Tag: nsw floods
No, not again! A third straight La Niña is likely – here’s how you and your family can prepare
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Hearts sank along the Australian east coast this week when the Bureau of Meteorology announced a third consecutive La Niña was likely this year....
The floods have killed at least 21 Australians. Adapting to a harsher climate is now a life-or-death matter
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The devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales highlight, yet again, Australia’s failure to plan for natural disasters. As we’re seeing...
The east coast rain seems endless. Where on Earth is all the water coming from?
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At any one time, Earth’s atmosphere holds only about a week’s worth of rain. But rainfall and floods have devastated Australia’s eastern regions for...
Floodplains aren’t separate to a river — they’re an extension of it. It’s time to change how we connect with them
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Dramatic scenes of flood damage to homes, infrastructure and livelihoods have been with us on the nightly news in recent...
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...