Prepared by: Asmita Dahal, GRIT May 28, 2025: Recently, there has been heavy rainfall and flash flooding in New South Wales (NSW). This has caused extensive damage and disruptions. Concerns about the increasing frequency of extre…
Prepared by: Asmita Dahal, GRIT The Queensland Floods of 2025 were a devastating natural disaster caused by persistent tropical weather systems, extreme rainfall linked to La Niña, and poor urban planning, including deforestatio…
January 24, 2024: Mass evacuation centers in New South Wales are being reassessed following reports of sexual assaults against women who sought refuge during the devastating 2022 floods in Lismore. A recent report by University o…
September 22, 2021: Geoscience Australia has confirmed a 5.9 magnitude earthquake at 09.15 AEST morning near Mansfield, Victoria. The earthquake's epicenter was recorded at a depth of approximately 10kms. The quake was felt …
July 29, 2020: An earthquake of magnitude 2.2 has been recorded near Pakenham, about 60 kilometres south-east of the CBD at 7:08pm local time, Geoscience Australia confirmed. The earthquake tremor was felt by the residents a…
May 14, 2020: A light earthquake of magnitude 4.3 has been recorded in Burra today at 03:23 pm local time. According to Geoscience Australia , the earthquake in Burra today occurred at 10 km depth. The epicenter was located …
May 6, 2020: A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 earthquake has been recorded in Banda Sea today at 10:53 pm, Geoscience Australia confirmed. According to the Geoscience Australia, the earthquake occurred at a greater dept…
April 15, 2020: An undersea earthquake of magnitude 4.8 off Bowen, Queensland coast has been recorded today at 5:11 pm, GeoScience Australia confirmed. The earthquake occurred at 10 km depth. Tremor was felt y the peopl…
Q: When did Meckering earthquake happened? A: Meckering earthquake happened 14 October 1968. Q: What was the magnitude of Meckering earthquake? A; The magnitude of Meckering earthquake was 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli …
February 12, 2020: Magnitude 2.8 earthquake has been recorded in Muswellbrook todat at around 5.26 am. According to the Geoscience Australia , the quake's epicenter was located near a mine west of Lake Liddell. It occur…
January 5, 2020: The worst bushfires in Australia have claimed lives of 25 people, burned an estimated 6.3 million hectares and destroyed over 2,500 buildings as of January 5, 2020. Eighteen people died in New South Wales, …
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Veronica Forecast Track Map (BOM) March 21, 2019: Severe Tropical Cyclone Veronica has reached a category four severity with major impact for the Pilbara coast likely over the weekend. According t…
Tropical Cyclone Trevor Forecast Track Map (BOM) March 21, 2019: Authorities have declared a state of emergency in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia ahead of the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Trevor. According to Burea…
February 27, 2019: Geoscience Australia has recorded a magnitude 2.6 weak earthquake in Port Hedland, WA today. The earthquake occurred at 10km depth at 9:47 pm. Weak shaking of MMI II-III was felt across Tecoma way, Pr…
February 19, 2019: A flash flood warning has been issued saying that Parramatta's CBD could be overwhelmed by a flash flood in as little as nine minutes, giving residents little time to evacuate. "The risk is the i…
March 31, 2017: Two people have been confirmed dead in flooding as Cyclone Debbie swept along Australia’s east coast, causing six large rivers to reach major flood levels. A woman died due to flooding in Burringbar, south of…
March 26, 2017: The Department of Education has shut at least 139 schools and early childhood education and care service in preparation for Cyclone Debbie. Around 74 public schools have been closed in preparation for Cyclone De…
The Waiho River burst its banks in Australia Wednesday night flooding an area of 1 km north of Franz Josef and forced the evacuation of 186 people. The Mueller hotel near Franz Josef has also been flooded after the Waiho Riv…
The partial solar eclipse was visible in areas of the Northern Territory and Western Australia on March 9, 2016. Total solar eclipse of 2016 started in the Indian Ocean and passed through Indonesia before ending in the …