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		<title>Before and after: a tale in tornado damage</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-before-after-picture-of-a-joplin-mis</link>
		<comments>http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-before-after-picture-of-a-joplin-mis#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 23:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joplin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo galleries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US tornados]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The town of Joplin, Missouri was ripped apart by a tornado this week. To understand the immense destruction, check out this before and after photo from the suburbs.]]></description>
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		<title>La Niña in a nutshell</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/27/la-nina-in-a-nutshell/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/27/la-nina-in-a-nutshell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Nina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=199551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent flooding in Queensland is a symptom of a natural weather phenomenon called La Niña, say meteorologists. <b>Roselina Press</b> examines exactly what this La Niña is about and how long it's going to be hanging around for.]]></description>
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		<title>Rockhampton flood crisis: flood peak arrives</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/06/rockhampton-flood-crisis-flood-peak-arrives-life-goes-on/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/06/rockhampton-flood-crisis-flood-peak-arrives-life-goes-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After the expected flood peak of 9.4 metres in Rockhampton, a maximum of 9.2 was hit yesterday. <b>Anton Lang</b> took his camera and walked around his flood-affected city, snapping photos of submerged roads and ducks swimming through football fields.]]></description>
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		<title>Rockhampton flood crisis: playing the waiting game</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/04/the-rockhampton-flood-crisis-playing-the-waiting-game/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/01/04/the-rockhampton-flood-crisis-playing-the-waiting-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockhampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The worst case scenario brings the edge of the water level to within 500 metres of our home, and at those edges, it’s just a matter of an inch or so deep, at the very creeping edge of this massive flood, writes <b>Tony from Oz</b> in Rockhampton.]]></description>
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		<title>PHOTO GALLERY: Rain on the rock</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/photo-gallery-rain-on-the-rock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/photo-gallery-rain-on-the-rock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uluru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=180197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A magical look at Uluru during a storm, with waterfalls down the sides and ethereal fog hanging over it. Photographer <b>Peter Carroll</b> was up at dawn to capture these glorious photos.]]></description>
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		<title>Does climate change cause wars?</title>
		<link>http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-14-does-climate-change-cause-storms-and-civil-wars</link>
		<comments>http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-14-does-climate-change-cause-storms-and-civil-wars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Linking climate change to extreme weather or famine is like linking smoking to lung cancer. Smoking doesn't make cancers grow, but it significantly raises the possibility of them occurring, writes <b>David Roberts</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>INTERACTIVE: Hurricane Katrina, five years on</title>
		<link>http://projects.usatoday.com/news/katrina/#/prologue/epigraph/a-perfect-hurricane</link>
		<comments>http://projects.usatoday.com/news/katrina/#/prologue/epigraph/a-perfect-hurricane#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great read]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane katrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=167731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago New Orleans was rocked by Hurricane Katrina. Check out <em>USA Today's</em> superb multimedia site, outlining what happened in the storm, the immediate after effects and the rebuilding of a destroyed city.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://projects.usatoday.com/news/katrina/#/prologue/epigraph/a-perfect-hurricane/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Over 1,300 dead in Pakistan flooding</title>
		<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-braced-for-more-deaths-as-floods-spread-2041234.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-braced-for-more-deaths-as-floods-spread-2041234.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=160244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Monsoon floods in Pakistan have claimed the lives of over 1,000 people, with more disastrous rain expected in the week ahead and tens of thousands stranded. One of the worst hit areas is the Swat Valley, previously a Taliban stronghold.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-braced-for-more-deaths-as-floods-spread-2041234.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Where the hell did that water spout come from?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/04/crikey-clarifier-where-the-hell-did-that-water-spout-come-from/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/04/crikey-clarifier-where-the-hell-did-that-water-spout-come-from/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Clarifier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lennox Heads tornado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tornado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violent weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=143839</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lennox Heads has been declared a natural disaster zone by NSW Premier Kristina Kaneally, after a tornado tore through the town yesterday. But how does a tornado happen and why so quickly?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>When weather goes wild</title>
		<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-01/10-bizarre-natural-disasters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-01/10-bizarre-natural-disasters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=143698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week an utterly <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Guatemala-sinkhole">bizarre sinkhole</a> 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.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>PHOTO GALLERY: Eyjafjallajokull erupts</title>
		<link>http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eyjafjallajokull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volcanoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More incredible photos from Iceland's volcano, showing masked farmers desperately trying to save cattle from exposure to the toxic ash. Plus, the bizarre sight of when lava meets lightning.]]></description>
