Extreme weather
‘Superfog’ blamed for apocalyptic road crashes that killed several
Some 158 motorists in Louisiana didn’t realise what was happening until they ran into, or drove over the top of, each other or heard popping tyres.
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Deadly Storm Babet batters, floods UK, northern Europe
Some of the worst flooding was in eastern Scotland, where more than 300 homes were evacuated in the town of Brechin.
‘Got 120 neighbours overnight’: Quick fix to housing crisis could prove permanent
Temporary “pod villages” set up as emergency accommodation could be turned into permanent housing sites, as authorities look to ease the housing crisis.
- by Catherine Naylor
Rivers in the Amazon fall to their lowest levels in 120 years
The Negro River is the Amazon’s largest tributary and the world’s sixth-largest by water volume.
- by Fabiano Maisonnave
Farmers offloading sheep for free as drought looms
Fears of a long, hot summer and a booming national flock have pushed some farmers to take extreme measures.
- by Mike Foley
Rochester residents battle depression, displacement a year on from floods
One year after a natural disaster devastated the small Victorian town, hundreds of people are still living in caravans.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Opinion
Tips & advice
Have these changes altered the way you travel? Because they should
Here’s an awkward truth: climate change is affecting travellers, but it’s also caused, in part, by travellers.
- by Ben Groundwater
Warnings downgraded for Sale as Gippsland flood damage revealed
Two men have been rescued from the top of a flooded car in Bairnsdale while swollen rivers could affect homes on Shepparton’s outskirts on Saturday.
- by Ashleigh McMillan, Lachlan Abbott and Broede Carmody
‘Design a house we want’: Push for climate-ready homes designed by and for Indigenous Australians
First Nations people from Tennant Creek have launched a project to design culturally appropriate houses that can weather Australia’s soaring summer temperatures.
- by Miki Perkins
September shatters heat record, shocking even climate scientists
One leading researcher described the record heat as “gobsmackingly bananas. Unnerving. Bewildering. Flabbergasting. Disquieting. Shocking. Mind-boggling.”
- by Laura Chung
Bushfire destroys at least three homes in traumatised Bega Valley
It began on land that burnt less than four years ago in the Black Summer fires and travelled 15 kilometres in just a few hours to threaten the edge of seaside villages.
- by Catherine Naylor and Olivia Ireland