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Heavy rain, mudlsides and floods have claimed the lives of at least 470 people in Brazil in the last two days; with the floods in Queensland and a heavy storm in Sri Lanka, dramatising an eerie climate pattern in the Southern Hemisphere. … Read More »
Classed now as the country’s worst flood disaster, the Queensland inundations are expected to reach a peak in the capital Brisbane on Thursday (13.1.11). … Read More »
The flood crisis in Australia moved to a new stage this week with heavy rainfall moving to the populous South-east corner of Queensland … and several deaths in flash-flooding. … Read More »
Summer floods across tropical and sub-tropical areas of North-eastern Australia have displaced 200000 people. … Read More »
Hundreds of travellers did not make it, and spent Christmas in airport terminals in Europe, affected by the backlog of flights from a week of bitter weather. … Read More »
Air travellers held up by the pre-Christmas freeze on flights are being told they have full rights to reimbursement of fares, on the same basis as travellers delayed when volcanic ash stopped air services flights during April. … Read More »
The European Union has growled at airports’ efforts to cope with the current blast of cold weather, calling them in for consultations and talking of new regulatory action.
The chilly political mood comes as services begin to edge back to normal at some of the major ports. … Read More »