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Wild weather knocks out power, cuts trains and threatens homes
Thousands are without power, dozens have been told to evacuate, several train lines have been cut and people have been rescued from flooding as severe…
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What do insects do all winter?
Winter season at the bug hotel. Colin Goldsmith-Hodder/Shutterstock You are standing in a forest in the middle of winter and the temperature has dropped below…
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Technology
The Most Accurate Weather App Has Finally Been Identified
Discover the most accurate weather app to keep you prepared every day. If you’ve ever stepped out in what you thought were weather-appropriate clothes, only…
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Most states set to be soaked as weather system moves across country
Most of the nation will be soaked over the next seven days as a series of high-pressure systems and cold fronts moves through the country,…
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Families infuriated as ADF moves to gut inquiry into deadly crash
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is seeking to gut an independent inquiry’s ability to investigate the cause of a fatal Taipan helicopter crash that killed…
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Why does it feel so cold in the UK right now – and when will it warm up?
Steve Allen/Shutterstock It looks like spring, but it doesn’t feel anything like it. The trees have green leaves, the flowers are blooming, yet it’s hard…
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Extreme weather may help invasive species outcompete native animals – new study
Invasive species can capitalise on disturbances like this. FJAH / shutterstock Non-native species appear to be better able to resist extreme weather, threatening native plants…
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New tech to protect Aussies during forecast extreme summer conditions
New technology is acting as a weather detective to track dangerous conditions and hopefully prevent negative health consequences, as Australia braces for extreme heat this…
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Edmonton weather: Thunderstorms rock central Alberta, chance of more Monday
So, for those that love a good storm, I think it’s safe to say. Keep your eyes to the skies. Mother Nature doesn’t seem finished…
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‘A weather-map of popular feeling’: how Mass-Observation was born
On August 29 1938, in the build-up to the second world war, a now-defunct London newspaper asserted that Europe was tensely watching the crisis over…
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