Written by Hannah VanderzeeEdited by Beth Mandle Since Black Summer, the feelings toward climate disasters in Australia have ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Floods and natural disasters that hit all but one Australian state and territory in 2022 cost the economy A$5 billion ($3.48 billion) and stoked inflation according to Treasury ...

The damage inflicted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred on Queensland and northern New South Wales has been extensive. Several areas have had infrastructure badly damaged, and many homes have been ...

The news: New Treasury analysis estimates that the immediate loss of economic activity from natural disasters in 2025 to date will be $2.2 billion. The context: The analysis includes the impact of ...

Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history. Wind speeds ...

SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Australia is considering setting up a disaster relief force to help relieve a military overstretched by regular natural disasters, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as ...

A lot of electric cars on the market have something called vehicle-to-load (V2L). It means power can be exported from the high-voltage battery, transforming the car into a mobile generator. In ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The World War II shipwrecks scattered across Australian ...

As part of Asia Society’s ongoing “Season of Australia”, Asia Society Hong Kong Center is proud to present a screening and discussion of Warning to the World: Australia’s Climate Disasters, a film ...

Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country's southeast. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...

Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia’s history. Wind speeds ...