Tropical storm prompts life-threatening flash flooding warning in Australia

Sydney, March 6 (IANS) A severe weather warning for dangerous flash flooding has been issued in Australia’s Queensland as a tropical low storm system approaches the state’s northeast coast. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said in the warning that the tropical low was expected to bring intense rainfall to a 350-km stretch of coast in […]
Flash flooding, landslides prompt evacuations in Sydney

Sydney, Jan 18 (IANS) A landslide impacted three houses in northern Sydney as life-threatening flash flooding has prompted evacuation orders. Residents of the Narrabeen Lagoon area in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, around 19 km north of the central business district, were told to evacuate shortly before 11 p.m. local time Saturday due to rising floodwaters caused […]