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The place that stayed with me: on a wild, misty river I learned I have the strength for almost anything

At first Stephanie Wood felt out of her depth rafting the Franklin, but by the end, a world of new possibilities had opened up

The Guardian - AU

Saving the Franklin River

Decades before any climate change blockades, young people put their bodies on the line to save a wild river. Here's what we can learn from them today.

ABC News

Four decades on, has the Franklin River and those who fought to save it been forgotten?

Each year, a few hundred people tackle the eight-day journey down the wild Tasmanian rafting river. For former blockaders who helped prevent it being dammed, the trip has added poignancy

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Owner of missing drone found in Franklin River revealed to be Casey Station worker in Antarctica

The search for the owner of a drone lost in a river in central Tasmania has led all the way to the frozen wastes of Antarctica, with the pilot — now based at Casey Station — "hugely thankful" it has been found.

ABC News

‘It was magnificent – I’d look at it in awe’: the beloved trees felled by storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin

The extreme weather that hit Britain last month brought down oaks, pines and beeches across the country. Here, three people explain why their favourite tree was so special

The Guardian - UK

The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe

Just as the UK was recovering from storms Eunice and Franklin, scientists of UN’s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report warning of a future with spiralling weather extremes, fiercer storms, flash flooding and wildfires.

The Conversation

Residents urged to stay vigilant after ‘incredibly frightening’ floods

The last week has seen storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin cause problems across the country and about 400 properties have been flooded.

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Seabirds can starve when hit by repeated severe storms – but we still don't know why

The large colonies of seabirds that live on the coasts of Britain and Ireland have just been battered by three storms in one week: Dudley, Eunice and now Franklin. So what do storms like these mean for the birds that live in such exposed places?

The Conversation

Rail services return to normal after days of storm disruption

Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin wreaked havoc across Britain as lines were blocked due to flooding and fallen trees.

The Independent UK

Train passengers warned of possible disruption after storms batter Bristol

Three storms - Dudley, Eunice and Franklin - have batted the country in the last week

Bristol Post

Glasgow weather: Snow and sleet predicted this week by BBC

BBC Weather has revealed that snow and sleet are forecast in Glasgow later this week amid plummeting temperatures in the aftermath of storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin.

Glasgow Live

List of every midweek league game cancelled as Storm Franklin causes stadium damage

Last week saw the country battered by Storm Eunice, with severe weather warnings put in place, travel heavily affected and a clutch of matches postponed over the weekend

Daily Mirror

Digger swept away as Storm Franklin bears down causing river to burst banks

The shocking footage comes at the end of a week where the UK was battered by three separate storms, Storms Dudley, Eunice and now Franklin

Daily Mirror

UK weather forecast: Britain in firing line for more storms after Franklin hits tonight

Forecasters say several more 'Beasts from the West' tempests will hit this week – in what is Britain's worst-ever run of named storms with the Met Office issuing several danger-to-life weather warnings for the coming days

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Storm Franklin: Almost 50 flood warnings and alerts issues for large parts of Wales

There are now 15 flood warnings in place for Wales as well as 34 flood alerts

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