Flood and fire in Australia
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The Lanina Event in Australia Is on the Front Line
Lannina involves warming ocean temperatures in the western pacific, which typically deliver increased rainfall across much of australia. The number of days at break heat records has doubled on the past 50 years. Heat waves are occurring more often and are more intense than in the past. In recent decades, more people have died in australia and heat waves than in all other natural disasters combined. And with every fraction of a degree of warming, they will get longer,. meaning little or no reprieve for our fire firers.
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