https://youtu.be/BFspJNleCOQ By Ana Divina Watson EBC Australia Bureau NEW South Wales, Australia (Eagle News) – New South Wales continued to be battered by wild weather. The rain that started on Sunday persisted during the week, varying in intensity. By Wednesday, the water increased in the northern part of the state. A number of people had to be rescued after driving through flood waters. In the Illawarra and the south coast of NSW, residents woke […]
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Storms in Queensland after record-breaking heatwaves
By Rheamae David and Emmi B. Capili-Tarroja EBC Australia Bureau QUEENSLAND, Australia (Eagle News) – Following the record-breaking heatwaves across Australia, Queensland experienced storms around the south-east regions of the state early this week The first signs of the storm were seen on Monday afternoon when the rain started to set in following the drop in temperatures to 14 degrees Celsius. Queensland had past experiences of storms, tornadoes and floods, thus urging the state […]
East Australian coast lashed by freak storm
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The east coast of Australia, including Sydney, was battered by a freak storm on Sunday with trees uprooted and thousands left without power. The wild storm struck New South Wales after wreaking havoc in Queensland state on Saturday, with an intense low-pressure system bringing heavy rains, gales and rough seas. Hundreds of people were evacuated from homes across NSW and motorists trapped on roads had to be rescued as floodwaters rose, […]
Depp and Australia minister renew war of words
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A war of words between Johnny Depp and an Australian minister reignited Wednesday with Barnaby Joyce claiming he was the Hollywood star’s Hannibal Lecter after being told he looked as if he was “inbred with a tomato”. The pair have been at loggerheads since Depp’s wife Amber Heard failed to declare the couple’s two dogs when they arrived in Queensland state a year ago. Joyce, who is deputy prime minister and […]
Mother arrested for killing of 8 children in Australia
(Reuters) — The 37-year-old mother of most of the eight children found dead in a mass stabbing in Australia’s tropical northern city of Cairns was arrested on Saturday (December 20) for murder. Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said the woman is under police guard in hospital, where she was taken on Friday (December 19) with stab wounds. She has not yet been formally charged. “Ah look, at the moment as I said, she’s awake, she’s lucid and […]





