailin has been and gone, leaving at least 12 million people displaced, while widespread flooding is now making the…
Week in Weather – What’s been Making Headlines this week
Another eventful and tragic week in the weather world started with gale force winds and ended with fire, with all…
Australia – Another NSW fire rages out of control
Firefighters were last night desperately battling out-of-control fires threatening homes and properties across much of the southeast of New South…
Japan: Deadly Typhoon hits south of Tokyo
A typhoon has caused deadly mudslides that buried people and destroyed homes on a Japanese island before sweeping up the…
