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El Nino puffs up for a big blow
Melbourne :: Australia | about 17 hours ago
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32 22/11/2009 Climate scientists are re-thinking their outlook for the summer as the El Nino weather pattern strengthens and threatens to bring windier weather to our shores. This year's El Nino has ramped up during spring, with water temperatures in...
Tags: El Nino, Australia, climate scientists, Melbourne, Tropical meteorology, Heat wave, Climate, Climate change, El Niￃﾱo-Southern Oscillation, Physical oceanography, Environment, Weather
Fire threat forces hospital evacuation
Rylstone :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility A hospital in central-western New South Wales is being evacuated as crews battle 100 fires burning across the state in hot and windy conditions. As temperatures climb into the 40s and winds strengthen, crews are keeping a close watch on fires burning...
Tags: The Rural Fire Service, Rylstone, 40s degrees, Kandos, New South Wales, NSW RFS, Sydney, Australia, Environment, Kandos New South Wales, Firefighter, Disaster Accident, Firefighting, Bushfires in Australia, Crane, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Wildland fire suppression, Bushfire, Wildfires, Kamilaroi Highway, Fire, Black Saturday bushfires, Blue Mountains, Bilpin New South Wales, Heat wave, Weather, Pulletop bushfire, 2008￢ﾀﾓ09 Australian bushfire season
Sorry: there's no end yet to the storms
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility The only crumb of comfort is that Met Office forecasters see a slight shift in wind direction next week that will bring cooler air streaming in, which means rainfalls will drop off somewhat. But with the ground saturated and so many rivers running high,...
Tags: El Nino, jet stream, Met Office Hadley Centre, Britain, Southwest Scotland, United Kingdom, London, El Niￃﾱo-Southern Oscillation, Weather, Heat wave, Atmospheric dynamics, wind
Hospitals placed on standby as weekend temperatures soar
Sydney :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility With the mercury expected to hit 39 degrees in the western suburbs and 42 in the state's west this weekend, hospitals are also bracing for a surge of heat-related illnesses. A spokeswoman from the NSW Ambulance Service said there had been a significant...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Heat wave, Heat illness, Temperature, Heat, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Physical quantities, Health Medical Pharma
Relief after record heat
Portland :: OR :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Relief from the record-breaking hot spell that has scorched Victoria over recent weeks is on the way. The weather bureau says despite another night of temperatures more 10 degrees above the long-term average, a cold front will reach central Victoria about...
Tags: Portland, Bushfires in Australia, Heat wave, Fire, Environment, Weather
Hundreds expected to die from heat - yet again
Melbourne :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility Dr Diana Egerton-Warburton, a member of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine's public health committee, said she was surprised a prevention campaign was not already running. ''There's this great sense of urgency about the bushfires, but we...
Tags: related illnesses, Australia, Melbourne, Heat wave, Emergency medicine, Warburton, Environment
Fire plans activated as locals swelter
Adelaide :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales are sweltering through another day of record high temperatures. For the second day parts of South Australia have been declared catastrophic code red fire danger zones, with a bushfire burning out of control...
Tags: South Australia, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, fire services, Curramulka, fire warning, Lower Eyre Peninsula, near curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, fire risk, Australia, Adelaide, Bushfire, Streaky Bay South Australia, Eyre Peninsula, Wildfires, Bushfires in Australia, Country Fire Service, Disaster Accident, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Severe thunderstorm warning, Environment, Robinvale Victoria, Dust storm, Heat wave, Ceduna South Australia, Fire, Weather, Mount Lofty, Firefighter, Black Saturday bushfires, Thunderstorm
Firefighters brace for toughest day
Melbourne :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility The total fire ban covers centres including metropolitan Melbourne, Bendigo, Shepparton, Wodonga, Mildura, Ballarat and Horsham. Fire chiefs said it was up to individuals to heed bushfire warnings and take action. Temperatures will rise above 40C in the...
Tags: South Australia, fire ban, Melbourne, total fire, Australia, Ceduna South Australia, Wildfire, Eyre Peninsula, Wildland fire suppression, Country Fire Service, Disaster Accident, Environment, Bushfire, Bendigo Victoria, Wildfires, Black Saturday bushfires, Wimmera, Bushfires in Australia, The Mallee, Weather, Fire, Heat wave, National Weather Service
'Thousands' ready for bushfire threat
Sydney :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility NSW ahead of extreme temperatures, tinder dry conditions and strong winds forecast for the next two days. About 250 firefighters were this morning battling to contain 29 bush and grassfires across the state. Two of them, in north-western NSW, were causing...
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SA catastrophic fire danger set to continue
Adelaide :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility As South Australia faces a day of catastrophic fire danger, the weather bureau has made clear the same areas can expect to face the same declaration on Thursday. A fire which broke out at Bowmans in the lower north posed a danger for just a short time.
Tags: South Australia, fire danger, Australian Broadcasting Corp., catastrophic fire, S. Australia, Country Fire Service, Port Augusta, code red, catastrophic bushfire, weather bureau, Australia, Adelaide, National Weather Service, Storm warning, Disaster Accident, Stirling North South Australia, Wilmington North Carolina, Environment, Brumby, Black Saturday bushfires, Motion Picture Association of America film rating system, Wildfires, Bushfire, Fire, Bushfires in Australia, John Brumby, Port Pirie South Australia, Thunderstorm, Heat wave, Natural disaster, Influenza pandemic, Influenza, Heatwave, Pandemics
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