Media Contact: John Leslie, 301-713-2087, ext. 17January 12, 2011 According to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, beginning in 1880. This was the 34th consecutive year with global temperatures above the 20th century average. For the contiguous United States alone, the 2010 average annual temperature […]
By Ed Davies; additional reporting by Rob Taylor in CANBERRA and Amy Pyett in SYDNEY; editing by Rob Taylor and Mark BendeichThu Jan 13, 2011 6:49pm EST BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) – Australia’s third-largest city began cleaning up stinking mud and debris in flood-hit areas on Friday, but whole suburbs remained submerged, smaller towns braced […]
STOCKHOLM, 13 January 2011 (AP) — Though you can’t make a direct link between Australia’s killer floods and climate change, they do hold a warning for the future: Scientists predict such extreme weather events will increase both in intensity and frequency as the planet warms. Raging floodwaters have swamped thousands of homes and businesses in […]
Issued at 6:45 am EST Friday 14 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 #540198 Technorati Tags: Australia,flood,monsoon,global warming,climate change
COLOMBO, 12 January 2011 (IRIN) – Ongoing storms have dumped more rain in one eastern district of Sri Lanka than witnessed in a century, according to the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC). Nationwide, storms have hit some two million people in the past seven months and hastened climate adaptation plans already under way, according to […]
AlJazeera English January 13, 2011 Floods and mudslides in Brazil have killed more than 330 people, with more feared dead after three towns just north of Rio De Janeiro were hit on Wednesday. A month’s worth of rain fell in one day in parts of Rio De Janeiro state and roads and bridges were swept […]
The Associated Press January 13, 2011 Flood waters have begun to recede in Brisbane and other Queensland towns, but officials warned it may be days before many can return to their homes. The death toll from the disaster in northeastern Australia has climbed over two dozen. Queensland Left Stunned As Floods Start Receding Technorati Tags: […]
By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia; Editing by Robert BirselWed Jan 12, 3:01 am ET SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Climate change has likely intensified the monsoon rains that have triggered record floods in Australia’s Queensland state, scientists said on Wednesday, with several months of heavy rain and storms still to come. But while scientists say […]
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 […]
