Blogging the End of the World™
By Staff WritersBuenos Aires (UPI) Jan 10, 2011 Buenos Aires (UPI) Jan 10, 2011 – Argentine fisheries’ production of squid this year is at risk after crews found the stock already low outside the country’s exclusive economic zone. Low yields of the Illex argentinus variety of squid could spell trouble for this branch of the […]
Issued at 11:46 am EST Wednesday 12 January 2011 Station details: Station Number: 540198 Name: Brisbane R at City Gauge # Owner: SEQWCO:143838 Flood levels: Minor: 1.70 Moderate: 2.60 Major: 3.50 Latest River Heights for Brisbane R at City Gauge # Technorati Tags: Australia,flood,global warming,climate change
Brisbane Times with AAP 12 January 2011 Brisbane is headed for its worst floods since 1893, as a tenth flood death is confirmed. A disaster declaration had been made for the lower half of Queensland, including the greater Brisbane area, giving authorities forced evacuation powers if necessary. As the floods entered Brisbane yesterday, the city’s […]
Staff reportersJanuary 11, 2011 – 3:06PM Roads out of Brisbane are clogged as office workers seek to flee the city while the river breaches its banks at multiple locations. The Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre, formally ANZ Stadium, is being prepared as a possible evacuation centre. Eagle Street at the pier is now underwater, according […]
By Ed DaviesMon Jan 10, 2011 9:12pm EST BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) – Tsunami-like flash floods raced toward Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane on Tuesday, prompting evacuations of its outskirts, flood warnings for the financial district and predictions that the death toll is likely to climb. The worst flooding in the coal-exporting state of Queensland in […]
Sunday, January 09, 2011 KARACHI: The flood-affected people are still living in miserable conditions and more assistance is needed to rehabilitate them, according to the Sindh chief minister. Syed Qaim Ali Shah said this at a meeting with a visiting delegation of the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) on Saturday. The meeting discussed the situation […]
By Amy Pyett; Editing by Rob TaylorMon Jan 10, 2011 5:48am EST SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s devastating floods are flushing toxic, pesticide-laden sediment into the Great Barrier Reef, and could threaten fragile corals and marine life in the world’s largest living organism, environmentalists said on Monday. Flood plumes from the swollen Fitzroy and Burnett rivers […]
By Michael Perry; Editing by Alex RichardsonSun Jan 9, 2011 7:38pm EST SYDNEY Jan 10 (Reuters) – Residents of low-lying parts of Australia’s third largest city, Brisbane, sandbagged their homes against rising waters on Monday as torrential rain exacerbated record floods that have paralysed the coal industry in the northeast and now threaten tourism. Weather […]
NTD Television2011-01-10 10:58 Docks and boats are swept down a swollen river as Australia’s floods claim another town. It’s the worst flooding the city of Maryborough has seen in more than three decades. Nearly six inches of rain doused the area Saturday, and the local Mary River is expected to peak at 17 meters, or […]
By Michael CarlowiczDecember 10, 2010 The world is getting warmer. Thermometer readings all around the world have risen steadily since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. According to an ongoing temperature analysis conducted by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the average global temperature on Earth has increased by about 0.8°Celsius (1.4°Fahrenheit) […]
