Natural disasters and extreme weather
The latest news and comment on natural disasters and extreme weather
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Commissioner praises ‘extraordinary effort’ of firefighters to save lives and limit property losses as temperatures soared over the weekend
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Preliminary report into event that killed nine people in Melbourne finds emergency services responded well, despite failures in communications
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Monoculture plantations and too few fire breaks contributed to 11 deaths and devastation of 2,000 sq miles
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The La Hacienda hotel collapses into the swollen waters of the Sicra river in the Peruvian town of Lircay on Thursday
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The fast-spreading blazes of recent weeks have destroyed about 385,000 acres of forest and killed eight people, including a firefighter and two police officers who died on Wednesday
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The world’s largest firefighting aircraft has flown in from the US, alongside help from France, Peru and Mexico, as fires continue to ravage Chilean lands
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Scientists announce expedition to test theory that Nepalese earthquake took an inch off the world’s highest mountain
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Rescuers take three puppies to safety on Monday after they were found in the rubble of the Italian hotel that was hit by an avalanche
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Severe low caused heavy rain and gale-force winds and resulted in large dumps of snow on the alps, in the middle of the southern summer
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Trump speaks to Georgia governor, says ‘we’ll be helping out’ in Georgia, Florida and Alabama; four died in Mississippi twister early on Saturday
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Adriana, Gianfilipo and Ludovica Parete were rescued despite earlier pessimism about possibility of survivors
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Survivors are rescued from the rubble of a hotel in central Italy wich was buried by snow following an avalanche which struck on Wednesday
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Up to 30 people missing at hotel in Abruzzo ski resort after avalanche buries building following series of earthquakes
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Aerial footage shows a ski resort hotel in the Abruzzo region of central Italy buried under snow. Up to 30 people are feared dead after an avalanche buried the building following a series of earthquakes
Australian weather: extreme heat sends bushfires raging across south-east – live