Several towns in eastern Australia were blanketed with their thickest snowfall in nearly 40 years as severe weather swept through over the weekend.
Authorities reported widespread disruptions, including floods, power outages, and stranded vehicles.
Northern New South Wales saw up to 40 cm (16 inches) of snow on Saturday, the most since the 1980s, while some areas of Queensland experienced snow for the first time in a decade, according to Miriam Bradbury from Australia’s weather bureau.
Bradbury noted that while extreme weather is becoming more common due to climate change, events like this have occurred in Australia’s historical weather records.
“What makes this event stand out is not just the depth of the snow, but its reach across the northern tablelands,” she said.
Emergency services responded to more than 1,455 incidents in New South Wales alone, dealing with storm damage, snow-trapped vehicles, and multiple flood warnings. Tens of thousands of homes lost power overnight, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
In a tragic development, police said a woman in her 20s was swept away after a car became stuck in floodwaters on Saturday evening. The search continued into Sunday.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused U.S. government and Israel-aligned actors of manipulating energy markets to promote the war with Iran.
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Vast flocks of storks passed through Türkiye and the Bosporus this week as part of their annual autumn migration from European breeding grounds toward Africa and the Middle East.
China's coastal areas and southern regions are preparing for days of intense precipitation, with tens of thousands of people evacuated as Typhoon Narra tracks inland and another storm churns toward the country's eastern seaboard.
A wildfire in Croatia driven by strong winds descended on the tourist town of Omis overnight, engulfing houses, forcing about 1,000 people to evacuate to safety and injuring dozens, fire brigade and health officials said on Friday.
Rhossi, a rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that washed up near death on a Welsh beach in 2023, has returned to Texas after more than two years of rehabilitation in the UK.
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