HOUSTON: Power outages scattered across storm-weary Texas on Wednesday could linger into the weekend after storms flooded streets in Houston for the second time this month and ripped off roofs in Dallas, leaving a teenager dead and injuring others. The teen was killed Tuesday at a construction site while workingContinue Reading
More than 1900 residents lost power after one of several storms that tore through the outer Sydney. Residents of Campbelltown on the city’s southwestern outskirts, was particularly hard hit. A spokesperson for NSW State Emergency Services said 63 of the 79 calls they’d received for help after the storms hadContinue Reading
Tens of thousands of homes could be left without power for a week after Cyclone Kirrily tore a path of devastation through northern Queensland. The cyclone wreaked havoc on the state after it was downgraded from category three to category two on Thursday evening. It thrashed Ingham and Townsville, leavingContinue Reading
Thousands of people will be without power for a week after severe storms wiped out lines connecting entire towns to the energy grid. About 15,000 West Australian homes and businesses in Merredin, Kellerberrin, and Kalgoorlie have been left in the dark after Tuesday’s storms, with authorities warning the outage couldContinue Reading
Summer fruit and Christmas seafood favourites are about to soar in price, as flooding rains in Queensland devastate farmers and disrupt the harvest season. Record-breaking rainfall has drenched Far North Queensland, with 2000mm of water in some towns and Cooktown receiving the heaviest downpour in more than a century. QueenslandContinue Reading
A hot summer requiring gas to top up electricity generation coupled with power station outages risks triggering an LNG supply shortage, the competition watchdog has warned. A new report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found that although gas supply to Australia’s east coast market was expectedContinue Reading
A massive cold front sweeping across the country’s southeast has led to states being battered by heavy storms and damaging winds of up to 100kmh. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) forecasts the cold westerly front, which brought thunder, lightning and damaging winds to parts of eastern and southeast Australia onContinue Reading
Thunderstorms rolled into Sydney overnight, forcing emergency responders into action, as thousands of lightning strikes wreaked havoc. An unseasonably warm August day set the stage for the storm that kicked off on Wednesday afternoon with a significant downpour. More than 30,000 customers were without power across Greater Sydney as ofContinue Reading
The country’s electricity regulator has warned of an increased risk of rolling blackouts this summer across South Australia and Victoria amid drier, warmer conditions. In its 2023 Electricity Statement of Opportunities Report (ESOO), the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) blamed insufficient investment for the possible outages. AEMO chief executive DanielContinue Reading
Thousands of people are experiencing power outages after damaging winds blasted through one state. More than 3,000 properties across South Australia remain without power on Thursday morning after a weather system pushed across the state overnight. Authorities worked through the night to try to restore power in the southeast ofContinue Reading