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Woodside weather tower switched on

March 12, 2010 14:17:00

Woodside says its meteorological tower at James Price Point, in northern Western Australia, has been erected and is sending weather information to Perth in real time.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, rural, weather, broome-6725

Beaches close after stinger nets go

March 12, 2010 08:31:00

Surf Life Saving Queensland will review the closure of 11 beaches between Port Douglas and South Mission Beach in the state's far north. [MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-planning, environment, weather, water, qld, cairns-4870, port-douglas-4871, south-mission-beach-4852

Rainy season brings new threat to Haiti

March 12, 2010 08:17:00

The International Red Cross is warning of a new humanitarian crisis in Haiti, with the approaching rainy season set to wreak havoc in overcrowded 'tent cities'.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, weather, rainfall, haiti

Show goes on despite soggy tutus

March 11, 2010 19:00:00

The Australian Ballet is attempting to salvage hundreds of items which were damaged in Melbourne's ferocious storms.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, storm, human-interest, weather, australia, vic, kensington-3031, melbourne-3000

Interstate crews help SES with storm backlog

March 10, 2010 11:01:00

An extra 70 crew members from Western Australia and Tasmania have joined Victorian SES units in the storm clean-up.[MORE]

Tags: environment, weather, storm, tas, hobart-7000, knox-city-centre-3152, melbourne-3000, shepparton-3630, wa, north-perth-6006

Rain relief for Pyrenees' farmers

March 9, 2010 15:13:00

Farmers in the Pyrenees region are hopeful the weekend's rain spells an early break to the season.[MORE]

Tags: rural, agricultural-crops, viticulture, weather, rainfall, avoca-3467, ballarat-3350, landsborough-3384

Storm dumps rain on Gippsland

March 9, 2010 11:24:00

Most of Gippsland was spared the damaging storms that tore through Melbourne and Victoria's north over the weekend, but there were still good falls in some parts[MORE]

Tags: weather, rainfall, vic, sale-3850

Storm dumps month's rainfall in one weekend

March 9, 2010 09:44:00

Eastern parts of the Wimmera-Mallee in western Victoria have received more than their average monthly rainfall in just one weekend.[MORE]

Tags: weather, rainfall, vic, donald-3480, edenhope-3318, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, swan-hill-3585

Reports of storm damage still coming in

March 9, 2010 09:23:00

The State Emergency Service (SES) says it will take until Friday to complete work on securing buildings and cleaning up damage caused by hail and heavy rain over the long weekend. [MORE]

Tags: environment, weather, storm, vic, melbourne-3000, numurkah-3636, shepparton-3630

Downpour does little for dams

March 9, 2010 08:43:00

The recent heavy rain has had little impact on the level of some of central New South Wales' water catchments.[MORE]

Tags: dams-and-reservoirs, rural, weather, rainfall, water-supply, nsw, cowra-2794, orange-2800, wyangala-dam-2808

Storm damage closes five schools

March 9, 2010 08:00:00

Five schools will be closed in Melbourne and in the Shepparton area today because of damage caused by the weekend storms.[MORE]

Tags: storm, schools, primary-schools, secondary-schools, weather, vic, essendon-3040, shepparton-3630

Storm damage sparks natural disaster call

March 8, 2010 15:17:00

The Central Darling Shire Council wants the New South Wales Government to declare the area a natural disaster zone again.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, environment, weather, rainfall, water, water-supply, australia, nsw, broken-hill-2880, ivanhoe-2878, white-cliffs-2836, wilcannia-2836

Rain brings smiles for SA farmers

March 8, 2010 12:57:00

SA farmers say heavy rain across wide areas could set them up for a good start to the season.[MORE]

Tags: rural, agricultural-crops, grain, wheat, weather, rainfall, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341, whyalla-5600

Storm damage bill likely to be in the millions

March 8, 2010 11:36:00

The RACV is expecting over 10,000 claims to be lodged for storm damage after the wild weather on the weekend.[MORE]

Tags: environment, weather, storm, nsw, sydney-2000, vic, melbourne-3000, numurkah-3636, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690

Crews assess damage after Riverina flash floods

March 8, 2010 10:00:00

Emergency crews have begun assessing the damage caused by flash flooding in southern NSW.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, weather, rainfall, australia, nsw, wagga-wagga-2650

More flooding and damage from SA rain

March 8, 2010 09:20:00

Storms and heavy rain have caused problems, keeping State Emergency Service crews busy overnight.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, storm, weather, rainfall, sa, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540

Thunderstorms ease in battered Victoria

March 7, 2010 21:32:00

The wild weather in Victoria calmed down overnight after heavy rains battered the state for a second day in a row.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, storm, weather, vic, drouin-3818, melbourne-3000, seymour-3660, shepparton-3630, yarrawonga-3730

Wild storms sweep across Victoria

March 7, 2010 17:27:00

Storms are moving across Victoria as the state recovers from yesterday's wild weather which left a trail of destruction.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, storm, weather, vic, drouin-3818, melbourne-3000, seymour-3660, shepparton-3630, yarrawonga-3730

Wild weather hits Adelaide's south

March 7, 2010 08:28:00

Businesses were flooded and trees brought down during a burst of wild weather in Adelaide's southern suburbs late yesterday.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, weather, rainfall, sa, adelaide-5000

Storm fears as Melbourne mops up

March 7, 2010 07:00:00

Victorians are still reeling from yesterday's wild weather as they brace for possible flash flooding today.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, storm, weather, vic, drouin-3818, melbourne-3000, seymour-3660, shepparton-3630, yarrawonga-3730

Crews mop up drenched Melbourne

March 6, 2010 23:30:00

Emergency crews are mopping up after thunderstorms battered Melbourne with heavy rain and large hail stones.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, storm, weather, vic, melbourne-3000

More storms ahead for battered Melbourne

March 6, 2010 21:30:00

The weather bureau says storms will continue through the evening in hail-battered Melbourne.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, storm, weather, vic, melbourne-3000

Flood threat not over yet in southern Qld

March 6, 2010 18:40:00

Flooding still threatens Bollon, west of St George in southern Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, weather, rainfall, australia, qld, bollon-4488, bundaberg-4670, charleville-4470, dirranbandi-4486, st-george-4487, thallon-4497, theodore-4719