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		<title>Has science discovered a new threat to air travel?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/has-science-discovered-a-new-threat-to-air-travel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/has-science-discovered-a-new-threat-to-air-travel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electrical storms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jet airliner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrestrial gamma ray bursts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Physicists in America have just made an alarming discovery about electrical storms and jet airliners. It seems that terrestrial gamma ray bursts originate in thunderstorms, but be weary of any tabloid linkage to air travel.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/has-science-discovered-a-new-threat-to-air-travel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weather extremes equal the sun of their parts &#8230; or do they?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/weather-extremes-equal-the-sun-of-their-parts-or-do-they/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/weather-extremes-equal-the-sun-of-their-parts-or-do-they/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather impacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/weather-extremes-equal-the-sun-of-their-parts-or-do-they/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Excessive Heat Events Guidebook</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/philadelphia-is-the-heat-death-capital-of-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/philadelphia-is-the-heat-death-capital-of-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you survive the heat, besides sucking down box loads of lemonade icy poles? Try consulting the Excessive Heat Events Guidebook...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/philadelphia-is-the-heat-death-capital-of-the-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The best heat wave survival tips</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/01/12/caution-over-electric-fans-and-other-heatwave-survival-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/01/12/caution-over-electric-fans-and-other-heatwave-survival-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the temperature rises across the eastern states, <em>Croakey</em> puts together a list of the best hints for keeping cool. Be careful of electric fans!]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/01/12/caution-over-electric-fans-and-other-heatwave-survival-tips/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cold comfort on climate change</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/11/cold-comfort-on-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/11/cold-comfort-on-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change deniers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While SA and Victoria swelters with high temperatures, north-Western Europe are suffering with a cold winter snap, with the media reporting the freeze along with a discussion of how it has given heart to greenhouse denialists.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/11/cold-comfort-on-climate-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>PHOTO GALLERY: Places to remember before they disappear</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/dec/10/100-places-to-remember-before-they-disappear?picture=356663463</link>
		<comments>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/dec/10/100-places-to-remember-before-they-disappear?picture=356663463#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Climate Change Conference]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do Caracas, Chicago and Tokyo all have in common? They will become unrecognisable, or even disappear, because of climate change effects like rising temperatures and extreme weather. Check them out while you still can.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/dec/10/100-places-to-remember-before-they-disappear?picture=356663463/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Coastal erosion goes beyond global warming</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/coastal-erosion-goes-beyond-global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/coastal-erosion-goes-beyond-global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[byron bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennie George]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rising sea levels]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/coastal-erosion-goes-beyond-global-warming/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coastal erosion happens constantly and has many causes. Spits and points grow too and bays and inlets shallow or disappear completely. Climate change isn't completely to blame, writes <b>Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>No snow for Moscow: fighter planes on cloud killing spree</title>
		<link>http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/luzhkov-takes-snow-fight-to-the-sky/387446.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/luzhkov-takes-snow-fight-to-the-sky/387446.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=93357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mayor of Moscow has turned into Mother Nature, with the Russian Air Force to be used to blast snow clouds from the Moscow sky in an effort to save an estimated A$11m on snow removal. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How did orange dust make the sky go red?</title>
		<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2229389/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slate.com/id/2229389/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dust storms]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, it's been dust storm overload, but <em>Slate's Explainer</em> gives a different angle to the red tinged madness, throwing the light on how orange dust manages to turn the sky red. Or even <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/thats-not-a-dust-storm-this-is-a-dust-storm/">black?</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dust storm 1: chaos, mud, lightning. Oh my!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/dust-storm-1-chaos-mud-lightning-oh-my/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/dust-storm-1-chaos-mud-lightning-oh-my/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Marr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dust storms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Airport]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/dust-storm-1-chaos-mud-lightning-oh-my/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It no longer looks as blood red as at dawn. No Dorothy, no Tin Man, no wicked Witch, so far. But the dust storms sweeping NSW have brought red snow!]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/dust-storm-1-chaos-mud-lightning-oh-my/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dust storm 2: a health hazard beyond comparison</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/dust-storm-2-a-health-hazard-beyond-comparison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/dust-storm-2-a-health-hazard-beyond-comparison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dust storms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/dust-storm-2-a-health-hazard-beyond-comparison/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Particulate pollution has soared to levels never seen in Australia in recent hours as the red dust storm intensifies over much of the top three quarters of NSW.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>That&#8217;s not a dust storm; this is a dust storm</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/thats-not-a-dust-storm-this-is-a-dust-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/thats-not-a-dust-storm-this-is-a-dust-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Hill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sydneysiders woke up to red skies this morning due to a dust storm sweeping NSW. But that's are nothing compared with this footage from Broken Hill yesterday: watch as the picture fades to black.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/thats-not-a-dust-storm-this-is-a-dust-storm/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are dust storms hazardous to your health?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/09/23/what-does-the-dust-storm-mean-for-our-health-an-inside-view/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/09/23/what-does-the-dust-storm-mean-for-our-health-an-inside-view/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dust storms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dust storms, like the one affecting Sydney this morning, can contain everything from plant pollens to dried animal faeces and chemicals, says <b>Ben Harris-Roxas</b>, a health impact assessment expert. Should people stay inside?

The potential health impacts of dust itself are important – usually by exacerbating existing asthma. 

]]></description>
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		<title>Once-in-a-century floods, drought and fire. Again.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bushfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sunday Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/once-in-a-century-floods-drought-and-fire-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cherry-picking extreme weather events weakens your case, but both sides do it shamelessly in the climate debate, writes <b>Frank Campbell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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