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Cyclone Michaung | Chennai, neighbouring districts pounded by heavy rains

Cyclone Michaung moves east-northeast, triggers heavy rains & strong winds in Tamil Nadu, incl. Chennai. RMC advises people to stay safe. Water Resources Dept. increases surplus release from reservoirs to 6,000 cusecs. Flood gates of Poondi to be opened to discharge 1,000 cusecs.

The Hindu

Two years after silt and mud trashed them, Northern Rivers schools rise from ruin

Dave Lees, principal of the newly rebuilt Mullumbimby public school, vividly recalls the emotion of his first visit to assess the flood damage

The Guardian - AU

1 person is dead and 11 missing after a landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia's Sumatra island

Rescuers have recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks following flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

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Supreme Court directs Bihar to remove encroachments near the Ganga

SC orders Bihar to remove 213 unauthorised constructions from Ganga floodplains in Patna. No further construction to take place. Plea filed by Patna resident against illegal structures and encroachments on eco-fragile floodplains. SC noted risk to life and property, destruction of habitat and biodiversity, and contamination of groundwater. 520 acres…

The Hindu

South Central Railway AGM reviews cyclone preparedness

SCR Additional General Manager AGM, R. Dhananjayulu, has said that vigil on flood level in tanks and patrolling on tracks and bridges will be done in the wake of the heavy rains prediction due to Michaung cyclone

The Hindu

Chennai Corporation braces for heavy rain; deploys pumps in flood-prone areas

Chennai Corp. has taken steps to prepare for heavy rains: 650 pumps, 8 heavy duty diesel-operated pumps, 184 tractor-driven pumps, 190 power saws, 6 tree pruning machines, 61 telescopic pruners, 4 robotic multi-purpose excavators, 162 multi-hazard shelters, 30 lines on helpline 1913. Officers instructed to coordinate with other depts., councillors,…

The Hindu

Afternoon Update: Brittany Higgins cross-examination continues; Smithsonian returns Indigenous remains; and first LGBTQ+ couple legally weds in south Asia

Higgins says she wore white pencil dress at Liberal party function after the alleged rape because she was ‘trying to reclaim it’

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NASA Partners With IBM To Announce AI Project To Address Climate Challenges

In recent months, widespread heatwaves, severe flooding and natural disasters have highlighted the serious nature of the climate crisis.

International Business Times UK

Stage set for national cabinet clash over GST – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Chennai’s southern areas see some relief as water drains after rain intensity reduces

Rain reduced in south Chennai; flooding in Mudichur, Neelankarai manageable. Inundation in Ullagaram, Meenakshi Nagar, Lakshmi Nagar, CLRI Nagar, Brindavan Street, Sakthi Vinayagar Nagar, Nemillichery, Ganesh Nagar Main Road, Thirumalai Nagar, Grand Southern Trunk Road, Chromepet. Traffic snarls due to waterlogging on major roads. Widening of culverts, canals needed to…

The Hindu

Sodden regional towns to be cut off as deluge continues

Eastern Victoria and southern NSW are contending with more rain as floodwaters threaten to cut off regional communities following wild storms.

AAP

T.N. Rains | Heavy downpour in Vellore and neighbouring districts fills up tanks, waterbodies

Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet & Tirupattur districts in TN have 4,167 water bodies incl. 1,119 MI maintained by PWD. Rains have filled up 40% of water bodies in Tiruvannamalai & Ranipet, incl. irrigation tanks. 47 flood-prone areas identified in Ranipet; helplines set up.

The Hindu

'We really dodged a bullet': region battered but not bruised by storm

There were hundreds of calls for help, flash floods, houses damaged by fallen trees and power outages.

Newcastle Herald

Storms havoc as states brace for more wild weather

State emergency services have responded to hundreds of calls as parts of NSW and Victoria are battered by wild weather that is set to continue.

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The Guardian - AU

East coast weather: 12 people rescued from flood waters as hundreds call for help in NSW and Victoria

Dozens of homes inundated and Riverina town of Deniliquin ‘effectively cut off’ as authorities warn of more wild weather

The Hindu

T.N. Rains | Flood alert issued to 30 villages, as water from Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai is released

Tiruvannamalai flood alert issued to 30 villages along banks of Thenpennai river. WRD releasing 1,000 cuses of water/sec from Sathanur dam after level reaches 117.80 ft. Heavy rain in villages on Kalvarayan Hills. WRD storing 7,220 mcft of water in dam, sluice gates opened to discharge water. Collector orders residents…

The Canberra Times

Flood rescues from car, home as South Coast 'smashed' by weather

Meanwhile floodwaters rushed into a holiday park at Lake Conjola.

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Speed Reads for November 28, 2023 include Yamaha World Technician GP revived, Marquez laps at Ducati, Benelli US news, Emilia Romagna flood relief, and more.

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Flood rescues as Australia's east gets soaked by storms

Emergency crews have rescued two people from a car and others from a home on the NSW south coast, with flooding in Queensland and Victoria.

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Queensland, NSW on storm watch as big wet heads east

Parts of southern Queensland and northern NSW could cop giant hail and destructive winds of more than 125km/h as South Australia's big wet heads east.

The Guardian - AU

SA weather: storms cause damage to homes, floods and leave thousands without power

Inflatable whale floats down River Torrens and other Christmas decorations plunged underwater as parts of Adelaide record 50mm of rain

AAP

Wild storms bring floods, felled trees, Free Willy

Heavy rainfall and damaging winds caused widespread flooding in Adelaide and surrounding areas on Tuesday, leaving homes without power and delaying flights.

The Independent UK

Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rains

Kenya's government is urging people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa

International Business Times

Disease Stalks Somali District Ravaged By Floods

The floodwaters in the southwestern Somali district of Dolow may have started to recede -- for now -- but distraught families who have lost their homes, their livelihoods in the muddy deluge are now at risk of potentially fatal disease.

WEKU

Civilian deaths are being dismissed as 'crisis actors' in Gaza and Israel

As graphic images from Gaza flood social media platforms, many people are claiming those images are fake, in the latest iteration of a disturbing trope.

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