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With Australia on on the brink of another extended dry period, are we any better prepared that the last time?

The listings also include a Rummer home in Oregon, an award-winning London estate designed by John Fowler, and the Oakland residence of jazz legend Dave Brubeck.

As El Nino sets in, is it time to offer rainwater tank rebates in suburbs and towns facing bushfire threats?

This seems to be the big question.

Water is a precious resource. It’s essential for life – and we have two big problems: not enough water and far too much water. In many parts of the world, water shortages are already a major problem, and as climate change causes progressively unpredictable weather conditions locally and across the globe flooding is also expected to intensify.

The coronavirus pandemic is no longer a national emergency, but the virus that causes COVID-19 isn't gone-;and neither is the risk of getting the disease.

Southern California hospitals are still stressed as respiratory viruses circulate at a high level, despite reductions in cases.

The campaign promotes buying ‘reborn’ smartphones.

Christopher C. Beyrer, MD, MPH, an internationally recognized epidemiologist who has worked on the front lines of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 treatment and research, will be the next director of the Duke

The rapid spread of the coronavirus appears to be decelerating, another indication the state is on the downslope of the Omicron spike