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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Dust storm creates apocalyptic orange skies across Australia
Extreme winds lofted dirt and dust across southeastern Australia this week, covering homes and highways in a red haze and prompting air quality alerts near Sydney. Video from rural Victoria shows the dust smothering the town of Mildura. Another scene from the town of Orroroo shows "dirt and dust everywhere" in South Australia, according to video from the Council of Orroroo Carrieton. "Can't see a thing," a woman says in the video as whipping winds can be heard. On Sunday, South Australian Police warned drivers of poor visibility. "Severe weather is causing dust storms that are significantly reducing visibility on various country roads," the South Australian Police said. "If you are driving in the country, please exercise caution. Ensure your headlights are on and drive to the conditions." The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued severe weather warnings through Tuesday as winds neared 80 mph for parts of southern and eastern Australia. While the most extreme winds and dust didn't reach Sydney, the dust storm was enough to tint the skyline of Australia's capital city yellow. The New South Wales Government issued air quality warnings for areas east and northwest of Sydney. Strong to damaging winds continued through Tuesday as part of a cold front. The windy conditions are expected to ease on Wednesday, according to the article source: Dust storm creates apocalyptic orange skies across Australia
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Photos: Tropical Storm Wrecks Havoc on Australian Beaches, Infrastructure
The same energy that brought Kirra to life last week has slowly morphed into a more malevolent force. Cyclone Alfred was downgraded from a Category 2 cyclone to a tropical low before it made landfall on Saturday into Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales. It spared the area from truly catastrophic damage, but it still caused persistent rain, widespread flooding, and widespread power outages for hundreds of thousands of residents. Oddly enough, it even unearthed two ancient shipwrecks. The tropical low, which carried sustained winds of less than 39 miles per hour, crossed onto the continent about 34 miles north of Brisbane and will keep moving inland, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Gusts up to 52 mph have been recorded and thousands were ordered to evacuate their homes. At least one person was confirmed dead and several more injured. As of Sunday, some 230,000 homes and businesses are without power. Meanwhile, major rivers in the region are flooding, and emergency teams have rescued 36 people from the floods in northern New South Wales, most involving vehicles attempting to cross floodwaters, according to The Associated Press. Two military trucks also flipped in the town of Tregeagle in New South Wales, injuring 13 personnel, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Some towns reported getting up to 11 inches of rainfall in the last several days. To make matters worse, authorities in Queensland warn sewage could overflow into flood water in some areas. It's a rough scene out there, and these images only begin to tell the story. Our thoughts are with all those affected in Queensland and New South Wales. Here's to a swift recovery and getting the power back on promptly. Brighter days are ahead.
See - Sada Elbalad
08-03-2025
- Climate
- See - Sada Elbalad
Cyclone Alfred Causes Widespread Power Outages Near Eastern Australia
Rana Atef On Saturday, Thousands of people in eastern Australia were ordered to evacuate because the heavy rain and winds of the Tropical Cyclone Alfred may make a soon landfall near Brisbane, which is the country's third-largest city. The cyclon caused widespread power outages along the southern Queensland and northern New South Wales coasts. People who don't want to leave their houses were urged to stay inside ahead of its expected hit as a Category 2 storm, per the Bureau of Meteorology. Airports, schools and businesses were closed, as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology warned. The landfall could cause heavy rain and floods ahead. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at a Friday briefing that rainfall and wind impacts were expected to continue increasing. "This is a serious weather event, with heavy rain, destructive winds and major flooding expected," Albanese said. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli at a briefing called Cyclone Alfred an "extremely rare event," with the last such storm hitting state capital Brisbane in 1974. "Overnight we saw it packed a punch," he said, after some 82,000 properties on Queensland's Gold Coast and northern NSW lost power.
Saba Yemen
07-03-2025
- Climate
- Saba Yemen
Tens of thousands of homes in Australia without power
Sydney - Saba: More than 80,000 homes were without power in Australia on Friday as Tropical Cyclone Alfred approached the country's east coast with destructive winds. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology estimates that the cyclone, the first to hit the region since 1974, will hit the Australian coast on Saturday. More than four million people live in the path of the cyclone, along a densely populated 300-kilometre coastal strip on the border between Queensland and New South Wales. Electricity was cut off to 80,000 homes across the two states on Friday morning, while the destructive winds swept away trees that fell on electricity poles, according to authorities. The New South Wales Ambulance Service said that 10,000 residents of flood-prone areas had been evacuated. The town of Lismore, which was hit by record flooding of 14 metres after heavy rains in 2022, is also a concern for authorities. Over the past three days, many Australians have barricaded themselves in areas at risk, blocking their homes with sandbags and stocking up on food and water. The cyclone is likely to hit the coast on Saturday, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said, but it is becoming more difficult to track as it approaches. The agency said heavy rain, damaging winds and strong waves will hit the coast as the cyclone approaches. More than 900 schools in Queensland and neighbouring northern New South Wales were closed on Friday, education officials said.
Axios
07-03-2025
- Climate
- Axios
Thousands without power as Cyclone Alfred nears eastern Australia
Thousands of residents in eastern Australia were ordered to evacuate, as Tropical Cyclone Alfred's heavy rains and powerful winds blast two states ahead of it's expected landfall near Brisbane, the country's third-largest city. The big picture: It's already caused widespread power outages and triggered storm surge along the southern Queensland and northern New South Wales coasts and those who haven't evacuated were urged to stay inside ahead of its expected hit as a Category 2 storm. Airports, schools and businesses were closed, as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology warned heavy to locally intense rainfall would bring heavy flooding ahead of it's expected landfall around lunchtime Saturday local time (Friday morning ET). Threat level: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at a Friday briefing that rainfall and wind impacts were expected to continue increasing. "This is a serious weather event, with heavy rain, destructive winds and major flooding expected," Albanese said. Queensland premier David Crisafulli at a briefing called Cyclone Alfred an "extremely rare event," with the last such storm hitting state capital Brisbane in 1974. "Overnight we saw it packed a punch," he said, after some 82,000 properties on Queensland's Gold Coast and northern NSW lost power. Between the lines: Tropical cyclones aren't usually so intense this far south and they don't usually make landfall in this region. Research suggests tropical cyclones are intensifying more quickly, with stronger wind speeds and heavier rainfall and they may "retain their strength for longer, and move more slowly" across areas in "our rapidly changing climate," per the Australian nonprofit the Climate Council. Cyclone Alfred was primarily influenced by human-driven climate change, which intensified the meteorological conditions that led to the event, according to new analysis by ClimaMeter, which provides a rapid framework for understanding extreme weather events in a changing climate. What they're saying: "Cyclone Alfred is a striking example of how human-driven climate change is altering the intensity and behavior of tropical cyclones in Australia," said Stavros Dafis, a researcher at the National Observatory of Athens, Greece, who's involved in the ClimaMeter project, in an emailed statement. "The combination of higher sea surface temperatures and increased atmospheric moisture is fueling heavier rainfall and stronger winds," he added. "Our analysis of historical cyclone records suggests that storms like Alfred are becoming more intense and producing more extreme precipitation, raising the risk of catastrophic flooding and coastal erosion." In photos: Cyclone Alfred bears down on Australia's east coast Go deeper: Extreme precipitation risks currently underestimated
