South Australia faced another day of searing heat on Monday, as Victorians prepared for conditions forecast to be the hottest in history and more than 1100 residents told to get ready to evacuate ahead of extreme fire danger. Tuesday could see heat records broken throughout eastern South Australia and Victoria, with maximums expected to be […]
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‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica | Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica, where sheltering residents braced themselves against ferocious winds, heavy flood waters and landslides from the category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Videos and photographs published by local newspapers painted a devastating portrait of the impact: roads transformed into raging rivers, downed power lines […]