A baby Koel bird sat in Anna Rose’s backyard in Sydney, screaming in distress at the current heatwave. Large numbers of people were treated in NSW hospitals this week suffering heat issues. And it’s only going to get worse…
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Flames, grain and drought: Russia grapples with historic heatwave
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced a ban on grain exports in a preventative measure to stop price hikes and protect agriculture as the country grapples with its worst heatwave on record.
When weather goes wild
This week an utterly bizarre sinkhole opened in the middle of Guatemala. But Mother Nature has a habit of pulling out the freaky, like the 50 people killed by snakes fleeing a volcano.
Austin: Isn’t ten years long enough to fix it?
Labor has run Victoria for a decade now, yet with Myki mayhem and transport woes whenever the mercury rises, the heat is on John Brumby to prove his worth, writes Paul Austin.
Video of the Day: A sneak peek inside the Crikey office
It’s quite hot in Melbourne at the moment, which has made for restless nights with broken air-conditioning and that eternal “sheet or no sheet” question. So today, we bring you a look inside the Crikey office this morning.
Weather extremes equal the sun of their parts … or do they?
A frozen northern world and new heat records in the southern hemisphere are suddenly making the impact of a deep solar minimum on the world’s weather a politically correct topic.
The Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
How do you survive the heat, besides sucking down box loads of lemonade icy poles? Try consulting the Excessive Heat Events Guidebook…
The best heat wave survival tips
As the temperature rises across the eastern states, Croakey puts together a list of the best hints for keeping cool. Be careful of electric fans!
Heatwaves: now and then
To modern-day Australians, heatwaves mean potential fires, crowds at the beach, thirsty koalas, crippled public transport services and frenzied Twittering about how goddamn hot it is. But what about in 1939?
