Updated: Australia floods claim first fatality, more evacuations as clean-up begins
Updated: 4.45pm (AEDT)Sydney, AustraliaReuters A man’s body was found in a car trapped by floodwaters on Wednesday, the first death linked to wild weather across Australia in recent days that has submerged houses, swept away cars and livestock and cut off entire towns. More than 40,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as […]
Updated: Heavy rain forces parts of Sydney to evacuate, downpour to continue
Updated: 9.15am (AEDT), 22nd MarchMelbourne, AustraliaReuters Heavy rains along Australia’s east coast over the weekend have brought the worst flooding in half a century in some areas, authorities said on Sunday, forcing thousands to evacuate and damaging hundreds of houses. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the downpour across the state, Australia’s most populous […]
Australian firefighters access badly burnt towns; PM defends climate policies
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Firefighters battling wildfires in Australia made the most of cooler weather on Sunday to access badly burnt towns and contain blazes before the expected return of hotter conditions at the end of the week. The reprieve came as Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended both his government’s climate change policies and his decision to […]