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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie caused havoc in Western Australia as it bought heavy rain and damaging wind to the region, cutting off towns, forcing road closures and transforming areas of the landscape into an inland sea. Over 200 people have been evacuated so far from the desert town of Fitzroy Crossing.
Continue readingHurricane Ian, one of the strongest and costliest hurricanes in US history, hit Florida on 28 September 2022 and made its second US landfall two days later in South Carolina. The death toll passed 110 and is expected to keep rising, whilst 700,000 homes and businesses remained without power four days later in Florida alone. The residents of Florida and the Carolinas are facing a recovery that is expected to cost billions of dollars.
Continue readingOne of the biggest storms to hit Japan in decades, super typhoon Nanmadol triggered landslides and brought record-breaking rain to south-west Japan. Two people have died and 90 were left injured, whilst nine million people were told to evacuate their homes.
Continue readingKentucky and Virginia were hit by severe flooding at the end of July and into August 2022, leading to the loss of at least 33 lives and damage to homes and infrastructure.
Continue readingNew South Wales was hit by another wave of flooding in July, causing at least one fatality and affecting around 50,000 people. This was the fourth major flood to hit greater Sydney in two years, with heavy rain falling on ground already saturated after an unusually wet summer.
Continue readingFrom 9 May 2022, Bangladesh and India began to experience a wave of storms which brought widespread flooding and landslides, affecting over 2 million people and causing at least 60 fatalities.
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