Category: Floods & Storms

Draining Mines Could Take Weeks

ROCKHAMPTON/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Australia's flood-stricken coal industry faced lengthy disruptions on Thursday, with one miner saying it could

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Floods To Set Coal Price Soaring

Three-quarters of Queensland's coal mines have been affected by flooding, with some economists predicting billions of dollars in lost

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Great Barrier Reef Under Threat

Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is under threat from massive floods swamping the country's northeast which are pouring harmful

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Australia Floods Spread to 40 Towns

ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (AFP) – Australia's disastrous floods have spread to 40 towns and are threatening the world-famous Great Barrier

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58,000 Evacuations in China Freeze

Torrential icy rain across five provinces in southern China has forced 58,000 people to evacuate their damaged homes, causing

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Philippines: 52 Villages Under Water

Landslides and floods in the Philippines have killed at least eight people and displaced thousands of others, the government

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Africa: 15 Lightning Deaths in 2 Days

A politician has claimed that increasing numbers of South Africans are being killed by bolts of lightning. Fifteen people were

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Snakes & Crocs Invade Rockhampton

Flooded residents in Queensland have been warned to stay out of the water due to the danger posed by

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Rockhampton Cut Off by Floods

The central Queensland city of Rockhampton is now completely isolated by floodwaters, Premier Anna Bligh says. Hundreds of homes have

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Floods Kill 5 Children in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines – Landslides and floods after days of heavy rain in the Philippines killed five children and an

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