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From nearly a metre of rain south of Sydney to a one-in-500-year flood in the Hunter, one huge weather system has driven extremes from Darwin to NSW.

London urgently needs to adapt to the rising threat from flash flooding, which is being supercharged by climate change.

Water in Kabini dam is inching closer to the maximum level

Climate change is perhaps the most serious threat to life on this planet. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), climate change has already caused heatwave, drought and flood deaths across the world; contributed to the spread of potentially fatal diseases including cholera; and…

The flood of ministerial resignations from UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s government in recent days started with Rishi Sunak’s resignation as UK chancellor of the exchequer on July 5 2022, alongside health secretary Sajid Javid’s. His resignation letter cited differences of opinion over the economy, saying that a “low-tax, high-growth…

Rains continue to threaten communities as the low-pressure system moves to the Hunter, Central Coast and Mid-North Coast

As dawn broke over Javed Rahi's Pakistani mountain village, a loud boom shattered the silence and a torrent of water came cascading down from the melting glacier nearby, followed by a thick cloud of smoke. Rahi, a retired maths teacher, had been due to attend his nephew's wedding the day…

Dozens of suburbs in Sydney's west have been issued a conserve water warning as the processing plant that services them is forced to slow operations down following the floods.

Communities on the NSW Mid North Coast are beginning to assess the damage after severe weather and record-breaking rainfall totals.

With the fridges fully stocked and the beer taps flowing at the Victoria Hotel, Hinton locals are strapped in for the long haul with the potential to be cut-off until Tuesday.

Models used to predict flooding are based on long-term, historical records that do not reflect changes to the climate over the past decade, scientists say..