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Floods, road closures in Australia as storms lash some bushfire-hit regions

January 18, 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, Property and Casualty Insurance (TRBC), US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Thunderstorms lashed parts of Australia’s east coast early on Saturday, causing road closures and flash flooding, but

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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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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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Australian PM defends climate policies as cooler weather helps firefighters

December 22, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, Graphics, Guinea, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Fire conditions eased on some of the major fronts burning across Australia on Sunday after a cool

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Bushfires hit emergency level on Sydney’s outskirts; one dead in South Australia

December 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Catastrophic conditions fueled massive bushfires across Australia’s New South Wales state on Saturday, with three blazes around

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Australian leader curtails holiday as firefighters killed in huge blazes

December 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Droughts, Environment, Europe, Fires, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Malta, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Public Health, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a rare public apology as he cut short a Hawaiian vacation

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Australian state declares emergency as wildfires surround Sydney

December 19, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Europe, Fires, General News, Graphics, Major News, Malta, Pictures, Public Health, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state declared its second emergency in as many months on Thursday as extreme heat

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Australian boy, 12, drives brother’s truck to flee fires with dog

December 17, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BOY, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, General News, Government / Politics, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Living / Lifestyle, Temperature, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy in Australia and his dog have escaped a fire that was lapping his family’s

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