Tag: La Nina
No, not again! A third straight La Niña is likely – here’s how you and your family can prepare
Image: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
Hearts sank along the Australian east coast this week when the Bureau of Meteorology announced a third consecutive La Niña was likely this year....
Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change
Flooding in Gympie, Queensland, February 26, 2022. AAP Image/Supplied by Brett's Drone Photography
The severe floods in southeast Queensland this week have forced hundreds of residents...
This WA town just topped 50℃ – a dangerous temperature many Australians will have to get used to
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While Australians are used to summer heat, most of us only have to endure the occasional day over 40℃.
On January 13th, the temperature...
Back so soon, La Niña? Here’s why we’re copping two soggy summers in a row
Image: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
Last month was Australia’s wettest November on record, and summer in Queensland and parts of New South Wales is also expected to be soggy...
Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse
Etching of the 1867 flood in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley, depicting the Eather family. illustrated Sydney News/author provided
Over the past three years, I’ve been working...
La Niña will give us a wet summer. That’s great weather for mozzies
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The return of the La Niña weather pattern will see a wetter spring and summer in many parts of Australia.
We know mosquitoes...