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Weather warning as record-breaking floods continue

Historic flooding in northwest Queensland is likely to continue with more rain forecast, after almost 100 residents were evacuated from one town.

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Colombian gangs flooding Ireland with liquid cocaine hidden in shampoo bottles

The gangs are able to fool a lot of ports and airports with the scheme

Irish Mirror

Inside one woman's fight to stave off homelessness as eviction cases flood courts

LOS ANGELES — In her small studio apartment in Westlake, Leticia Graham stared at her tablet as the courtroom on her screen filled with people like her: renters facing eviction. With mounting panic, she realized she was supposed to have been there in person.

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As atmospheric river exits, another awaits to hit California

Wet, miserable weather is continuing across huge swaths of California as an atmospheric river that caused major flooding flowed eastward

The Independent UK

A Second Big Bang May Have Flooded the Universe With Dark Matter

Scientists are looking into the Dark Big Bang, a second event that sent dark matter particles out into the universe., and we may be able to find evidence of it.

Inverse

Residents stranded in crocodile-infested flood town in Australia

There have been several reported sightings of crocodiles swimming in flood waters in Burketown

Evening Standard

LG Saxena inspects Yamuna floodplains in North East Delhi

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena on Saturday inspected Yamuna floodplains on Shastri Park-Bela Farm-Garhi Mandu stretch in North-East Delhi and instructed officials to immediately ensure steps to clean, restore and rejuvenate the 11 km degraded flood plains. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Queensland floods: Burketown residents warned of crocodile-infested waters ahead of expected peak

Authorities say community still in town could be isolated for up to two weeks with water levels continuing to rise

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UK Snow maps: 1,500-mile wide blitz from Norway to bring -16C freeze before white Easter

See full UK weather maps as the Met Office forecast offers some termporary reprieve for chilled-to-the-bone Brits today before the milder temperatures give way to more snow next week, -16C lows, the threat of floods and more icy chaos

Daily Mirror

Record-breaking Queensland flood peak predicted for Sunday: forecaster

A record-breaking flood in Australia's Queensland state was forecast to peak on Sunday, after almost 100 residents of an outback town were moved to higher ground.

Reuters

Flooding peaks in Gulf of Carpentaria with about 40 homes inundated in Burketown

Flood levels remain at unprecedented heights in Queensland's gulf region, where it will be weeks before evacuated residents can return home. Station owners say they fear what they will find when the water recedes.

ABC News

Britain could be flooded by 'mega tsunami any day,' expert warns

An expert has warned a massive rock the size of the Isle of Man could fall into the Atlantic Ocean any day, sending a massive wall of deadly water speeding towards the UK

Daily Mirror

More rain across flooded Queensland region brings ‘extended peak’ – as it happened

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Fireproof Australia activist reflects on his crime

Alan Glover - actor, comedian, volunteer firefighter and activist - was unhappy with his sentencing outcome at the Downing Centre court in Sydney on Tuesday. Glover was given an 18-month good behaviour bond and he has to pay a $3000 fine for blocking a bridge or tunnel. He says he…

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Levee breach in California triggers massive flooding, prompts evacuations, rescues

MENLO PARK, Calif. — A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County overnight triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues as the latest atmospheric river storm pummeled large swaths of California.

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Peak to come: A Qld town’s ‘worst-ever’ floods seen from the air, as residents flee

Residents of Burketown in Queensland are facing an anxious wait as water inundates their town, with flooding expected to peak.

The Guardian - AU

My Cyclone Diary: after the flood, the dread that replaces panic

In the second instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath in New Zealand, Anna Rankin describes the fears, rumours and unexpected effects of a lack of internet

Los Angeles Times

Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater with floodwaters

LOS ANGELES — With torrential rains drenching California, state water regulators have endorsed a plan to divert floodwaters from the San Joaquin River to replenish groundwater that has been depleted by heavy agricultural pumping during three years of record drought.

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Communities along Central Coast to southern Sierra hit hardest by latest California storm

LOS ANGELES — After atmospheric river storms pummeled large swaths of California, triggering massive flooding and prompting widespread evacuation orders from the Central Coast to the southern Sierra, forecasters warned Saturday “we’re not through this just yet.”

Daily Mirror

UK weather: Temperatures set to plunge to -15 overnight as travellers face disruption

Temperatures are set to fall to -15C in northern Scotland on Friday night, but forecasters say the heaviest snow is now over. The Environment Agency posted over 50 flood alerts today

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Storm breaches California river's levee, hundreds evacuate

Hundreds of people in a Northern California community were forced to flee their homes early Saturday after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river pummeling the state

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Anxious wait as Queensland floods expected to peak

Residents of Burketown in Queensland are facing an anxious wait as water inundates their town, with flooding expected to peak.

Daily Mirror

Almost 10,000 residents evacuated after heavy rain and thunderstorms in California

A creek bloated by rain destroyed a portion of Main Street in Soquel, Santa Cruz County, forcing many to stay trapped in their homes while emergency services are trying to rescue them

The New Daily

‘Move people to rooftops’: Worst-ever Qld rain forces Burketown evacuation as power and sewers fail

Burketown residents are fleeing water-logged homes, while emergency services warn of power cuts and sewage backflows

The Guardian - AU

Queensland floods: police say Burketown ‘not safe’ as dozens airlifted out

Residents in state’s rural west are bracing for the peak of record flooding on Sunday

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