Caption by Holli RiebeekJanuary 8, 2011 Though water levels had started to subside, the Australian city of Rockhampton was still inundated when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite took this image on January 7, 2011. The image includes both thermal-infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between […]
By John Platt Jan 6, 2011 11:20 AM Six Australian birds that have not been seen in decades have been declared extinct by a team of scientists assessing the health of the country’s bird species. In most cases they could have been saved, says team leader Stephen Garnett, professor of tropical knowledge at Charles Darwin […]
AAPJanuary 7, 2011 – 11:14AM Towns in northeastern NSW are bracing for major flooding on the weekend, with more heavy downpours forecast for the already sodden region. Northern rivers bulging from weeks of persistent rain are expected to start bursting their banks from Sunday as rain sweeps the region. The State Emergency Service (SES) warns […]
By Daniel Munoz; Reporting and writing by Michael Perry in Sydney; Additional reporting by James Regan in Sydney, James Grubel in Canberra and Rebekah Kebede in Perth; Editing by Mark Bendeich and Alex RichardsonTue Jan 4, 2011 9:24pm EST ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (Reuters) – Australia’s record floods are causing catastrophic damage to infrastructure in the state […]
AUSTRALIA – Floods covering an area the size of France and Germany combined in north-eastern Australia have washed out crops and inundated coal mines, pushing up commodity prices and possibly reducing the national growth rate, economists said on Tuesday. Floods threaten Australia’s financial health, economists say Technorati Tags: Australia,flood,global warming,climate change,agriculture
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from the city of BundabergJanuary 02, 2011 River waters are still on the rise in northeastern Australia, where flooding has affected some 200,000 people. In eastern Queensland, the Fitzroy river is threatening to submerge half of the city of Rockhampton. And in the west of the state, the floods have […]
Devastating floods in Australia have claimed another victim, officials have confirmed, with warnings the high waters may not recede for weeks. Three people have been killed by the flood waters in the last few days, with over 20 towns in the state of Queensland cut off or flooded by the extreme conditions. Military aircraft have […]
By Daniel Munoz; editing by Jonathan ThatcherSun Jan 2, 2011 10:03am EST GLADSTONE, Australia (Reuters) – Large parts of Australia’s coastal northeast disappeared under floodwaters on Sunday in a spreading disaster that has brought some of the highest floods on record and forced thousands from their homes. Queensland State Treasurer Andrew Fraser described the floods […]
By Chris JohnstonJanuary 3, 2011 … [A] prominent water scientist has forecast widespread damage to the Great Barrier Reef as murky floodwaters surge into the sea off Queensland. Jon Brodie, a senior research officer with the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research at James Cook University in Townsville, told The Age the floods were a […]
BBC1 January 2011 A senior official has described the flooding in Queensland, Australia, as a disaster of “biblical proportions”. State Treasurer Andrew Fraser said the economic impact would be severe, with huge costs compounded by lost income from mining, farming and tourism. Rockhampton, where 77,000 people live, is the latest city bracing for impact, amid […]
