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1 day ago

The Spin | How Sandhill Ashes cricket match helped to rebuild a community ravaged by bushfire

Record heat, strong winds and extreme dryness have created severe bushfire threats, devastating communities and prompting recovery efforts including a commemorative cricket match.
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2 days ago

Extreme heatwave may break records in Victoria as firefighters warn of bushfire risk in very dry' state

It was 26.1C as the sun rose on Tuesday over the small Victorian town of Ouyen, the Mallee town of 1,170 people whose forecast high of 49C would break the state's temperature record of 48.8C set in Hopetoun on Black Saturday in 2009. The area has not recorded a drop of rainfall all January, and only 13.6mm in December. The fire danger rating on Tuesday was extreme.
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2 weeks ago
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As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick

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2 weeks ago
Public health

As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick

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1 week ago

Australia's worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds

Human-caused global heating made the intense heatwave that affected much of Australia in early January five times more likely, new analysis suggests. The heatwave earlier this month was the most severe since the 2019-20 black summer, with temperatures over 40C in Melbourne and Sydney, even hotter conditions in regional Victoria and New South Wales, and extreme heat also affecting Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.
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1 month ago

Weather tracker: Bushfires ravage Western Australia as temperatures soar

Extreme heat and bushfires threaten much of Australia while storms, wind and fog worldwide cause power outages, travel disruption, and unusual weather.
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1 month ago

Weather tracker: Australia bushfires could be most dangerous since black summer'

Widespread bushfires across New South Wales and Tasmania, fueled by hot temperatures, erratic winds and dried vegetation, destroyed homes and killed one firefighter.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Why were hundreds of koalas shot in an aerial cull in Victoria?

The Victorian government undertook an aerial cull of koalas to mitigate their suffering after devastating bushfires destroyed their habitat.
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