Weather The Storm

Firefighters battle wildfires in Western Australia and a town in Queensland has been evacuated because of flooding. . . Follow us on twitter at twitter.com

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aussmc.org.au In Australia 2009 was a year of unprecedented droughts, fires, flooding and storms. It was the third warmest year in the country’s records. For the last 70 years in Australia, every decade has been warmer than the last, according to the National Climate Centre. Given that La Nina should have made 2009 cooler than average, scientists say the only explanation is climate change. During a heatwave in January, an extra 370 people died in Victoria alone. “We just don’t know how bad …

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