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Posts Tagged ‘Australia’

Flood – Australia – Australia

RSOE EDIS - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 23:10

02.02.2012 - 04:08:48 - Flood event happened in Australia / Australia.

Eventually not a drop of groundwater to drink?

The Japan Times: All Stories - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 12:38

The world is in the midst of a boom in groundwater use. The rate of extraction from aquifers more than doubled in the 40 years to 2000. It has continued to soar since then. Professor Craig Simmons, who directs Australia's National Center for Groundwat...

Flash Flood – Australia – Nursing home residents evacuated in southern Queensland

RSOE EDIS - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:11

31.01.2012 - 15:09:20 - Flash Flood event happened in Australia / Australia.

Flood – Australia – Northwest Queensland recovering after a night of torrential rain

RSOE EDIS - Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:57

28.01.2012 - 11:56:10 - Flood event happened in Australia / Australia.

Tropical Cyclone Nine – South Indian Ocean – 25-Jan-2012 17H00 IST -Getting Closer to Western Australia

Tropical Advisories from Weather Underground - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:00

Updated: Wind: 40 MPH | Location: -16S 252.2E | Movement: WMore Information:Tracking MapPublic AdvisoryCoordinates

Extreme weather threat across Australia

Weatherzone News - Monday, January 23, 2012 0:30

This week is shaping up as one of extreme weather across the Australian continent, according to weatherzone.

Port Hedland braces for Cyclone Heidi

The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines - Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:39

Residents in one of Australia's busiest port towns have been given a red alert as Tropical Cyclone Heidi approaches.

La Nina leads to third wettest year on record

Weatherzone News - Wednesday, January 4, 2012 22:53

The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed 2011 was Australia's third-wettest year on record and the wettest year since 1970.

La Nina whips unseasonal weather into a wet frenzy

The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines - Wednesday, January 4, 2012 9:00

ALMOST 70 centimetres of rain was dumped across Australia last year, making it the third wettest year since uniform rain records began in 1900.

Australia was wetter, cooler in 2011

The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines - Tuesday, January 3, 2012 22:09

Australia has enjoyed its third wettest year since records began in 1900, receiving a mean rainfall total of 699mm in 2011.

VIDEO: Train derailed in Australia flood

BBC News - Home - Tuesday, December 27, 2011 3:46

A freight train has been derailed and two people were swept from their car in flooding that struck Australia's Northern Territories.

Rain, storms, big swells likely for Xmas

The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines - Wednesday, December 21, 2011 22:39

Weather forecasters are predicting a mixed bag of weather conditions over Australia this Christmas.

WORLD FROM SPACE 09 July 2011

IWO Visual - Saturday, July 9, 2011 9:48

By IWO Visual - Sat Jul 09, 3:48 pm [Translate] A selection of satellite images of locations throughout the world on 09 July 2011. Instrument MODIS South western Australia (Western Australia) Paraguay, southwest Brazil and eastern Bolivi...

VIDEO Ocean Sky, Australia

IWO Visual - Thursday, July 7, 2011 14:47

A time lapse video that took 18 months to produce provides a dramatic view of the night-time skies over the Southern Ocean Coast in Australia. The video, which is featured on the Vimeo site and includes music from Redmann, features stunning images of ...

Hail and waterspouts in Australian coastal cities

Anthony Watts - Monday, May 30, 2011 19:00

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Anthony Watts Details and video here. Hail that covered the ground like snow along the Gold Coast, photo below: Photo: Isabelle Vallin-Thorpe who writes – Photos taken tonight from where we live, Gold Coast hinterland....

NASA sees Australian newborn Tropical Storm Errol’s strongest T-storms off-shore

e! Science News - Earth & Climate - Friday, April 15, 2011 12:07

Published: Friday, April 15, 2011 - 12:07 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen The low pressure area formerly known as System 92S has strengthened overnight and developed into Tropical...

Australia Floods Endanger An Already Stressed Great Barrier Reef

TreeHugger - Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:25

Photo by eutrophication&hypoxia via Flickr Creative Commons We've been hearing about the intense flooding in Australia for weeks now, but a lesser known side effect is the impact those floods are having on the Great Barrier Reef. From the cyclone its...

Ice storm cripples Houston; Yasi the 2nd costliest Australian storm on record

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog - Friday, February 4, 2011 11:13

A significant ice storm is in progress across southeast Texas, much of Louisiana, northern Mississippi, and southern Arkansas this morning, as the latest onslaught from the memorable winter of 2010 - 2011 continues. Houston, Texas recorded 1/10" - 1/4"...

Great Blizzard pounds Midwest; Australia braces for Category 4 Yasi

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:37

The Great Blizzard of February 1 - 2, 2011 is here. Oklahoma City is experiencing whiteout conditions, with heavy snow of 2 inches per hour being driven by ferocious winds of 36 mph, gusting to 46 mph. With a temperature of just 9°F, this is an extr...

2011: Year of the flood

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog - Friday, January 21, 2011 10:21

The year 2010 was one the worst years in world history for high-impact floods. But just three weeks into the new year, 2011 has already had an entire year's worth of mega-floods. I'll recap here six remarkable floods that have already occurred this yea...

Extreme Weather Events Spark Fear of Global Food Crisis

AccuWeather.com Headlines Weather Blog - Saturday, January 15, 2011 2:06

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization was forced to have emergency meetings to evaluate growing food concerns. They blame extreme weather as one of the major factors for shortages.

Snow, ice paralyze South; Nor’easter aims at New England; deadly floods in Australia

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog - Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:49

Much of the nation's South remains paralyzed today by a major winter storm that left up to a foot of snow and dangerous ice accumulations in its wake. Six states have declared states of emergency, and travel is extremely hazardous in the affected regio...

Google Map Reveals Weird Weather Caused Half of Mass Animal Deaths

TreeHugger - Friday, January 7, 2011 13:10

image: Mass Animal Deaths - Google Map You'd have to have been sequestered in a cave for the past ten days or so to not have noticed all the coverage of mass bird deaths and fish kills going on right now. And you've perhaps already come across the

Rockhampton residents fighting deluge of snakes and crocodiles

World Weather Post - Tuesday, January 4, 2011 11:36

From The Telegraph: Residents fighting to save their homes in the flooded Queensland town of Rockhampton have been forced to stay out of the rising waters by the threat of deadly snakes and crocodiles. A brown ...

Massive flooding in Australia cuts off city of 75,000

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog - Monday, January 3, 2011 8:52

The arrival of the new year has brought continued misery to northeast Australia, where unprecedented flooding continues in the wake of weeks of torrential rains. The floods have killed at least ten people and covered an area the size of France and Ger...

What Global Warming Is Doing To Your Favorite Wine

World Weather Post - Monday, April 12, 2010 19:42

According to Olly Smith, Mail Online, "the vineyards are sinking! ...

Video: Pelican attacks weatherman

World Weather Post - Thursday, February 18, 2010 20:23

From YouTube, "a weatherman in Sydney, Australia was the victim of an angry pelican and is now a youtube hit. Erica Hill reports. "          ...

Watch Spectacular Display Of Western Sydney Storms

World Weather Post - Monday, March 30, 2009 19:10

I found this spectacular  video of a severe lightning storm, taken by Jimmy Deguara in Western Sydney, Australia. Many thousand lightning strikes occurred during this severe weather episode. Good timelapse photography. Have ...

Indian Ocean Deployment Of Monsoon Monitoring Buoys

World Weather Post - Wednesday, March 18, 2009 16:44

The Hindu Business Line is reporting that "almost 72 per cent of the Research Moored Array for ...


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