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The combination of strong winds reaching nearly 100 kilometres an hour and ground sodden with weeks of rain contributed to dozens of trees being uprooted across Canberra on Tuesday.

Gale force winds with gusts of up to 100 km per hour have ripped through parts of NSW leaving up to 10,000 homes and businesses without power. 

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Logging native forests must be a front in the culture wars, because it's not economic.

The hail storm that pelted Melbourne has cleared in time for commuters heading home during peak hour.

Another whale has been caught in a shark net off the Gold Coast, with rescue teams on the way in an attempt to rescue the calf.

As far as congregations go, there would be few as unquestioning as this one.

As Hurricane Matthew's outer bands began pounding Jamaica and southwest Haiti on Monday, the long-term forecast for Florida took a bleak turn.

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In the Facebook video that he claimed to have shot, Todd Orr's face was covered in blood. "Yeah, life sucks in bear country," the 50-year-old said.

The United Nations has called for the shutdown of all legal domestic ivory markets as it looks to combat poaching and put pressure on countries that continue to trade in elephant tusks.

South Africa's Kruger National Park is littered in places with the trunks of trees uprooted and stripped of bark by a surging population of elephants, a frequent sight in the reserve.

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Today presents an opportunity for humanity as a whole to reflect on the relationship we have with the animal kingdom.

Hurricane Matthew is set to bring 230km/h winds to Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica.

The state government will deploy extra resources to prevent shark attacks along northern NSW beaches after 17-year-old Cooper Allen was bitten last week.

Sydneysiders are bracing for more wind on Monday following a gusty weekend.

The first ever comprehensive study into the sale of ivory and rhino horn in Australian and New Zealand auction houses has found trade of the product still takes place.

Zoological Society alarmed by new bill that abandons protection for three-quarters of native animals.

More than 246 properties evacuated, 97 flood rescues, 181 families stranded on islands, and tens of millions of dollars in losses to local businesses throughout central NSW. That is the human, emotional and economic toll of a flood that was in some ways, man made.

Residents in low lying areas of Condobolin ordered to evacuate within the next 24 hours.

European Union countries on Friday agreed to fast-track joint ratification of the Paris accord to combat climate change, pushing the landmark global pact to the brink of reality.

In all 181 families have now been isolated after the biggest floods in decades hit the central-west of NSW, with no road access, limited communications and dwindling supplies.

Something strange is going on with the weather. It might be spring, but that hasn't stopped snow falling in the ACT.

A company offers people the chance to be active players in the energy market.

* Pangolins regarded as most poached animal on the planet

South Australia has a mammoth mop up ahead after a second day of storms lashed the state on Thursday.

Animal rights activists have called for an investigation after one of two lions which escaped from their cage at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany was shot dead.

The BOM issued a warning of peak gusts of more than 90 km/h, but they only reached 43km/h.

Adelaide was bracing for some of the strongest winds the city had ever seen on Thursday night.

A new study has revealed human-caused climate change is already harming parts of Australia.

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Several parts of Victoria remain on flood watch and a watch-and-act warning has been issued for landslides on the Great Ocean Road after wild weather skirted the state on its way from South Australia to New South Wales.

The ACT government has dismissed attacks on the renewable energy sector after the South Australia power outage.