A barrage of floods in Australia and record-breaking rain in New Zealand are devastating usually resilient communities—and slugging insurers. The severity and frequency of devastation also call into question the design of cities meant to keep millions of citizens out of harm’s way. Global design firm Arup has used artificial intelligence tools to study eight major…
New Zealand Counts Cost of Auckland Floods, More Rain Forecast
WELLINGTON—Flood-ravaged Auckland is forecast to receive further heavy rain in the coming days, authorities in New Zealand’s largest city said on Monday, as insurers counted the costs of what looks likely to be the country’s most expensive weather event ever. Four people lost their lives in flash floods and landslides that hit Auckland over the…
Unprecedented Auckland Flash Flooding Caused by Climate Change: New Zealand PM
Flash flooding in New Zealand’s largest city that has claimed four lives was the result of climate change, the prime minister said. “Climate change is real, it’s with us, it’s having an impact on our weather,” new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told 1News. “We are seeing more of these extreme weather events; we’re going to…
Flood-Damaged Cars From California Likely to Hit Used Market Soon
January 23, 2023
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Recent storms that hammered California have dumped years’ worth of rain on the state, causing widespread flooding, and has prompted warnings that flood-damaged vehicles may hit the used car market soon. In California, 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow fell since Christmas. The water washed out roads, knocked out power, and created mudslides by…
California Sees Extensive Storm Damage as Weather Calms
January 18, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Key roadways remained closed and officials estimated thousand of homes were seriously damaged in California as weeks of wild weather that flooded roadways, collapsed hillsides, and toppled countless trees finally became calm Jan. 17. Tallying the damage will take time, but the number of houses and other structures that will be red-tagged as uninhabitable…
Flood in Australia’s North Concerns Ease, Ex-cyclone Weakens
Concerns over flooding have eased in the Top End with the intensity of former tropical cyclone Ellie at last subsiding over the southwestern Northern Territory. A series of earlier severe weather warnings for remote communities in the Simpson, Lasseter and Tanami districts were cancelled by authorities on Sunday morning. The region had been bracing for impact…
NTD Good Morning (Jan. 2): Idaho Student Stabbings Update; Parts of Northern California Flood on New Year’s Eve
An update in the killing of four University of Idaho Students. Police say they think they have their man. Parts of Northern California flood on New Year’s eve. We have more on the deluge the state faced over the weekend. And Brazil swears in a new president. Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has…
NTD Good Morning (Jan. 2): Idaho Student Stabbings Update; Parts of Northern California Inundated on New Year’s Eve
In an update on the killing of four University of Idaho Students, police said that they think they have their man. As parts of Northern California were flooded on New Year’s eve, we have more on the deluge the state faced over the weekend. Brazil swore in its new president. Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula…
Relief Funding Boost for Australian States of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
The federal government has announced it will provide more than A$10 million (US$6.71 million) in additional funding to Emergency and Food Relief providers, in the wake of recent floods and cost of living pressures. “The Albanese Labor government is committed to helping those in need and ensuring there are appropriate services in place to support that,” Social…
Flood Relief Funding Boost for Australian States of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
The federal government has announced it will provide more than A$10 million (US$6.71 million) in additional funding to Emergency and Food Relief providers, in the wake of recent floods and cost of living pressures. “The Albanese Labor government is committed to helping those in need and ensuring there are appropriate services in place to support that,” Social…
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