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Australia ‘open for business’ as cool change eases bushfire threat

January 14, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Video, Water, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Tuesday urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States

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Australian prime minister’s approval rating singed by bushfires

January 13, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ANTARCTICA, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Economic Output, Environment, General News, Graphics, INDIA, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Video, Water, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A political poll showed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s popularity declined sharply as his government grappled with

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Australian PM proposes high-powered inquiry into bushfires response

January 12, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ANTARCTICA, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, General News, Graphics, INDIA, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Video, Water, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bushfires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said

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‘Traumatized’ Puerto Ricans rocked by more strong quakes

January 11, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Disasters / Accidents, Earthquakes, Emerging Market Countries, General News, Major News, Pictures, Power Markets, Precipitation, Puerto Rico, PUERTORICO, QUAKE, Transmission Lines, United States, US, Utilities (TRBC), Video

YAUCO, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Two strong aftershocks collapsed homes and cracked walls in Puerto Rico on Friday as the

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Australia issues new evacuation alerts as monster bushfires regenerate

January 9, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, General News, Graphics, New Zealand, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, US, Video, Water, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MERIMBULA/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian authorities issued new warnings and evacuation notices across the country’s heavily populated southeast on Thursday as

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Australia readies as renewed bushfire threat looms, economic costs soar

January 7, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Commodities News (3rd Party), Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Government / Politics, Graphics, INSURANCE, Major News, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Real Estate Markets, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian firefighters used cool weather on Tuesday to try to strengthen containment lines around almost 200 wildfires

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New bushfire flares in southeast Australia as damage assessment begins

January 5, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Fires, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A dangerous fire flared up in southeastern Australia on Sunday even as cooler conditions elsewhere allowed authorities

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After Indonesia’s deadly floods, few hear climate ‘wake up call’

January 4, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Advocacy Groups / Pressure Groups / Lobbies, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Floods, Government / Politics, Government Finances, INDONESIA, Picture available, Pollution, Precipitation, Real Estate Markets, US, Utilities (TRBC)

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Floods that killed more than 50 people in Indonesia’s capital after the biggest rainfall since records began

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Flood death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian capital

January 2, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Disasters / Accidents, Floods, INDONESIA, Major News, Pictures, Precipitation, United Nations, US, Utilities (TRBC), Video, Water, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC), WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather

JAKARTA (Reuters) – The death toll from flash floods and landslides in and around Indonesia’s capital Jakarta reached at least

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Twelve dead, several missing as Australia counts the cost of devastating bushfires

January 1, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Government / Politics, Livestock, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A third person was confirmed dead on Wednesday in devastating bushfires that engulfed Australia’s southeast coast this

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