Australia Facing Deadly Climate Change Induced Floods

For the last two weeks, the east coast of Australia has been inundated by several rainstorms That have been so severe, they have been termed rain bombs.

Around 22 people have lost their lives to the floods and tens of thousands have had to be displaced and were forced to evacuate their ...

AUSTRALIA EXPERIENCES THE MOST RAINFALL SINCE 1992

Highlights:

• Australia experiences 176 mm of rainfall
• Wettest 24 hours since 1992
•  Another 200 millimeter of rainfall expected

Australia is a land of extremes. Being an arid island wildfires are not new to the country...

The pleasant recovery of rain after bushfires is threatening our rivers with disaster

Another ecological threat will occur as heavy rainfall finally extinguishes the fires ravaging south-east Australia. Washing sediments, ash and debris in our rivers, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin, will decide aquatic life.

We saw this before. Amid 2003 bushfi...