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Australia election: Where do the parties stand on climate emergency?
Tomorrow Australia goes to the polls after several once-in-a-generation climate disasters.
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Australia braced for powerful Tropical Cyclone Rusty
As New South Wales mops up after flash floods, another spell of severe weather is on the way for northern parts of Western Australia in the coming days.
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Flood risk continues across south east Australia
A large part of south east Australia faces a continued flood risk during the next few days as more heavy rain is expected to fall.
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Flooding rains lash Australia’s east coast
Torrential downpours have lashed the east coast of Australia in recent days, causing flooding and significant disruption.
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Wildfires destroy homes in Western Australia
Wildfires in Western Australia have left hundreds of people homeless. One firefighter has been injured and several people treated for smoke inhalation.
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Cyclone Yasi hits Australia
One of the most powerful cyclones on record began battering Australia’s northeast coast on Wednesday, as the area’s top politician warned of “heartbreak”, as John Sparks reports.
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Cyclone Yasi hits Australia
One of the most powerful cyclones on record began battering Australia’s northeast coast on Wednesday, as the area’s top politician warned of “heartbreak”, as John Sparks reports.
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Australian flood victim Jordan Rice is buried in Queensland
Jonathan Miller reports from Toombawoomba, where Jordan Rice, 13, was buried today with his mother, in the first of the funerals for the victims of last weeks floods.
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What the world can learn from Australia's tragic flooding
Jonathan Miller reports on the aftermath of the Queensland floods – and the likelihood that the world will face more natural disasters of this type in years to come.
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Jordan Rice: hero of the Queensland floods
Jordan Rice is not a name you’ll instantly recognise – but his actions during the Queensland floods will live long in the memory, writes Channel 4 News Young Blogger Louise Jones.
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Brazil floods ‘bury families as they sleep’
At least 388 people died as mudslides and floods swept through Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in one of Brazil’s worst natural disasters for decades, as Alex Thomson discovers.
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Super storm hits Australia caused by 'La Nina'
It did not require complex climatic modelling to predict the “super storm” which unleashed Queensland’s inland killer-tsunami. Meteorologists and oceanographers did, to some degree, see it coming, warning that after weeks of waterlogging, further deluge could spell disaster.
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Australia: ten dead as Brisbane faces flood
Brisbane police urge evacuation as the city faces major flooding. Ten people have already been killed and a Queensland resident tells Channel 4 News whole houses are being swept away.
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22 towns and cities in Australia ‘flooded or isolated’
A warning about the rise in health problems is issued, as an area of Australia “bigger than France and Germany combined” struggles with rising flood waters.
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Flood victim Jordan Rice, 13, is buried in Queensland
Australia floods: In the Queensland town of toowoomba today, John Tyson laid to rest his 13-year-old son Jordan Rice. It was the first funeral for victims of the floods which hit Queensland last week.